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Jodie breaks silence for Bugsy
Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster has given a rare interview to Tyne Tees Television for a 60-minute After They Were Famousshow on the stars of the 1976 film Bugsy Malone, in which she played Tallulah. The show will reunite the ...
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Dimmock in UK Style deal
UK Style has signed up Charlie Dimmock to front a new series charting the yearly cycle of a garden, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Channel 4 puts on style with Living TV
Channel 4 and Living TV have commissioned the first-ever British Style Awards, featuring the world's top supermodels and performances from Elton John and Kylie Minogue, writes Paul Revoir.
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Westcountry line-up
ITV Westcountry has unveiled its autumn regional line-up with a series of documentaries including a dance programme presented by Lionel Blair. In the 6 x 30-minute series Dancing in the Dark, tap dancer Blair looks at the region's dance history. Plymouth-based independent Infinite Pictures has ...
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Discovery on track
Discovery Europe has ordered another series fronted by former Fast Showcomic actor Mark Williams. The 10 x 30-minute series, On the Rails, from Oxford Scientific Films Productions, will chart the history of rail travel to tie in with the bi-centenary ...
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Turn on goes forensic
Manchester-based independent Turn On Television has been commissioned by the ITV Granada region and the Discovery Channel to make a 6 x 30-minute series following a group of forensic science undergraduates. Forensic Schoolwill air on 29 August on Granada and at the start of next ...
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Playboy shows picked
Flextech channel Living TV has picked up some more shows from Playboy TV International, including season two of Sexceteraand two new series, 7 Lives Xposedand Sex Court. Sexcetera takes a ...
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NewsDangerous driving show earns BBC second rap
The BBC has been given a ticking off by the Broadcasting Standards Commission for encouraging dangerous and irresponsible driving after it repeated a broadcast about a rally, which had already had complaints upheld against it.
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NewsBSC survey finds drama wanting
Viewers' interest in drama has become 'dulled' and 'blunted' by an over-reliance on 'overworked' themes and storylines, a new report has found, writes Paul Revoir
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Black to the future
BBC1 has unveiled its first black sitcom family. The Crouches are the stars of a new late-night show to be screened...
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Top of the Pops is history
Top of the Pops and The Generation Game look like becoming history - with BBC chiefs turning to the past to boost r...
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US anger at al-Jazeera
Arab satellite news channel al-Jazeera has again been accused of biased reporting by senior figures in the US gover...
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James Bond spooked
ITV1's showing of James Bond classic Thunderball attracted five million viewers on Monday night but lost out to BBC...
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Top of the Pops faces make-or-break overhaul to revive viewing figures
Top of the Pops, the longest running music show on British television, is facing a make-or-break overhaul as the BB...
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BBC to present a 21st-century take on ancient history
BBC1 claimed to have put history centre stage in its£220million autumn season yesterday as it unveiled new big bud...
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Casualties of TV docs
Hospital dramas such as Casualty and Holby City have lead some viewers to believe tey have learned enough to deal w...
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Shock soaps ?bad for young'
Adult storylines in early evening soap operas were yesterday attacked by a teachers' leader ...
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TV dramas ?put lives at risk' with misleading medical advice
Members of the emergency services are alarmed that television dramas are putting lives at risk by broadcasting misl...
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BBC looks to past in its autumn line-up
The BBC unveiled an autumn schedule yesterday dominated by history programmes, including drama documentaries set in...