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    Dangerous Passions (BBC1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times

    2004-05-14T09:48:00Z

    ?This new series is pure middle-market women's mag telly.?...

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    Tim Marlow On The Lady Lever Art Gallery (Five) - Robert Hanks, Independent

    2004-05-14T09:47:00Z

    ?Tim Marlow's no frills gallery guides are among the most culturally serious programmes on the box.?...

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    Tim Marlow On The Lady Lever Art Gallery (Five) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail

    2004-05-14T09:44:00Z

    'His skill at delivering easily digested dollops of information while strolling easily between paintings is second ...

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    PEER POLL: BBC3

    2004-05-14T08:00:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is BBC3 succeeding in connecting young audiences with PSB?

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    Keating set for BBC2 role

    2004-05-13T17:21:07Z

    BBC4 controller Roly Keating is expected to be unveiled as the new controller of BBC2 today (Friday) morning.

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    The filth and the fury

    2004-05-13T12:29:38Z

    In the four decades since Mary Whitehouse began her crusade to save us from TV filth her views have been roundly mocked - but broadcasters have been forced to listen more to viewers.

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    School Day (BBC1) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian

    2004-05-13T10:31:00Z

    ?The hour-long film left me reeling from information overload, and coming down with all sorts of attention-deficit ...

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    School Day (BBC1) - Joe Joseph, The Times

    2004-05-13T10:31:00Z

    ?It's approach was to treat teaching as some kind of SAS mission from which you might not return alive.? ...

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    School Day (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent

    2004-05-13T10:30:00Z

    ?School Day showed that it understood the basics of the curriculum, but couldn't come up with anything particularly...

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    School Day (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2004-05-13T10:24:00Z

    'A good-hearted and ultimately persuasive corrective to lazy teacher-knocking.'...

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    School Day (BBC1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star

    2004-05-13T10:23:00Z

    'This was thoughtful and informative programming.'...

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    Kerrang! rocks another 50,000

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Kerrang has grown its audience by over 50,000 in the first three months of the year, taking its total to 775,000, according to Rajar.

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    SMG boss' pay breaks£500,000 barrier

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Andrew Flanagan, chief executive of SMG, owner of Scottish TV, Grampian TV and Virgin Radio, saw his pay rise to£562,000, from last year's£476,000, according to the company's annual report. Donald Emslie, the chief executive of SMG Television, had a 35% boost in his pay and received£311,000, up from£230,000 in 2002. ...

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    Moyles reverses R1 breakfast dip

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Chris Moyles has lived up to his promise to be the 'saviour of Radio 1' by picking up an extra 680,000 listeners for the BBC station's breakfast show.

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    Classic FM to spend£1m on marketing

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Classic FM is to launch a£1m marketing campaign in a bid to continue the upward momentum of its audience figures. Owner GWR has ploughed the money into the national station following last week's Rajar report, which revealed that Classic has boosted its audience by 300,000 listeners to record a total ...

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    Only six left for BBC2 controllership

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    BBC director of television Jana Bennett this week began the second round interviews for the BBC2 controller's job. BBC4 controller Roly Keating - who remains the favourite - Talkback editorial director Daisy Goodwin, BBC head of entertainment group Wayne Garvie, BBC head of television news Roger Mosey, BBC controller of ...

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    BBC3 criticised by governors

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    The BBC governors have conceded that digital channel BBC3 is too reliant on celebrity shows and repeats of BBC1 hits such as EastEnders.

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    C4 favourite to air Friends spin-off Joey

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is set to pick up Friends spin-off Joey. C4 has a first-look deal with Warner Brothers for UK rights to the show and controller of acquisitions June Dromgoole will travel to Los Angeles next week to vet ...

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    UK programme sales hit£520m

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    The worldwide success of shows such as Living with Michael Jackson helped lift international sales and licensing deals of British programmes to almost $1bn last year.

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    Ten Alps hires Norton exec

    2004-05-13T08:30:00Z

    Peter Kessler, producer of So Graham Norton and the Mrs Merton Show , has been appointed as Ten Alps TV's first head of programmes.