'Jackanory gets revamp for specials with CGI characters' by Owen Gibson, The Guardian, 20 October 2006.

'How Richard and Judy rewrote the bestseller lists' by Rob Sharp. The Observer, 6 August 2006.

Rupert Bear is being restyled for TV. Meanwhile, he has been nominated as a style icon - vote here. The official website includes annual covers for 1936-2005. A brief history is online at Teddy Bear UK.

'ITV calls in Jane Austen to halt slide in ratings' by Owen Gibson. The Guardian, 11 November 2005.

A special Jane Austen Season will include Mansefield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion and Emma.

As the release of the new film version of Pride and Prejudice approaches, the BBC has gone bonkers for its 1995 extravaganza - reshowing it on BBC4 with a documentary in the Drama Connections series on BBC1 - plus a spruced up 'Behind the scenes' section on the website, including clips from the series and, fittingly enough, behind the scenes. Hoorah!

The Green Cross Code hedgehogs have their own site, with games, and screensavers and collectable virtual cards.

Docror Who is everywhere:

Skaro Toy Museum: a collection of images of Doctor Who toys, including the Giant Robot.

Before it had Lynne Truss, the UK had Look and Read, the schools programme that tried to make reading and grammar fun - and often succeeded in doing so, thanks in large parts to the way out songs and the vocal talents of Mr Derek Griffiths. I can still remember some of the songs now, all these years later - especially 'Magic E' ("... fat becomes fate with me ..."), 'I'm an Apostrophe' ("... I go at the top") and 'Dog Detective' ("... Dog Detective must know ..."), sound recordings of all of which are available with loads of other downloads onlookandread.fsnet.co.uk. My favourite of all time, though has to be 'Drop that E', which is available as an animation on the I Love TV section of BBCi.

Guess the Dictator and/or Television Sit-Com Character

An interview with Steven Moffatt, the writer behind Coupling, now part of the new Doctor Who writing team:

'Time Lad scores with sex and Daleks' by Aidan Smith. Scotland on Sunday, Sunday 6 June 2004. (Free site registration required).