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News3.1m drawn to BBC2's Sherlock Holmes
BBC2's drama one-off, The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle, gave the channel a respectable peak audience of 3.1 million (14%) at the start.
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NewsBBC hands out comedy cash
The BBC has issued the second of its comedy bursaries, to a new writer from Liverpool.
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NewsBBC dismisses WoCC report
The BBC has defended plans for its Window of Creative Competition (WoCC), after a report found serious concerns that it could kill off in-house production at the corporation.
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NewsBarenboim to give Reith lectures
Daniel Barenboim, the celebrated conductor, is to deliver next year's Reith lectures, which will run on Radio 4 in a new 9am slot to give them more impact.
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NewsPlowman: WoCC could wipeout BBC's own comedy
The BBC's head of comedy Jon Plowman yesterday warned that the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) had the potential to effectively wipeout the BBC's own comedy production department.
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NewsEnteraction appoints Davidson
Enteraction TV the company that runs Thomas Cook TV and the new Great Big British Quiz channel has drafted in former Telewest boss, Stephen Davidson, as chairman of its board.
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NewsOfcom raises Five's commissions quota
Ofcom has capped Five's quota for original productions commissioned for the channel at 55% of all hours from 2006, up two per cent on the 2005 level.
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NewsExtras loses over 1m
The second part of Ricky Gervais' comedy Extrason BBC2 lost 1.2 million viewers from the opening week, but still managed a healthy average of 3.4 million (16.1%) at 9pm.
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Opinion - In my view - When will I be famous?
What do you do when your otherwise well brought up children announce that they want to be on TV, asks Daran Little.
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Interview: Andrew O'Connor - Under no illusions
Objective Productions managing director Andrew O'Connor tells Peter Keighron the indie outfit is no one-trick pony as it attempts to move beyond magic and become a major supplier of comedy programmes.
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Off the Record - Two of a kind?
Despite being a TV legend, Sir David Frost has been dividing opinion over his performance as
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Off the Record - No Pocoyo!
At the launch of its pre-school series Pocoyo ITV was keen to stress to the assembled
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NewsNeil: No Murdoch dynasty
BSkyB's chief executive James Murdoch will not succeed his father as head of News Corp, according to former- Sunday Timeseditor Andrew Neil.
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NewsBBC Monitoring faces job cuts
The BBC department which scans the airwaves for news on terrorism and other critical defence matters is facing a series of job cuts today.
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NewsKinga's return to Big Brother draws 5.1m
The return of Kinga Karolczak to the Big Brotherhouse propelled Channel 4 to the top spot with 5.1 million (21.3%) in an increasingly competitive 9pm slot yesterday (31 July).
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NewsBBC regrets King radio appearance
The BBC has said it regrets an appearance by convicted sex offender Jonathan King as a guest on a morning radio chat show.
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NewsUBC wins chart show order
Media group UBC is to produce one of the three new weekly chart shows for commercial radio, set to launch this autumn.
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The critics: Warlords
Channel 4's new four-part historical documentary series Warlordswhich started yesterday (31 July) saw the critics split over the show's merits.
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NewsFive axes Family Affairs
Five has axed Family Affairs, the long running soap produced by Talkback Thames, despite efforts by the producer to revive its flagging performance.
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NewsBBC Worldwide appoints channels head
BBC Worldwide has poached Sony's international TV channel boss to head up its roster of TV channels around the world.