1 hour ago ‘We leave viewers smarter’: fears over plans to close ‘world’s most highbrow’ TV station

Unique experiment in German-language public broadcasting 3sat faces pressure from populist rightIn many countries around the world, breakfast TV means cele­brity interviews, soap operas and last night’s football highlights. On the German-language channel 3sat this Sunday morning, it means a one-hour philosophical discussion on trauma psychology, followed by a book review programme and a classical concert by the Munich Radio Orchestra.The collaboration between public broadcasters in Austria, Germany and Switzerland is a unique experi­ment in pan-European broadcasting that has defied doubters for almost four decades: highbrow television. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Gary Lineker left howling at German reaction to Thomas Tuchel's England appointment

Gary Lineker was joined by German journalist Raphael Honigstein on Thursday's edition of The Rest Is Football, with the pair discussing Thomas Tuchel's appointment as the new England manager

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6 hours ago Disguised in Mail’s froth about Thomas Tuchel is an issue worth worrying about | Barney Ronay

The fury of the newspaper’s star sports writer about a German managing England means a central point gets lost in translationWell, that kicked off a bit didn’t it? By now it seems fairly clear we all need a break from people having feelings about The Germans, and specifically about the morality or otherwise of a German being employed as manager of the England men’s football team.Except, perhaps not quite yet. How about it? Once more, this time with feeling? At the very least, as the tide retreats on all that free-floating anxiety, it is probably worth taking a look at the reaction itself, which is, as ever, the part that seems to stick. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago 'English managers aren't good enough to manage England – the FA had to go German'

MAC OF THE NET COLUMN: The FA are right to hire Thomas Tuchel despite English criticism and INEOS were bold with Sir Alex Ferguson pay cut, but why was he earning that much anyway?

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27 hours ago Gary Lineker in stitches over Germany's response to Thomas Tuchel taking England job

Gary Lineker spoke to German football expert Raphael Honigstein on The Rest Is Football podcast about the nation's reaction to Thomas Tuchel landing the England job

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