Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off Manchester two-piece Hurts, whose Wonderful Life track has benefitted from a brilliant Arthur Baker remix. A slice of blog-buzzing moody synth-pop magic that puts all other 80s revivalists to shame. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

In a seven-day span that also included Sky One’s Michael Jackson: The Live Séance, it’s quite something to state that The Execution of Gary Glitter was the most offensive show of the week. Full Article at Times Online

A CAMPAIGNING mum from Blandford has appeared on national television in a controversial programme about the death penalty. Full Article at Bournemouth Daily Echo

Viewers claimed Channel 4's The Execution of Gary Glitter was wrong to mix fact and fiction in a bid to spark debate on the death penalty. Full Article at The Sun

Channel 4's documentary-style drama, The Execution of Gary Glitter, imagines an alternative Britain that reintroduces the death penalty. Celebrity sex offender Paul Gadd—AKA glam rock star Gary Glitter—is re-tried for his crimes and hanged. Full Article at Boing Boing

I noticed that Twitter comment on Channel 4’s last night was almost entirely negative but, to be honest, I didn’t see what the big problem was. Quite a few people complain the programme failed to add anything to the debate about the death penalty. Full Article at Amnesty International