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NewsFive to air unseen Peter Cook and Enoch Powell interviews
Never-before-seen interviews with Peter Cook, Robert Maxwell, Sean Connery and Enoch Powell are to be aired for the first time in 40 years as part of a new series for Five.
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TV critics 22 August 08
“It's not back of the net stuff, but neither are we at sudden-death penalties just yet.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsDoctors fail to revive BBC1 or ITV1
Programmes involving doctors, in one guise or another, failed to gain sufficient interest from the viewers at 9pm as both the main channels came under pressure from BBC2, Channel 4 and Five.
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NewsC4 dedicates a year to British institutions
The first series from Stephen Lambert's indie Studio Lambert will form part of a major year-long Channel 4 series of documentaries dedicated to Britain's public and social institutions.
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NewsMore 4 to follow race for the US presidency
More 4 is to mark November's US elections with a series of programmes including full broadcasts of every presidential debate.
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News'Lord of the Flies' format crowns C4 autumn season
Two groups of children will spend three weeks without adults in a factual entertainment format for Channel 4.
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NewsDecision coming on Celeb Big Brother
Channel 4 will decide within the next month whether to air a Celebrity Big Brother next year, head of programmes Julian Bellamy has confirmed.
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NewsBBC and ITV call for more studio-based sitcoms
Edinburgh 08: Senior comedy commissioners from the BBC and ITV have put out a call for more studio-based sitcoms.
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NewsBBC3 to boost drama output
Edinburgh 08: BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has pledged to up the amount of drama on the corporation's digital youth channel and is also looking for new sitcom ideas.
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NewsSky plans to hire its own Apprentice
Edinburgh 08: Sky 1 controller Richard Woolfe is on the hunt for more factual formats fronted by famous faces and is hunting an Apprentice-style show for the channel.
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NewsOliver: No trust in talent-led indies
Edinburgh 08: Jamie Oliver has said talent-led production find it difficult to convince commissioners to take them seriously.
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NewsBBC puts more channels online
BBC4, CBBC and CBeebies will become the next of the corporation's channels to be simulcast online next month.
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NewsMacTaggart: Fincham slams Ofcom
Ofcom's “box-ticking” PSB review could kill televison by sidelining entertainment, Peter Fincham has warned in the 2008 MacTaggart Memorial Lecture.
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NewsMore 4 plans return to original drama
Edinburgh 08: More 4 head Hamish Mykura has signaled his desire for original UK drama to return to the channel as part of a new focus on giving it a broader contemporary voice.
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NewsSharon Osbourne issues 'extreme reality' warning
Edinburgh 08: Former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne has warned that reality shows are becoming increasingly extreme and viewers could next be watching someone 'in the electric chair.'
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NewsQuantity over quality in docs says BBC veteran
Edinburgh 08: Veteran BBC documentary maker Peter Taylor has accused broadcasters of sacrificing quality documentaries for quantity and urged the BBC and Channel 4 to cut the runs of their major current affairs strands.
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NewsBBC accused of training shortfall in doc making
Edinburgh 08: Documentary makers and commissioners have lamented the lack of support for new talent to hone their craft, with the BBC taking the brunt of the blame.
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NewsMacTaggart: Fincham slams Ofcom
Edinburgh 08: Ofcom's “box-ticking” PSB review could kill televison by sidelining entertainment, Peter Fincham has warned in the 2008 MacTaggart Memorial Lecture.
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NewsMacTaggart: Fincham slams Ofcom
Ofcom's 'box-ticking' PSB review could kill televison by sidelining entertainment, Peter Fincham has warned in the 2008 MacTaggart Memorial Lecture.