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    Born loser

    2003-01-29T10:02:40Z

    Marion and Geoff, a series of 10-minute TV monologues by a jilted minicab driver, made a surprise star of Rob Brydo...

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    Suicide bid on CCTV may herald new privacy law

    2003-01-29T10:02:05Z

    A man whose suicide attempt was captured by his local CCTV cameras and released to newspapers and TV companies won ...

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    BBC fails to switch glamour tie to prime slot

    2003-01-29T10:01:39Z

    It is one for ...

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    New TV boss

    2003-01-29T10:01:08Z

    Jane Lighting, who runs the cable a satellite TV company Flextech, is to become chief executive of Channel Five. ...

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    BBC slated for free school software

    2003-01-29T10:00:46Z

    RM and 17 other educational software providers yesterday demanded clarification from the Government over its decisi...

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    £7,000 award for man after suicide bid is show on TV

    2003-01-29T09:59:25Z

    A man whose life was saved when he was filmed by a security camera as he tried to cut his wrists in a town centre w...

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    Celebrity fights KO'd

    2003-01-29T09:59:07Z

    The BBC has scrapped a series of celebrity bouts after the British Boxing Board of Control threatened to revoke the...

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    C-word allowed to make debut on BBC television

    2003-01-29T09:58:45Z

    BBC switchboard operators are braced for a tide of complaints tonight, on a scale not seen since the newscaster Pet...

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    BBBC KOs BBC

    2003-01-29T09:46:35Z

    Boxing board's ruling spells end for TV celebrity bouts. ...

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    Chef! My steak is Wellard

    2003-01-29T09:44:24Z

    Robbie is cook in Crossroads. ...

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    Gwyneth to play Wallis

    2003-01-29T09:43:05Z

    America's most-feted young actress is to play America's most controversial divorcee in one of Britain's greatest lo...

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    BBC plans ?Iraq Day'

    2003-01-29T08:59:54Z

    The BBC's landmark day of programming devoted to transport issues - the third in its current affairs series following those on the NHS and crime - is to be postponed in order to make way for special programming on Iraq, it has been confirmed, writes ...

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    Telewest launch for Discovery Health

    2003-01-29T08:53:47Z

    Discovery Networks Europe has renewed its carriage deal with cable operator Telewest in a new three-year arrangement that will see Discovery Health launched on the platform for the first time, writes Paul Revoir

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    Jowell moves to safeguard Five programming

    2003-01-28T15:17:33Z

    Media Secretary Tessa Jowell has moved to head off a showdown with the House of Lords amid fears peers will try to bar Rupert Murdoch from making a bid for Five, writes David Rose

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    BBC 4 resurrects After Dark

    2003-01-28T12:43:44Z

    Seminal late night live discussion show After Dark, which famously saw actor Oliver Reed try to give American feminist Kate Millett a drunken kiss, is to be resurrected by digital culture channel BBC 4, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Tune into Tesco TV

    2003-01-28T10:09:11Z

    The supermarket giant aims to have a private TV network in 100 of its shops this year - and hopes that ads and spon...

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    A commercials reality

    2003-01-28T10:08:40Z

    Despite the pitfalls, advertiser-funded programming will grow ...

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    Mistress of the makeover

    2003-01-28T10:08:18Z

    Daisy Goodwin's run of lifestyle TV hits has seen her rise to the top at indie producer Talkback. And now the 'pos...

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    Thinking man's television

    2003-01-28T10:07:52Z

    Sky and BBC beware: Barry Cox's vision of the future needs tough regulation. ...

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    DT's cable sale fails to hit target for debt reduction

    2003-01-28T10:07:30Z

    Deutsche Telekom, the German telecommunications operator, will this week announce the sale of its six remaining cab...