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BBC2 set to win race for the Apprentice
BBC2 is expected to land the rights to American tycoon Donald Trump's business reality format The Apprentice after a fierce bidding war with Channel 4. The channel has confirmed it is in 'advanced talks' with Fremantle Media about the format, in which 16 candidates compete ...
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Key 103 change
Key 103 veteran DJ Mike Toolan is to replace JK & Joel as presenter of the Manchester station's breakfast show. Toolan has been with the Emap-owned radio station for six years and previously hosted the breakfast show between 1998 and 2000. He will be joined by presenter Michelle Dignan and ...
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NewsITV and C4 call for BBC indie reforms
The BBC's commercial rivals ITV and Channel 4 are calling for the corporation to strengthen the indie sector by setting up an independent commissioning arm and raising its external production quota to 50%.
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NewsRoot's last act for drama
BBC2 controller Jane Root, who last week confirmed she is to leave the station to head the Discovery channel in the US, has green lit a new drama strategy as one of her last major acts in the role.
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NewsGranada to return to films with Ant & Dec
Granada is set to make a large-scale return to film production by developing two ambitious projects for cinematic release, including a romantic comedy starring Ant and Dec and a follow-up to Channel 4's hit drama The Deal.
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NewsBennett holds back in race for DG's job
BBC director of television Jana Bennett - tipped as one of the leading contenders for the director general post - has not applied for the job.
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NewsEndemol UK opens in Bristol and Glasgow
Endemol UK, one of the country's largest independent producers, is to open offices in Glasgow and Bristol in a bid to take advantage of regional commissioning opportunities.
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Hallmark put off by ITV's content
US giant Hallmark Entertainment has admitted it is no longer interested in buying ITV because the channel's success relies on too many 'exploitative' reality shows such as I'm a Celebrity.
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Final whistle goes for ITV's On the Ball
ITV is to axe its long-running On the Ball football magazine show following the loss of its rights to the Premier League highlights package.
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Top-Up TV claims convincing start
Top-Up TV, the pay-TV service for Freeview viewers that launched this week, has already attracted 'thousands' of subscribers, according to its chairman, David Chance.
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Castle docu-soap for BBC1
The BBC has commissioned a docu-soap which charts a 17-strong family's decision to quit their lives in England and move to a dilapidated 19th-century Scottish castle.
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MP brands Ofcom a 'disgrace'
Ofcom was plunged into a political row this week when MPs openly accused it of siding with ITV over production cuts rather than acting in viewers' interests.
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Entwistle exits Newsnight
The editor of BBC2's Newsnight George Entwistle is to leave the programme to head the BBC's new topical arts unit, overseeing the launches of new culture and media shows.
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MacIntyre's Big Sting (Five) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'MacIntyre's Big Sting was the most outrageous piece of television I've seen for a long time.'...
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MacIntyre's Big Sting (Five) - Simon Edge, Daily Star
'This big sting was the kind delivered by a butterfly not a bee.'...
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MacIntyre's Big Sting (Five) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Five has thrown its hat into the ring to provide the most unintentionally funny character of the week by returning...
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MacIntyre's Big Sting (Five) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'I found something grubby and unpleasant about the formula, with its use of deceit and its triumphalist tone as eac...
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NewsTerry Lloyd news bursary set up
ITN and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) have set up a bursary in memory of reporter Terry Lloyd, who was killed in Iraq a year ago, to give young journalists the opportunity to break into TV news.
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Amnesia (ITV1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'As is traditional with ITV two-parters, the whole thing turned bonkers.'...
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Hustle (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Hustle came to the end of its first run showing signs that it had reached the bottom of the plot barrel.' ...