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    Rajar: BBC maintains lead

    2005-08-04T14:39:09Z

    BBC Radio has maintained its lead over commercial radio, recording its second highest yield for six years.

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    The critics: How to Start Your Own Country

    2005-08-04T12:09:27Z

    BBC2's new entertainment show How to Start Your Own Countrydivided the critics into two neat camps.

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    Only 1m interested in starting own country

    2005-08-04T11:37:17Z

    BBC2's new entertainment show How to Start Your Own Countryfailed to get off the ground last night with a meagre average of 1 million (4.6%).

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    Rajar: Capital back on top

    2005-08-04T11:10:42Z

    Capital FM has regained its position as London's most popular commercial station, according to the latest Rajars.

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    BBC set to screen asylum-seekers doc

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has spent three years following a group of asylum- seekers for a landmark programme for BBC2.

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    Radio 2 joins with Open Mike for Edinburgh Fringe coverage

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio 2 is expanding its coverage of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, teaming up with indie Open Mike Productions to co-produce Lee Mack and Friends' at the Fringe- the first time the station has staged its own show at the comedy festival.

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    Commissioner's Q & A: Ewan Angus

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    BBC Scotland's commissioning editor, television, explains why, for him, laughter is the best medicine and why the demise of linear scheduling will present broadcasters with one of their biggest challenges.

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    Sex Traffic writer makes Tsunami doc

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    Abi Morgan, writer of the Bafta-winning C4 drama Sex Traffic, has teamed up with drama indie Kudos to make a three-hour BBC drama about last year's Asian tsunami disaster, which claimed more than 200,000 lives on Boxing Day 2004. The show is scheduled to air in ...

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    Discovery takes second Superhomes

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    Discovery has commissioned UK-based Flashback Television to produce a second series of Superhomesto air on Discovery Travel & Living in the UK this autumn. Now in production, the 15 x 30-minute lifestyle series will go behind the gates of some of the world's most expensive houses ...

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    Five hires Betty for birthright show

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    Five has given the green light to a 60-minute documentary from Betty TV called Middle Child Syndrome. Commissioned by controller of features and entertainment Ben Frow, the show will examine the psychology of birthright and explore the issues facing middle children, such as Tony Blair and ...

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    Wall to Wall in child prodigy film

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    Indie Wall To Wall is to film a set of child prodigies as they grow from childhood to adulthood. Alpha Toddlers, ordered by Channel 4 factual entertainment editor Nav Raman, will follow a group of children who have already been identified as geniuses. The indie will ...

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    Scarlet follows triplet pregnancy

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    Scarlet Television, the indie set up by former Planet Wild managing director Paula Trafford, is making a 60-minute programme for Discovery Home and Health following former lesbian comedian Jackie Clune's triplet pregnancy. 3 x a Babywill feature contributions from celebrity mums Davina McCall, Donna Air and ...

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    BBC Worldwide chief pinpoints growth area

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    BBC Worldwide's new head of channels has earmarked Asia and eastern entrants to Europe as areas for expansion.

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    Format focus: Current TV

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    Former vice-president Al Gore has created a channel, for the people, by the people that's smart, fun and fearless.

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    Balamory heads to Discovery Kids in US

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    The BBC's award-winning kids series Balamoryhas been sold to US network Discovery Kids. In a deal brokered by BBC Worldwide America, the US network bought the licence to 39 of the 22-minute episodes, as well as the rights to sell Balamorymerchandise in ...

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    Telewest launches football channels

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    Telewest Broadband this week launched three new sport channels, timed to coincide with the start of the Bank of Scotland Premier League (SPL) football season. Setanta Sports 2, Celtic TV and Rangers TV will join Setanta Sports 1 on the cable company's digital TV service, providing exclusive live coverage of ...

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    DLT hires Rothbart for factual push

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    DLT Entertainment, the indie behind BBC1 comedies My Familyand As Time Goes By, is moving into non-scripted programmes.

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    Slow start for new Norton show

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    Graham Norton's new comedy vehicle for BBC1 got off to a sluggish start with only 2.4 million tuning in.

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    C4 to screen anorexia film for teenagers

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    The disturbing trend among teenage girls to celebrate anorexia and extreme slimming is to be explored in a film for Channel 4's education strand.

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    Tigress set to film genetic disorder doc

    2005-08-04T08:30:00Z

    Factual specialist Tigress Productions is to make a 50-minute documentary about a rare genetic disorder - Sacral Agnesis - for Discovery Health and Five.