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Biased and proud of it
The Today programme can't afford to be impartial, argues Kevin Marsh - it has to be outrageously biased against dishonesty and obfuscation, and in favour of open debate
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Egg-throwing quiz livens up Five Live coverage
THREE MPs are to line up for a political version of quickfire sports quiz show ...
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Election is viewer turn-off
The broadcasters' special programmes dedicated to following the forthcoming general election kicked off this week but so far are still to ignite the interest of the viewers.
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Sex Traffic leads C4 Bafta triumph
Channel 4 had a good night at the Bafta Television Awards this week, scooping a total of nine awards, with human slavery drama Sex Trafficwinning in the best actress and best serial drama categories.
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Yahoo! UK chief to head Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio-owner SMG has poached Fru Hazlitt, the managing director of Yahoo! UK and Ireland, to be its new chief executive of radio.
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Producer defends BBC village reality series
The producer behind The Week the Women Wenthas defended the BBC programme's public service credentials after it came under fire from an indie producer who lives in one of the villages first considered for the show.
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Rapido founder joins visual Voodoo
ITN-owned Visual Voodoo, the producer behind Channel 4's X Rated: The Pop Videos They Tried to Banand ITV1's Dumb Britain, has appointed Rapido co-founder Mark Ford as head of development. Ford joins the company after 13 years at Rapido and will report ...
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Radio Times signs video plus EPG deal
Radio Timeshas teamed up with the company behind Video Plus to supply information for its electronic programme guide (EPG). Gemstar TV Guide International will now get all its programme information from Radio Times, which will also sell advertising space on Gemstar's EPG, called Guide Plus.
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Thatcher seeks damages for BBC clip
Lady Thatcher is demanding damages from the BBC after it used one of her most famous quotes without permission. BBC/Flextech joint-venture channel UK History broadcast the clip, in which the former prime minister branded the attempt to edge her out of office as 'treachery with a smile on its face', ...
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Mentorn names wooding as Folio head
Mentorn has appointed Paul Wooding to head Folio, its factual production unit. Wooding, previously an executive producer at Mentorn Oxford, will oversee Folio's output, such as Drunk and Dangerous, Car Warsand Shops, Robbers and Videotape. Wooding will still be based in Oxford, ...
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Shameless scoops three BPG awards
Channel 4's Shamelesstook three awards, including one for best drama series/serial, at the Broadcast Press Guild Awards on Friday, 15 April. C4 won three further awards: best single drama for Omagh, best single documentary for The Boy Whose ...
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Nannies fight for format dominance
Controversial Granada format Nanny 911is set to go head to head with Ricochet's Supernanny in a further three countries around Europe.
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Sky One co-funds series of serial killer profiles
Sky One has poured funding into a new series that explores the psychology behind six of the worst serial killers of the 20th century.
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Granada Int'l wins£4.5m in MipTV sales
Granada International has struck£4.5m-worth of deals at this year's MipTV market, including new sales of Agatha Christie detective drama Poirot.
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C4I racks up sales successes at Mip
Channel 4 International made a series of sales at MipTV and has secured co-production deals for new documentaries. In France, C4i and France 2 will co- produce 55 Days: The Fall of Saigon, produced by Flashback Television, and Dead or Alive: The Hunt ...
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Scandinavia snaps up Sex Inspectors
Fremantle International Distribution has sold Talkback-produced series Sex Inspectorsto Scandinavia and the Benelux countries. TV4 in Sweden, MTV3 in Finland, pan-regional channel TV3 Viasat in Norway, RTL Netherlands and VTM VMMA Flemish Belgium have all acquired the show. Sex Inspectorsdebuted in a ...
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Worldwide deals for RDF's Windsor
RDF Rights has sold the series Windsor: The Queen's Castle, which chronicles a year in the life of Windsor Castle, to a number of territories. The distributor has secured pre-sales to ZDF in Germany, CBC in Canada, PBS in the US and Nine Network in Australia. ...
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Nine licences for The Sketch Show
Avalon International has sold Bafta-winning The Sketch Showto nine broadcasters around the world. The original UK version has been licensed to NRK Norway, Prime in New Zealand, SFDRA Switzerland and Singapore/Malaysia's TV12. It has also been picked up by DRTV Denmark, WOWOW Japan, YLE Finland, VRPO ...
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DLT sitcom specials sold to us
DLT Entertainment has sold two new episodes of BBC sitcom As Time Goes Byto US public network PBS. The 45-minute specials reunite Dame Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer as former childhood sweethearts who get together after 40 years. PBS will air the two episodes on its ...
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Format focus: Caraoke
Combining two popular pastimes in a knock-out contest should find plenty of takers.