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    BBC4 on hunt for new boss

    2004-05-20T07:51:00Z

    BBC director of television Jana Bennett said she intends to move fast to appoint a new controller for BBC4 following last week's confirmation that Roly Keating will succeed Jane Root at BBC2.

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    Grade keeps 14,000 shares in TV studio

    2004-05-20T07:50:45Z

    New BBC chairman Michael Grade has retained over 14,000 shares in a second company that owns studios used by the BBC.

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    C4 wins bidding war for Richard & Judy

    2004-05-20T07:50:40Z

    Channel 4 has re-signed daytime favourites Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan for another three years, despite renewed interest from their old bosses at ITV.

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    Animals explore sex for C4

    2004-05-20T07:50:35Z

    Channel 4 is to air an ambitious three-part musical that aims to tell the story of the evolution

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    ITV off-peak unit to challenge BBC

    2004-05-20T07:50:30Z

    ITV is to overhaul the way it commissions its daytime programming by creating a dedicated off-peak unit to oversee non-prime-time commissioning, in a bid to claw back the ratings gap with the BBC.

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    MoD to draft new war rules

    2004-05-20T07:50:25Z

    The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to consult the major news broadcasters on creating specific rules for the protection of journalists in conflicts following intense lobbying over the deaths of 38 news staff in Iraq.

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    Far-right tries to 'hijack' C4 social documentary

    2004-05-20T07:50:20Z

    Channel 4's multicultural remit seems to have backfired this week after the British National Party 'hijacked' a documentary, which includes a section in which Asian men groom young white girls for sexual abuse.

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    Grammer pilot lures Fox

    2004-05-20T07:50:15Z

    Frasier star Kelsey Grammer is hoping to follow up the success of his long-running series with a British-made comedy for Fox.

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    Boxers fight for Five TV fame

    2004-05-20T07:50:10Z

    Young boxers struggling to gain recognition are to be put under the spotlight for a new Five show in the mould of Jamie's Kitchen.

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    RDF to test neighbours

    2004-05-20T07:50:05Z

    RDF Media is to move five contrasting households to a purpose-built settlement on the south-west coast of England in an attempt to create the perfect community.

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    Ofcom to start review of advertising regulations

    2004-05-20T07:50:00Z

    Ofcom is to review the rules for advertising alcohol on television before it transfers regulation of broadcast advertising to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in November.

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    Animation restored

    2004-05-19T15:38:53Z

    Metro Broadcast has restored, mastered and authored the complete 85 x 24-minute animated classic Battle of the Planets for DVD. Metro's Steve Wilsmore used Archangel to clean film dirt, grain, scratches and flickers. Scratchbox was used on a round-the-clock basis, targeting specific problems on a frame-by-frame basis. The 25th anniversary ...

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    The Mighty Booch (BBC3) - Jame Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2004-05-19T10:31:00Z

    'The Mighty Boosh (BBC3) mightn't yet be the finished article. Even so, it's a pretty promising unfinished one.'...

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    The Mighty Booch (BBC3) - Rupert Smith, Guardian

    2004-05-19T10:30:00Z

    'The Mighty Boosh (BBC3) tried to be surreal and weird, but kept tripping over its awkward writing style and its s...

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    The Mighty Booch (BBC3) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent

    2004-05-19T10:29:00Z

    'The Mighty Boosh (BBC3) hadn't been running for more than five seconds before I was giggling, but I couldn't be su...

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    Wife Swap gets autumn launch in US

    2004-05-19T10:12:32Z

    The US version of Channel 4 hit Wife Swap is to be given a primetime slot when it launches as part of the autumn schedule on the ABC network.

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    Hallmark buys up all future Law & Order

    2004-05-19T09:58:19Z

    The UK Hallmark Channel has bought the rights to all future series of American crime show Law & Order which is seen as the cornerstone of its schedule.

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    Junk food ad bill is presented to parliament

    2004-05-19T09:40:57Z

    A private members bill supported by 114 national health and consumer groups to ban junk food advertising was presented to parliament yesterday (May 18).

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    S4C demands BBC ups Welsh programmes

    2004-05-19T09:19:02Z

    Welsh public service broadcaster S4C has called for its 22-year-old programme supply arrangement with the BBC to be beefed up.