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LBC signs up Kelly
Broadcasting stalwart Henry Kelly has been taken on full-time by London radio station LBC 97.3FM three months after being axed from Classic FM, writes Michael Rosser.
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RDF looks for capital finance
Indie RDF Media, maker of Channel 4's hit shows Faking Itand Wife Swap, is seeking venture capital finance to expand its business activities.
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Znak to head up LWT's factual ent
LWT head of reality Natalka Znak has been promoted to the post of head of factual entertainment for Granada as part of a push into overseas markets.
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Thompson: C4 can't rely on indie sector
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has instructed his commissioning editors to come up with more programme ideas, claiming the channel cannot rely on the indie sector for its creative success.
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Hutton recalls Davies, Sambrook & Gilligan
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies, director of news Richard Sambrook and reporter Andrew Gilligan have been recalled for cross-examination at the Hutton inquiry, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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A Touch of Frost (ITV1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'[Touch of Frost (ITV1)] was a surprisingly complicated, pleasantly unpleasant storyline with all the ingredients y...
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Rolf On Art (BBC1) - Robert Gore Langton, Daily Star
'You may learn more from him at his canvas than from critics who blather on about art. Rolf may be a bit of a joke,...
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Who Got Diana Dors Millions? (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'An intriguing documentary about an attempt to track down the British Marilyn Monroe's secret bank accounts, the wh...
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Saban: Let merged ITV keep sales houses
Haim Saban, the Israeli-American billionaire who is considering buying ITV, has said any move to force Carlton or Granada to divest their sales houses would be 'completely insane'.
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R1 ad push touts DJ talent
Radio 1 is launching a marketing campaign across the BBC network spotlighting its star DJs in an attempt attract more listeners to the flagging station, writes Michael Rosser.
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BBC and C4 up for business 'Oscars'
BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 have been nominated for gongs at the national business awards 2003 - dubbed the 'Oscars' of the business world.
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Canterbury Tales (BBC1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'More high-profile, radical interpretations of The Canterbury Tales (BBC2) are to follow. It's to be hoped that the...
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Canterbury Tales (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The Canterbury Tales (BBC1) isn't Chaucer, it's Chaucer flavouring - a television equivalent for the humane vulgar...
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Canterbury Tales (BBC1) - Charlie Carchpole, Daily Star
'James Nesbitt baring his backside and Billie Piper prancing about in bra and knickers - English literature A-Level...
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QI (BBC2) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'QI (BBC2) - that's IQ backwards, dummy - is a trifle precious, but it was also very funny.'...
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QI (BBC2) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'QI (BBC2) was like finding caviar on the menu in the canteen? QI is the sort of quiz, more common on radio, where ...
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QI (BBC2) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'QI stands for Quite Interesting which is it exactly what it was - 'quite' being the operative word.'...
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Lygo to join C4 in November
Kevin Lygo will replace Tim Gardam as director of television from 3 November.
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Leslie tells all on Sky
John Leslie, the TV presenter who found himself at the centre of rape allegations earlier this year, is to give his first TV interview to Sky One, writes Jon Rogers.
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Roger Mosey - speech in Bonn, 11.09.2003
Thank you for the invitation to address this conference. Richard Sambrook is, I know, sorry not to have made it to Bonn, but I'm delighted to have been invited to take his place. He and I and the rest of the BBC are also not able, I'm afraid, to comment ...