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Arts fears as BBC prepares to revamp Omnibus
The BBC is to scrap Omnibus, its flagship arts programme, in its present form, it revealed yesterday, alarming crit...
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Dissident to lead BBC licence fee protest
A former Russian dissident said yesterday that he was prepared to go to jail in protest at the BBC's lack of impart...
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Disney's animation head to quit post
Thomas Schumacher has decided to stand down as head of Walt Disney's core animation studios, marking the third high...
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It is not possible to present a satirical programme if you are sleazier than the people you are making jokes about
Ian Hislop yesterday branded sacked co-star Angus Deayton 'sleazy' and said he had to go. ...
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MTV Programmer joins BSkyB
BSkyB, the pay television company, has poached a senior programmer from MTV, the music television network, as rival...
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This is Radio Ramadan
Why are Britain's Muslim radio stations not granted permanent licences? ...
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Star witness
Did Angus Deayton and John Leslie really warrant the column inches they received? ...
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Dumped Deayton's threat to sue BBC
Angus Deayton is considering legal action over his sacking from Have I Got News For You. ...
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Trial of TV brothers puts culture in dock
Thomas and Florian Haffa are due to appear in the dock of a Munich court today ...
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BBC under fire as Omnibus is axed
The BBC was forced onto the defensive about its arts programming again yesterday after being criticised for axing t...
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Thank heavens for television
Children's TV has been blamed for many ills, from poor language skills to rising crime ...
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TV advertisers oppose 'unrealistic' Carlton-Granada merger
Television advertisers have declared that the merger plans of Carlton and Granada are 'hopelessly unrealistic' ...
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BBC scraps 'confusing Omnibus' but stands by arts
The BBC insisted yesterday it remained committed to serious arts coverage, depsite scrapping ...
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NewsTelewest on course despite debt default
Beleaguered cable giant Telewest said today it was on course to complete its debt restructuring, despite a demand from one of its creditors that the company be wound up for defaulting on an interest repayment of£10.3m, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsAttenborough to soldier on at BBC
Veteran naturalist Sir David Attenborough has denied claims that he is to pack in his role as the BBC's leading natural history presenter when his next series airs in 2005, writes David Wood
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NewsAmerican strategists to avert worldwide disaster on BBC4
The smallest room in the White House, in which all major international crises are debated, is to be recreated for a new BBC 4 programme in which a panel of eminent American decision-makers will be forced to react to a hypothetical global catastrophe, writes Leigh ...
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Ricky eyes Angus job
Telly comic Ricky Gervais and 'Queen of Mean' Anne Robinson were last night being lined up by BBC chiefs to replace...
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Back from the threat of extinction, Sir David and his furry friends
Sir David Attenborough returns to British television with a new series ...