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Murder City (ITV1) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'Murder City was a case of style over substance? This was a major problem as there was also no substance.'...
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Murder City (ITV1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The sense of a slightly desperate striving for significance remained.'...
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Murder City (ITV1) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'Last night's episode, the first of six, was as big a load of twaddle that I have ever sat through, and at 90 minut...
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Murder City (ITV1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'I can't recall when I last saw such a trying series. We havn't seen such a collection of implausible, two-dimensio...
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24 (Sky One) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'24 is fantastic, over-the-top stuff that British television can never hope to emulate.'...
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Who Kidnapped Shergar? (C4) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'Apart from some clumsy reconstructions, Neil Rawles's Who Kidnapped Shergar? told the story of the kidnapping well...
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NewsPEER POLL: EastEnders
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should EastEnders be on the Bafta shortlist for soap of the year?
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The Great Escape: Revealed (Five) - Joe Joseph, The Times
?Rehearing the story of the ?great escape? and not finding yourself being moved in a new and different way would be...
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Animal Camera (BBC1) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian
?This has been a great programme - a refreshing antidote to the Attenborough style.?...
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The Alan Clark Diaries (BBC2) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
?It's a bit pedestrian but John Hurt's performance and Alan Clark's own words mad this superior stuff.?...
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Inside Hitler's Bunker: the True Story (Five) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
?Another amalgam of hobbyist enthusiasm and serious history.?...
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Frasier (C4) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'Now in its 11th series, it is sharper and funnier than ever.'...
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Proof of the pudding
Broadcast's annual survey of the independent sector published in this week's issue reveals indies are in upbeat mood. Over the past 18 months, they have gone from being virtually ignored by legislators and regulators, to becoming the apple of Tessa Jowell's eye. The media secretary has warned that broadcasters must ...
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Morning to return
Granada has received an early recommission from ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard for its This Morning daytime show. The 17th run will start in September and run through until summer next year. The series editor will again be Shu Richmond and it will have ...
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Meridian training
Meridian, the ITV franchise, which recently announced up to 175 redundancies, has entered into a partnership with the Southampton Institute to create a training and research facility similar to Meridian's proposed new digital production facility near Fareham in Hampshire. The institute will use the facility to teach degree students and ...
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Maverick move
Maverick Television has appointed former Channel 4 Interactive head of telephony development Jo Rosenfelder as its new head of commercial affairs. She will be charged with negotiating deals and running business affairs at the company, which has just moved to new premises in Birmingham. At the same time Maverick executive ...
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ITV orders two shows from SMG TV
ITV controller of children's programming Steven Andrew has commissioned SMG TV Productions to make a comedy drama series and a factual show for its CiTV block. Butterfingers , which tells the story of a goalkeeper and his magic gloves, is a 7 x 30-minute drama ...
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Imago to produce male makeover show
Norwich-based indie Imago Productions has been commissioned to produce a male makeover series for Discovery Health. Perfect Man , a 15 x 30-minute series, sees nine men transformed by a relationship coach into the ideal partner. The show is filmed at a secret location, where ...
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LNN Factuals head leaves for indie
London News Network (LNN) Factuals head Bob Whittaker has become the first ITV regional programme-maker to quit the merged company to set up an independent.