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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:51:14 +0000Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:17:34 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/arts/columnists/johnlloyd(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/0c11c720-d572-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0c11c720-d572-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlJohn Lloyd finds escape on many levels with 'Hi Society', 'Enid', 'Miranda', 'The Thick of It', 'Spooks' and other offerings from the warming hearth of British televisionSat, 21 Nov 2009 00:51:14 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/ecca0846-d4ae-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ecca0846-d4ae-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.htmlJohn Lloyd visits Georgia to find a people united in their recognition of Moscow's 'hard power' – but divided over their president's response on South OssetiaFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:52:19 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/064092ee-cfe2-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/064092ee-cfe2-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.htmlJohn Lloyd reviews three BBC comedy shows – 'Miranda', 'The Thick of It' and 'Armstrong and Miller'Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:52:32 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7176c058-d08a-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=d7b5a5de-07de-11de-8a33-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7176c058-d08a-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.htmlTwenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the role of the former Soviet leader, lauded as the man who 'made this possible', remains divisive, writes John Lloyd Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:24:57 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/c5560644-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c5560644-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlThe reality show of shows leaves Channel 4 after next year's 11th series, but John Lloyd sees it as merely the end of the beginning for the genreFri, 6 Nov 2009 23:51:35 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/82555a02-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/82555a02-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlJohn Lloyd reviews a flood of new books that marks 20 years since the fall of the Berlin wall. Each one, in varying degrees of detail, considers the logic of the wall, both before and after it was built The Fall of the Berlin WallBehind the Berlin WallThe Year that Changed the World1989The Berlin Wall Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:23:44 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/5c344ca8-c4e4-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5c344ca8-c4e4-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.htmlAndrew Marr, the new master of the genre of the expression of Britishness, has taken up the white middle-aged man's burden with huge gusto, says John Lloyd Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:37:36 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/5451b586-bf65-11de-a696-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5451b586-bf65-11de-a696-00144feab49a.htmlIn drama, TV claims to portray a deeper-than-surface reality through fiction, while in documentary it selects scenes from life to illuminate a state of affairs, says John Lloyd Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:58:04 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/401975c6-b9e4-11de-a747-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/401975c6-b9e4-11de-a747-00144feab49a.html'True Blood' is a monstrously fine and funny piece of work, cleverly commenting on contemporary anxieties, fads and follies while telling a story at the same time, writes John Lloyd Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:47:25 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/7896e1aa-b9e3-11de-a747-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7896e1aa-b9e3-11de-a747-00144feab49a.htmlAs it returns for an eighth season later this year, John Lloyd explains why the British TV series about MI5 spies has such a huge fan baseSat, 17 Oct 2009 00:31:26 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/7cb35fb0-b462-11de-bec8-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7cb35fb0-b462-11de-bec8-00144feab49a.htmlThe painstaking exhumation of a grim murder unfolds in the five-part 'Criminal Justice' on BBC, while an over-tentative guide to the life of Gandhi promises dramatic revelations, writes John Lloyd Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:36:09 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/db664fa6-aee3-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/db664fa6-aee3-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.htmlTelevision is the most popular way to consume fiction and fact in a finely crafted stream, but distinguishing between the two, says John Lloyd, is not always easyFri, 2 Oct 2009 23:18:33 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6d8bdc0-af89-11de-ba1c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6d8bdc0-af89-11de-ba1c-00144feabdc0.htmlIt is not only the right that exults. The left, within these mainstream parties and outside, now sees a chance, writes John Lloyd Fri, 2 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/8c692f82-a965-11de-9b7f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8c692f82-a965-11de-9b7f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe broadcaster produces news, analysis and documentary of unrivalled quality and depth, far better than the profit-based channels of the US, writes John Lloyd Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:05:43 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/6951ef8a-a3e2-11de-9fed-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fjohnlloydhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6951ef8a-a3e2-11de-9fed-00144feabdc0.htmlCruelty and horror increasingly fill the television as several programs dwell on sadism, charred corpses, body mutilations and Nazi hunts, writes John Lloyd Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:27:50 +0100