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NewsIsrael releases Hounam
British journalist Peter Hounam, who was arrested by Israeli secret agents in Tel Aviv whilst making a BBC documentary, has been released after a day in custody.
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NewsXfm controller joins Unique
Xfm's former programme controller Andrew Phillips has re-emerged as head of commercial programming for Unique.
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NewsMPs against fast food ad ban
MPs have come out against a TV advertising ban on fast food aimed at young children - on the grounds the cash will be spent instead on internet promotion.
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Omagh (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'A remarkable example of how TV drama can get closer to the emotional heart of an issue than a documentary could ev...
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Omagh (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
?Omagh was a wonderful drama-documentary, one of the best we have seen, and all the better for the fact that it was...
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Omagh (C4) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
?Omagh was extraordinarily like The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, another film by Paul Greengrass.?...
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Omagh (C4) - Robert Hanks, Independent
?As in his film about Bloody Sunday, Paul Greengrass showed himself to be a supreme choreographer of chaos.?...
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Omagh (C4) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'Everything about it was of the highest quality - from Pete Travis's brilliant direction and the muted colours of D...
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NewsPEER POLL: Director General
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Was Mark Thompson the right choice to be BBC director general?
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Jimmy's Farm (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Doherty was a thoroughly engaging character and it was impossible not to wish him well with the project.'...
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Jimmy's Farm (BBC2) - Joe Joseph, The Times
?A sort of cross between Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Richard Briers in The Good Life.?...
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Jimmy's Farm (BBC2) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
?The sight of the night was an Iron Age sow giving birth.?...
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Lean times for kids TV
If junk food advertising on children's TV is banned it won't just be the kids who get thinner - cash-starved channels will slash originality and stuff schedules with repeats and cheap programming
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Radio 1 rejigs shows
Dave Pearce has been dropped from his 18.00 drivetime dance show on BBC Radio 1, but will continue to present a Sunday evening show. Meanwhile, DJ Zane Lowe will get a regular early evening slot to showcase new music. Veteran DJ John Peel retains his three weeknight slots but is ...
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Ten Alps pays£1m for indie Blakeway
Alex Connock, chief executive of Ten Alps Communications, said he is now looking to buy a factual entertainment or drama producer following his indie's£1m acquisition of documentary specialist Blakeway Productions.
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C4 doc set to examine UK Asian stereotypes
Indie Juniper is making a two-hour peaktime documentary for Channel 4 that it hopes will dispel the stereotypes associated with British Asians, writes Glen Mutel.
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Endemol UK acquires rights to the farm
Endemol UK has picked up the rights to long-running Swedish reality format The Farm. The show, created by format house Strix, sends six women and six men to a remote part of the country where they have to fend for themselves on a 19th century farm for 10 weeks. The ...