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Saturday Kitchen to move to BBC1
Saturday Kitchen, BBC2's surprise cookery hit, is set to transfer to BBC1 and be revamped with more live material which could see it broadcast from chef Antony Worral Thompson's home, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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French and Saunders reunite on BBC1
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to reunite for their first sketch show together in six years. The new
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Unique wins three orders from 1xtra
Unique has picked up three documentary commissions from the BBC's digital station 1Xtra. Babymothers will attempt to provide a snapshot of young motherhood, while The Love Divide will focus on the remaining taboos in mixed-race relationships. Both 30-minute documentaries will be scheduled in late summer. In addition, Unique will produce ...
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ITV3 to be backed by£20m budget
ITV's new channel for the over-45s, ITV3, will be backed by a budget of£20m when it launches in the fourth quarter of this year, writes Glen Mutel.
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NewsRevenue boost for Endemol
Big Brother producer Endemol UK boosted its total revenue by£25m to£90m in 2003, thanks largely to a 125% increase in the receipts from its relationship with Channel 4.
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NewsBBC America chief jumps ship to ABC
The chief executive of BBC America Paul Lee has been poached for a top job at the US network ABC.
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My Foetus (C4) - Paul Hoggart, Times
'Even by Channel 4's standards, an image of a legally dismembered baby makes disturbing viewing.'...
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My Foetus (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The nationally taboo-busting footage here - that of a woman undergoing an abortion - wasn't really shocking at all...
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No Angels (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'A likeable cast, lots of pace and perhaps the the best musical soundtrack of any recent drama series, and you've g...
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No Angels (C4) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'No Angels is Casualty with naughty words, Peak Practice with nipples, Heartbeat with acting. It could have been a ...
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NewsSky launches viewer panel
BSkyB is launching a 20,000 household-strong audience research panel to provide advertisers and broadcasters who use its platform with detailed viewing information on every channel.
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NewsThompson: I'll resist BBC headhunters
Channel 4 unveiled a threefold increase in profits for 2003 as the broadcaster's chief executive Mark Thompson was once again put on the spot over his designs on vacant BBC director general position.
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NewsBafta awards ITV1 7.2m
ITV1's 2-hour coverage of the The British Academy Television Awards brought 7.2 million viewers to the channel last night (19 April).
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Britain's Secret Shame - Bullying (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'I wish it hadn't been made in a style that will one day, ideally quite soon, seem as dated as a Pathe newsreel.'...
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NewsCNN chief: Journalists in Iraq are 'targets'
CNN chief Chris Cramer last night called on broadcasters to step up safety strategies for war reporters, claiming journalists covering Iraq have more chance of being killed than members of the US armed forces.
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Changing Rooms (BBC1) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian
'I think I'd rather watch the space left in the schedule by Changing Rooms. Or Polyfilla. It just feels so 1997.'...
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Eastenders (BBC1) - Sarah Vine, The Times
'As always with Eastenders, it's not the main plot that keeps you watching, it's the peripherals, the various sub-p...
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Emmerdale (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'Emmerdale's skill is mixing the light-hearted with the serious.'...
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NewsJowell under fire over analogue switch-off plan
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell has denied Tory claims that the government plans to switch to digital television are in disarray and insists it is on target to turn off the analogue signal by 2010.