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Don't make me laugh
There is something depressing about the sight of a British Comedy Awards ceremony ...
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Planet of the fakes
Wildlife TV shows portray a phoney Garden of Eden, but the reality is built on ethnic cleansing ...
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ITV faces further ad losses to C5 and BSkyB
ITV is battling to avoid losing a further share of television advertising revenue to rivals C5 and BSkyB ...
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NewsRadio 1 gets 23 year old DJ for chart show
BBC Radio 1 has appointed fledgling 23-year old presenter Wes Butters as host of its Official Chart Show, while his predecessor Mark Goodier has been confirmed as the new presenter of Emap Radio's Smash Hits Chart Show, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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NewsChannel 4 helps Asian runners
Channel 4 managing editor, commissioning Janey Walker has put up£30,000 to pay for a handful of trainee staff from Asian backgrounds to work on a forthcoming drama commission from Oxford Film and Television, writes Penny Hughes.
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TX - Singing like a Byrd.
Dramatic historical narrative combines with a unique musical plot performed by one of the world's leading
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Off The Record - Toast joke strikes fear into staff.
Radio's ball-breaker-in-chief Kelvin 'The Frenzy' MacKenzie is making staff quiver in their Christmas stockings with his
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Off The Record - Richard 'Freudy' Freudenstein.
Richard 'Freudy' Freudenstein, Sky's chief operating officer, stepped up to the crease at last week's RTS
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Off The Record - Picking a loser.
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey put her reputation for picking winners on the line at this
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Off The Record - Champion left with ringing in ears.
Cigar-chomping indie champion John McVay, chief executive of Pact, was left with a ringing in his
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Off The Record - Sky joins the club.
Meanwhile, at the same event Ray Gallagher, Sky's director of public affairs, picked up his RTS
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On The Box - Licensed not to thrill.
Discovery Channel programme editor Louisa Bolch wanted less of Moore in Five's The Real James Bond's Gadgets
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News Analysis - What is the BBC for?
As the disparity between the BBC's increasingly competitive stance and public service commitments comes under more and more pressure, the corporation's attempts to redefine its Reithian values appear confused
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Review of the Year - That was the year that was.
To some it will be the year TV fouled up football, to others it was the start of a turning point for the indie sector, but, whatever way you look at it, 2002 has certainly been eventful, from Dawn Airey's move to BSkyB or Tony Blackburn's resurrection on
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Interview - Fitting The Bill.
A year ago The Bill was floundering - stuck between a soap and a serial its hybrid self was missing the mark. Now, with exec producer Paul Marquess at the helm, it reaches 7 million-plus viewers. By Jane Marlow
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City Watch - Is recovery in the pipeline for NTL?
Although cable company NTL is set to emerge from Chapter 11 with its debts halved, analysts still doubt its viability given chief executive Barclay Knapp's track record plus competition from BSkyB and BT
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Free to Air - Adding insult to injury.
Mulling over the highs and lows of 2002 in broadcasting is a bit like going on
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Trade Talk - Investigating art.
Shopping channel entrepreneur Ed Hall is going out on a lonely limb by adding the ailing Performance Channel to his TV shopping empire
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Five joins Discovery to watch three cities grow.
Darlow Smithson is poised to sign off a commission from Five and Discovery for a major
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Zig Zag orders double output.
Former Granada-backed indie Zig Zag has secured a raft of commissions, almost doubling its orderbook for