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    Five seeks exit in ITV news makeover

    2003-03-11T10:13:12Z

    Channel Five is likely to sever its links with ITN if ITV is allowed to take over the news o0rganisation. ...

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    BBC halts new series at 11th hour

    2003-03-11T10:10:01Z

    The BBC was forced to abandon the launch of a high profile current affairs series last night. ...

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    Reprimand over C4 cannibal 'art'

    2003-03-11T10:08:48Z

    Station rejects ruling on image of dead baby being eaten. ...

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    £1m quiz winner 'seemed unhappy'

    2003-03-11T10:07:53Z

    Army major Charles Ingram and his wife Diana, accused of cheating on the quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, ...

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    Is this game show (a)nasty (b)cynical or (c)both?

    2003-03-11T10:05:30Z

    The critics hated it, the viewing figures were disappointing, and the crass billboard advertising that hailed its a...

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    NUJ calls for World Service enquiry

    2003-03-11T10:03:39Z

    The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is calling for an independent inquiry into management workings within the BBC World Service after announcing it would ballot members on strike action following the sacking of two journalists last month, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Millionaire quiz show makers 'aim to revive ratings with film of trial'

    2003-03-11T10:00:15Z

    The makers of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? have filmed a documentary about the case of an army major accused of c...

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    Major 'tense after£1m win on TV quiz show'

    2003-03-11T09:58:40Z

    An army major appeared 'tense and unhappy' even though he had just won£1m on the television quiz show Who Wants To...

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    Media helping paedophiles escape charges, say police

    2003-03-11T09:54:52Z

    Paedophiles among 6,500 suspects being investigated for paying to view child sex abuse online could escape prosecut...

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    Joint deals for new BSkyB music channels

    2003-03-11T09:51:43Z

    BSkyB has linked up with radio station XFM and music web-site Popworld to provide branded content and cross promotion for its three new music channels, writes Paul Revoir

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    Boss Banking on Trial to Lift Flagging Show

    2003-03-11T09:48:10Z

    A Telly boss yesterday admitted that he hoped a programme about the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? trial would boos...

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    Kim: I want a Sugar Daddy

    2003-03-11T09:43:20Z

    Eastenders beauty Kim Medcalf has made an incredible sex plea for a hunky older man! But the stunning young blonde ...

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    Howells warns Puttnam over Five ownership

    2003-03-11T09:37:19Z

    Broadcasting minister Kim Howells has warned David Puttnam that if the Lords succeed in attaching strings to the ownership of Five it could deter future investors and consequently limit growth of the channel, writes David Rose

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    Movie men add special effects to war

    2003-03-11T09:34:39Z

    The pentagon has enlisted Hollywood to help to present its daily briefings to the world. Fresh from the latest Mich...

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    Art show breached rules

    2003-03-11T09:29:32Z

    A Channel 4 documentary which featured a hinese artist eating the body of a dead baby was condemned by the broadcas...

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    Crossraoads faces final curtain

    2003-03-11T09:24:49Z

    The doors are finally to close on the Crossroads motel. The latest relaunch of the struggling soap was deemed a fai...

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    Crossroads faces final curtain

    2003-03-11T09:19:05Z

    Crossroads faces final curtainThe doors are finally to close on the Crossroads motel. The latest relaunch of the struggling soap was deemed a failure after just three months.The Times, page 6www.timesonline.co.uk

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    Producers to give youngsters a foot-in

    2003-03-10T15:46:29Z

    Some of the country's leading producers have teamed up to participate in a new Edinburgh International Television Festival scheme to help young people from poor families get into TV, writes Penny Hughes

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    Baby-eating artist lands C4 in hot water

    2003-03-10T14:55:22Z

    Channel 4 has today come under fire from the Independent Television Commission (ITC), for breaching the Programme Code on matters of taste and decency and offending the public after it put out a show featuring the cannibalisation of a dead baby, writes Luke Satchell

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    Crossroads demise sees jobs axed

    2003-03-10T12:15:44Z

    Up to 80 jobs are under threat at Carlton's Central franchise after ITV's new director of programmes Nigel Pickard decided to axe ailing soap Crossroads, writes Paul Revoir