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    Where the writer is king

    2003-01-27T10:05:51Z

    Tomorrow a new series of the sophisticated US drama CSI begins on Five. Matt Wells on how hard times in Hollywood ...

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    Battle stations

    2003-01-27T10:05:29Z

    Planning for media coverage of the expected Gulf war is now at fever pitch. BBC and ITV news technicians are busy ...

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    Time to axe the BBC's poll tax?

    2003-01-27T10:05:05Z

    Thanks to cable and satellite, many viewers are already used to forking out for programmes. But, argues Barry Cox...

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    A novel approach

    2003-01-27T10:04:28Z

    Is it satire? A drama? A sitcom? It's hard to say. But The Book Group has quietly become one of TV's most unlikely...

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    ITC clears TV's public autopsy

    2003-01-27T10:04:07Z

    The independent television commission, the TV standards watchdog, yesterday dismissed complaints about Britain's fi...

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    Cabinet media adviser says licence fee must go

    2003-01-27T10:03:47Z

    An influential adviser on media policy to the government is to make a high-profile case for abolition of the licenc...

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    RM leads fight against BBC 'digital curriculum'

    2003-01-27T10:03:23Z

    RM, the listed educational software specialist will seek High Court action this week against the BBC, to challenge ...

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    Quiz blokes are bums blasts Tarrant

    2003-01-27T09:58:53Z

    Quiz host Chris Tarrant has attacked male contestants on the hit show, claiming they're 'up their own arse'. ...

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    Hol of a wife swap!

    2003-01-27T09:56:38Z

    The creators of row-fuelled telly show Wife Swap are planning an even more explosive new series, which will see cou...

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    TV autopsy in the clear

    2003-01-27T09:53:57Z

    Channel 4 did not break TV rules by screening a public autopsy, watchdogs said yesterday. ...

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    I'm expecting a heavy fall of mumbo jumbo

    2003-01-27T09:51:46Z

    Former broadcaster pours scorn on BBC weather bulletins. ...

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    Jamie goes back to school

    2003-01-27T09:49:43Z

    This time it's to cook the lunches. ...

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    Radio First makes comeback

    2003-01-27T09:48:39Z

    Radio First, the digital station chaired by former Football League chairman Keith Harris, will be returning to Aim ...

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    Ground Force crosses the pond

    2003-01-27T09:14:10Z

    BBC America has signed its first independent production venture after ordering an 8 x 60-minute US-based version of Endemol UK's garden makeover show, Ground Force, writes Colin Robertson

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    BBC news to axe 60 jobs

    2003-01-27T09:04:36Z

    Around 60 posts are to be axed within the BBC's huge news department as part of a comprehensive cost-cutting exercise, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BRMB gets its fingers burnt

    2003-01-24T14:49:06Z

    Birmingham radio station BRMB has been fined£15,000 after it admitted breaching health and safety laws during a competition stunt that left three participants with severe burns and permanent scars, writes Luke Satchell

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    Allcroft and Thomas The Tank Engine reunited

    2003-01-24T11:34:27Z

    Britt Allcroft is to be reunited with her popular Thomas The Tank Engine characters after agreeing to join the board of Hit Entertainment - the children's group that bought her former indie, writes Colin Robertson

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    Fame Academy cash to fund performers' bursary

    2003-01-24T10:58:42Z

    The BBC is to use the£1m-plus profits from its reality format Fame Academy to create a performing arts bursary for young people, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Reid in TV rant

    2003-01-24T10:06:44Z

    Former EastEnder Mike Reid has lashed telly bosses for putting too much soap on our screens. ...

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    You too can look a total Dickinson

    2003-01-24T10:05:07Z

    Bargain Hunt smoothie David Dickinson is to be the BBC's next makeover guru - by helping viewers look just like him...