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NewsLiving TV calls in psychic sleuths
Psychics are to help track down murderers in a paranormal version of Crimewatch for Living TV.
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NewsITV1 to entertain with blank screen
Critics often moan there is nothing on television - now ITV1 has taken them at their word and commissioned a quiz show featuring a totally empty screen.
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NewsOfcom tightens regional quota for producers
Ofcom has published new criteria for programmes to qualify as regional productions in a bid to stamp out 'letter box' indie offices - with no real business or production in the regions.
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Universal plans UK crime channel
Universal Studios Networks is planning to launch a crime channel in the UK - despite its previous British offering lasting less than a year.
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Abbott launches production company
Paul Abbott, the writer behind acclaimed TV drama series State of Play and Shameless , has set up his own independent production company.
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Geldof indie plans Live Aid event doc
High-end documentary specialist Brook Lapping Productions is to make a one-off BBC2 documentary on Live Aid to mark the concert's 20th anniversary.
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Holiday faces revamp
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has ordered a radical revamp of the long-running Holiday programme after ratings slumped by 2 million viewers.
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Princess and the playboys
Princess Productions, the indie behind Five's Back to Reality , is having another crack at the reality genre with a show for Sky One.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC's indie quota
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should the BBC raise its external production quota to 50%?
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NewsA battle royale for Bafta's craft awards
The Bafta Craft Awards have a battle royale on their hands as the BBC/A&E's Charles II: The Power and the Passion comes head to head with Talkback/BBC's The Lost Prince in three of each of their five nominations.
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Secret Intersex (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'A sensitively made documentary... that nonetheless felt intrusive and voyeuristic.'...
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The Second Quest (ITV1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The televisual equivalent of an anecdote that means far more to the person telling it than to his audience.'...
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The Second Quest (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'It was so studiously inoffensive you couldn't possibly hate it. But how could possibly like it, either?'...
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England Expects (BBC1) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'England Expects was powerful, as its producers not doubt intended, but its aims and meaning were hard to divine.'...
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England Expects (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'A muddle-headed story that strained credulity to breaking point.'...
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NewsPowell departs Granada
Meridian controller of network factual Trish Powell is set to leave the company in the summer after her role was effectively made redundant.
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NewsBlackmore steps down at UBC
Radio veteran Tim Blackmore is relinquishing his executive duties at UBC Media Group and has been appointed a non-executive director of the company.
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England Expects (BBC1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'This was a raw and polished piece of work.'...
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England Expects (BBC1) - Simon Edge, Daily Star and Daily Express
'The acting was wall-to-wall brilliant, but as drama it was hard going.'...
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NewsDee handed primetime BBC1 slot
Jack Dee is to return to BBC1 as the host of a new primetime comedy entertainment show from indie Open Mike.