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Bectu warns BBC tech closure will cost jobs.
Broadcasting union Bectu has warned that up to 350 jobs could be at stake following the BBC's confirmation that it is to sell its commercial BBC Technology arm, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Arabic head quits BBC World Service.
The head of the BBC World Service's Arabic service, Gamon McLellan, is to leave the corporation after 11 years in the role, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Comment - The age of dinner sense.
Banning junk food advertising from children's television will only hurt the industry and do nothing for kids' health.
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Broadcasters fight ban on junk food ads.
Broadcasters have warned of 'severe consequences' for children's TV if the government slaps a ban on
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BBC lines up Widdecombe for boat race.
A group of 18 celebrity Oxbridge alumni are to recreate the famous university boat race for a BBC reality show, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsRadio Authority scotches Telford FM deal
The Radio Authority has thrown out The Midland News Association's attempt to take over local radio station Telford Fm, claiming it is against the public interest.
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Inside the Mind of Frank Bruno (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Its tone sobered up and what unfolded was essentially a classic boxing tale.'...
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Inside the Mind of Frank Bruno (C4) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Inside the mind of Frank Bruno was anything but. We learned nothing of Bruno's mental state?'...
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Inside the Mind of Frank Bruno (C4) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'While not the initmate psychological portrait the title seemed to promise, [it] was an absorbing run-through of hi...
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Horizon: Percy Pilcher's Flying Machine (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'For me, a would-be Percy, the programme was as instructive as it was entertaining.'...
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Bedsitcom (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Here was a show that seemed to have nothing to recommend it whatsoever.' ...
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EastEnders (BBC1) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'This was strong stuff, especially for 19.30.'...
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NewsJowell kicks off BBC Charter review
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has kicked off the BBC Charter renewal process, launching a major public consultation on the future of the corporation.
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NewsOfcom appoints chief economist
Ofcom has made its latest key appointment in the run-up to its official establishment on 29 December with Dr. Helen Weeds being brought in as chief economist.
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ITV's taxing question
ITV's regional programming could be ?impossible' if the government does not reduce the supertax imposed on the broadcaster. That was the message from its managing director, but did anyone listen? Peter Keighron reports.
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Every Picture Tells a Story (Five) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'The programme had a brisk energy and a winning sense that, even when you're talking twaddle about it, art matters....
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Every Picture Tells a Story (Five) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Waldemar Januszczak's new series adds another dash fo seasoning to Five's not always nourishing schedule.' ...
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Every Picture Tells a Story (Five) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Who would have thought that Five (so achingly trendy they've dropped Channel from their title) would become the be...
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Innovation Nation (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The ironic trouble is that, as a spectacle, the series could do with a spot of inventiveness.'...
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Bodysnatchers (BBC1) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Bodysnatchers was of a new genre with which we are now familiar, the medical documentary as horror film.'...