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    Private Life of a Masterpiece (BBC2) - Paul Hoggart, The Times

    2004-01-20T09:42:00Z

    'This was one of those enjoyable, unaggressively enlightening programmes which remind you of things you knew, tell ...

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    Granada unveils I'm a? celebrities

    2004-01-20T09:51:25Z

    Granada has named the cast of 10 celebrities who are to be flown to the Australian jungle for the third series of I'm a Celebrity? Get Me Out of Here! - one of ITV's most profitable and highest rating shows.

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    Blair brings 1.6m to Newsnight

    2004-01-20T11:11:21Z

    BBC2's Newsnight special last night (19 January) featuring the prime minister Tony Blair being questioned over his policy of top-up fees for students gave the current affairs show 1.6 million (9.8%).

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    BBC charts 2003 top TV moments

    2004-01-21T09:06:51Z

    The BBC is set to air a programme setting out the top TV moments of 2003 and has drawn up a shortlist of 28 potential 'moments' two-thirds of which were on the BBC.

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    Sky targets UK Asians with free Star TV

    2004-01-21T09:19:29Z

    BSkyB is looking to attract more Asians to its service by scrapping charges for Hindi-language entertainment channels STAR Plus and STAR News.

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    BBC defends 'objective' Panorama

    2004-01-21T09:21:00Z

    BBC head of current affairs Peter Horrocks has defended the corporation's special on the Hutton Inquiry Panorama on the eve of its broadcast, claiming the show will be an 'even-handed and objective account.'

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    Little Friends (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times

    2004-01-21T09:30:00Z

    'Little Friends looked like a programme that too often took the easy option of being rude to its secretary. It just...

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    Nighty Night (BBC3) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent

    2004-01-21T09:41:00Z

    'Jill seemed to me to owe so much to Beverley from Abigail's Party that Mike Leigh should probably get a royalty pa...

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    Can't Take it With You (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail

    2004-01-21T09:43:00Z

    ?Can't Take it With You acts as a series of awful warnings backing up the long-running campaign urging us all to ma...

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    Boss Swap (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2004-01-21T09:45:00Z

    ?Boss Swap doesn't have the same bite as Wife Swap - largely for the reassuring reason that people's jobs don't see...

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    Shameless (C4) - Rupert Smith, Guardian

    2004-01-21T09:45:00Z

    'Like Footballers' Wives or Queer as Folk, it's got something to say and it knows how to say it.'...

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    Living the Dream fails to seduce viewers

    2004-01-21T11:23:27Z

    BBC2's Career Boot Camp failed to interest the viewers last night (20 January) with just 1.5 million (6.3%) despite the controversy surrounding the show.

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    Gray quits Carlton International

    2004-01-21T11:42:10Z

    Carlton International controller of programme development, Mark Gray has quit to join the distribution arm of Fremantle Media.

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    All3media completes flurry of deals

    2004-01-21T15:10:38Z

    All3Media International, formerly Chrysalis Distribution, has scored several new deals in France with its slate of documentaries and drama. France 3 is to screen series seven and eight of Bentley Productions' mystery drama Midsomer Murders and cable network Match TV has picked up docu-soap ...

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    Eubank knocked out of Five format

    2004-01-22T08:15:00Z

    Five has decided not to make a second series of reality show At Home with the Eubanks but is keeping the brand and is on the hunt for a new celebrity.

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    Company brings Pete and Dud 'love story' to C4

    2004-01-22T08:15:10Z

    Company Pictures, the indie behind hit drama series Shameless , is to make a film for Channel 4 about the iconic comedy team Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.

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    Thirkell links up with Wax

    2004-01-22T08:15:20Z

    Robert Thirkell, the former BBC producer who launched award-winning shows Blood on the Carpet and Back to the Floor , is working on a new business series for BBC3, fronted by Ruby Wax.

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    Zeal hit by departures

    2004-01-22T08:15:30Z

    Indie Zeal Television has been hit by the departure of three of its senior managers, including managing director and co-founder Mark Linsey.

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    Carlton's Wells takes ITV ents role

    2004-01-22T08:15:40Z

    Mark Wells is set to take the post of controller of entertainment at ITV production arm Granada, making him the first senior Carlton programming executive to be given a job in the merged entity.

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    SMG fears news agenda change

    2004-01-22T08:15:50Z

    SMG is to call for urgent talks with ITV chiefs amid concerns that the newly created ITV News Division could disadvantage the network's minority shareholders.