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ITV lines up rival Simpson drama
The romance between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson has become the latest drama battleground after ITV1 unveiled a 120-minute film on the relationship - one week after the BBC announced its own project, writes Jon Rogers.
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C4 capitalises on The Salon hit
Channel 4 has extended the run of its weekday reality series The Salonby six weeks after strong ratings, writes Penny Hughes.
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NewsBBC brings back 70s Superstars
Superstars , the show that made a household name of judo master Brian Jacks and saw Kevin Keegan knocked off his bicycle, is returning to BBC1 for a full series, writes Colin Robertson.
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5 Live gears up to air rolling news from war
BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has turned to Julian Worricker and Peter Allen to front the station's coverage of the expected war against Iraq, writes John Plunkett.
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CBBC drops humans for 'toons
CBBC channel presenters are to be replaced by a new interactive animated host in a bid to pull in more viewers, as director of drama, entertainment and children's Alan Yentob admitted that the one-year old digital channel still has more work to do, writes Leigh ...
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Cilla cohort O'Dell departs Granada
The after-effects of Cilla Black's departure from Blind Daterumbled on this week with Granada head of entertainment series Chris O'Dell announcing his decision to quit after 14 years , writes John Plunkett.
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NewsC4 confirms York for drama role
Channel 4 has confirmed BBC head of drama series John Yorke as its new drama head, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsFilm Four Lab's Gutch quits
Head of Film Four Lab Robin Gutch is to leave the experimental film-making division after four years to move into independent film and drama production, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsITV joins interactive revolution
ITV has signed a major agreement with BSkyB to develop a range of interactive services for its three channels in a move that will finally see it catch up with its competitors, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsFull BBC services on Freeview from Friday
The BBC is to put the remainder of its national radio stations onto Freeview this Friday (14 February), taking the total of BBC radio channels available on the new DTT platform up to 11, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsGranada to make Jackass UK
Shock-TV standard-bearer Jackass, the MTV show which made a household name of Johnny Knoxville for performing bizarre and sick stunts, is to be the inspiration behind a new half-hour Granada format, writes Luke Satchell
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Beeb lead fans off the rails
Thanks to the manipulations of BBC Television, the rugby match between Wales and England at Cardiff's Millenium Sta...
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Blue Peter team back for a film they made earlier
This Blue Peter team was one of the most famous line-ups in broadcasting history. Now the trio of John Noakes, Pete...
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Joan Collins TV proves a turn-off
Channel Health, a digital television channel backed by actor Joan Collins, is on the verge of going into liquidatio...
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Southerners rebel over hillbilly reality TV show
The CBS show that relocated a family from the American rural south has come under fire from a Kentucky campaign gro...
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Murdoch praises Blair's 'courage'
Rupert Murdoch has given his full backing to war, praising George Bush as acting 'morally' and 'correctly' and desc...
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ITN shareholders call for single owner to compete with news rivals
ITN demanded yesterday that all ownership restrictions on the commercial TV news operation be lifted, allowing ITV ...
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Murdoch backs 'courageous' Blair and 'moral' Bush
Rupert Murdoch praised Tony Blair yesterday for his 'extraordinarily courageous' stand on the Middle East, and gave...
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Digital takes a slice of ITV income
ITV admitted yesterday that its share of the TV advertising market had fallen in January as more people signed up t...