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BBC religion puts Noah to the test
The BBC is to recreate Noah's Ark in a major new one-off programme that will mix state-of-the-art computer graphics with dramatic reconstruction, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Unknown company takes Freeview slot
A mystery new television company, allegedly backed by three well-known British broadcasters, has taken up one of the last slots on the Freeview digital terrestrial television platform, writes Paul Revoir.
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Ofcom may set ethnic targets
The Government is considering arming Ofcom with strengthened powers to ensure broadcasters employ enough people from ethnic minorities - both on and off-screen, writes David Rose.
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BBC relives Dunkirk spirit
Two multimillion pound docu-dramas and extensive live coverage of commemorative events will feature in the corporation's year of special second world war coverage timed to coincide with next year's 60th anniversary of D-Day, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Reality TV schoolboy needs a third chance
A teenager plucked from a London council estate and deposited in a£16,000-a-year public school is fighting to pres...
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Anger at BBC ruse to boost digital TV
Viewer organisations claim that the BBC, in an attempt to increase its audiences, is creating second-class citizens...
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Deadline for end of analogue TV likely to be met
Conventional television sets are expected to be redundant by 2010 because the government is 'likely' to meet its ta...
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BBC warned over youth entertainment channel licence
Tessa Jowell has warned the BBC that she is prepared to withdraw the licence for the broadcaster's new youth entert...
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View of reality from the political jungle
A glut of reality TV shows will trigger a viewers' revolt against 'has-been' celebrities and cheap fly-on-the-wall ...
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NewsCalfs to get full run
Baby Cow, the indie set up by comedian Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, is set to sign deals with the BBC for two new series, including a full run of Paul and Pauline Calf, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsITV giants in co-production first
Carlton and Granada are pushing ahead with the consolidation of their non-advertising-based businesses regardless of the outcome of the Competition Commission inquiry, as tension builds in anticipation of the verdict of the investigation, writes Paul Revoir
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TV bosses snub Cilla's big tribute
Cilla Black's plans for a TV special to mark her 40th year in showbiz have been snubbed by ITV bosses. ...
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TV watchdog checks claims of bias on Murdoch channel
The Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel, whose determinedly patriotic stance during the Iraq conflict bought it critical...
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Muppets go for a song
The Muppets are going home. After four years under German ownership, Kermit, Miss piggy and the rest are returning ...
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NewsC4 urges inquiry into Miller shooting
Channel 4 has made an unprecedented call for a full and open inquiry into the death of award-winning cameraman James Miller, who was shot while filming in the Gaza strip last Friday night (2 May), writes Penny Hughes
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Coming up after the bad news
Earlier this week Capital Radio chief executive David Mansfield sat down in his office overlooking London's Leicest...
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They were both traitors and idealists
It's not surprising that the onslaught against the BBC over tomorrow's television programme, Cambridge Spies, was l...
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TV's Trading Places student is expelled after vodka binge
The Trading Places teenager who swapped his inner city home for a leading public school has been expelled after a d...
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NewsBBC website will reunite WWII veterans
The BBC is to launch a Friends Reunited-style website where war veterans can get in touch with each other and share their stories as part of mammoth plans to commemorate next year's 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings, writes Leigh Holmwood