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C4 to end racing coverage if bid fails
Channel 4 will cease to cover horse racing if it fails to secure the rights to the Cheltenham Festival by Thursday night (8 April). C4 commercial director Rob Woodward has given the Racehorse Holdings Trust (RHT) - a grouping of 13 courses including Cheltenham - until Easter weekend to accept ...
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NewsGilligan makes TV debut with C4 doc
Andrew Gilligan, whose controversial Today report plunged the BBC into the worst crisis in its history, is to return to broadcasting with a programme for Channel 4 on Britain's intelligence services.
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NewsOfcom tackles switch-over
Ofcom this week outlined a radical package of proposals to make digital switch-over a reality - including measures that could see the BBC, Channel 4 and S4C face multi-million pound bills for spectrum space.
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NewsLiving TV calls in psychic sleuths
Psychics are to help track down murderers in a paranormal version of Crimewatch for Living TV.
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NewsITV1 to entertain with blank screen
Critics often moan there is nothing on television - now ITV1 has taken them at their word and commissioned a quiz show featuring a totally empty screen.
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NewsOfcom tightens regional quota for producers
Ofcom has published new criteria for programmes to qualify as regional productions in a bid to stamp out 'letter box' indie offices - with no real business or production in the regions.
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Universal plans UK crime channel
Universal Studios Networks is planning to launch a crime channel in the UK - despite its previous British offering lasting less than a year.
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Abbott launches production company
Paul Abbott, the writer behind acclaimed TV drama series State of Play and Shameless , has set up his own independent production company.
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Geldof indie plans Live Aid event doc
High-end documentary specialist Brook Lapping Productions is to make a one-off BBC2 documentary on Live Aid to mark the concert's 20th anniversary.
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Holiday faces revamp
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has ordered a radical revamp of the long-running Holiday programme after ratings slumped by 2 million viewers.
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Princess and the playboys
Princess Productions, the indie behind Five's Back to Reality , is having another crack at the reality genre with a show for Sky One.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC's indie quota
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should the BBC raise its external production quota to 50%?
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NewsA battle royale for Bafta's craft awards
The Bafta Craft Awards have a battle royale on their hands as the BBC/A&E's Charles II: The Power and the Passion comes head to head with Talkback/BBC's The Lost Prince in three of each of their five nominations.
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Secret Intersex (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'A sensitively made documentary... that nonetheless felt intrusive and voyeuristic.'...
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The Second Quest (ITV1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The televisual equivalent of an anecdote that means far more to the person telling it than to his audience.'...
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The Second Quest (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'It was so studiously inoffensive you couldn't possibly hate it. But how could possibly like it, either?'...
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England Expects (BBC1) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'England Expects was powerful, as its producers not doubt intended, but its aims and meaning were hard to divine.'...
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England Expects (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'A muddle-headed story that strained credulity to breaking point.'...
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NewsPowell departs Granada
Meridian controller of network factual Trish Powell is set to leave the company in the summer after her role was effectively made redundant.
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NewsBlackmore steps down at UBC
Radio veteran Tim Blackmore is relinquishing his executive duties at UBC Media Group and has been appointed a non-executive director of the company.