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Passer By (BBC1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'This was a gripping, convincing slice of contemporary urban drama.'...
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NewsTinopolis appoints Rees
Tinopolis, Wales' largest independent production company, has appointed Arwel Rees as its new managing director to spearhead an aggressive expansion policy at the firm.
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BPG unveils awards
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has been handed an award for outstanding contribution to broadcasting from the Broadcasting Press Guild.
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NewsRoot quits BBC
BBC2 controller Jane Root is set to announce her departure from the channel next week to take up a new post in the US running the Discovery Channel.
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NewsGWR poised for ad growth
GWR, the radio group behind Classic FM, is anticipating a 7% boost to its analogue radio revenue for the first three months of the year.
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NewsPostman Pat teams up with He Man
Postman Pat-owner Entertainment Rights has secured an£11m deal to acquire the rights of Hallmark's Filmation library, which includes the Lone Ranger and He-Man.
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The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off (C4) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'It was a human-interest doc that had something to say about the big issues of life and death.'...
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The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Watching his mother Edna change the bandages on his red-raw back may have been the most excruciating scene yet sho...
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The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off seemed slightly tasteless. After you'd watched the programme it still seemed slightly ...
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The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off (C4) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'At the end, Jonny Kennedy said: 'I've told my story. I hope it's given you something to think about.' It did that,...
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The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (BBC1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'Lynley swans around in his classic car and ponces about talking to important people.'...
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NewsPEER POLL: ITV consolidation
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should the trend towards ITV centralisation be stopped?
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Bottom of the class
Throughout the 21-year history of the UK independent sector, the indie-BBC relationship has been pretty sour. Many indies felt they had no choice of distributor, with all rights being handed to BBC Worldwide. They also felt the BBC never took the 25% quota seriously and missing it cost the sector ...
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Taxi Nights (ITV1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'A stunningly tiresome piece of television.'...
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Taxi Nights (ITV1) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian
'I'm not convinced that the subject is worth 12 episodes, but the first was a charming portrait of a scary world.'...
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Dragons Alive (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Dragons Alive was the nature film equivalent of Sunny Delight.'...
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Dragons Alive (BBC1) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'The documentary about reptiles was the animal equivalent of snuff movies - Jurassic Porn. There was sex, but also ...
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Napster nabs Smith
Former Capital FM executive Jeff Smith has been hired as programming director of music download website Napster. Smith, who has been consulting for various radio groups since stepping down as Capital FM programming controller in January last year, will join the company before its launch in the UK this summer. ...
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September to make US wedding special
September Films has been commissioned to make a one-hour special called America's Trashiest Weddings for Fox in the US, which will go out in early summer. Sky One has picked up the UK rights from September International, which launches the title at MipTV next week. The executive producers for September ...
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Secret Policeman team to make special
The team behind BBC1's The Secret Policeman are set to cause more controversy with a hard-hitting investigation into the death of a man in police custody. The Rough Justice special, Death on Camera , has been given an unprecedented 21.00 ...