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Too Good to be True (ITV1) - Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'It was a credit to the twisted weave of the script that by the beginning of last night's conclusion it wasn't at a...
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The Shield (C5) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'The Shield's absence will leave a hole unlikely to be filled by British detective shows such as, um, Rosemary & Th...
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NewsBall quits Sky
Tony Ball has quit as chief executive of BSkyB, the company announced this morning, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsITV to dump News at Ten
ITV is back in discussions with the Independent Television Commission in an effort to move its News at Ten programme to 22.30, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsRSPCA slams 'cruel' ITV show
A coalition of leading animal charities has condemned ITV's decision to screen a new show in which humans compete against animals and have called on viewers to boycott the channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsPenguin pushes into TV production
Pearson-owned publishing giant Penguin is to launch to a television division specialising in factual documentaries and children's programming, writes Paul Revoir.
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Too Good to be True (ITV1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'The plot is like a saucepan simmering so gently on the stove that you find yourself constantly checking the gas bu...
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Too Good to be True (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express
'To say episode one was a bit slow is like saying that treacle doesn't move uphill very quickly. It felt like a 90-...
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Breaking the Silence (ITV1) - Rupert Smith, The Guardian
'ITV1's Breaking the Silence: A Special Report by John Pilger was an astonishing piece of television that should be...
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Breaking the Silence (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'I can hardly bear to watch Pilger's films these days. I can't bear the drooping Australian lilt with which he adve...
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Royal Television Society: Huw Weldon Lecture (BBC2) - Gerard O' Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'As a good reporter he kept his opinions about the politics of the conflict to himself even in this forum where it ...
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NewsKaufman committee to probe BBC charter
Broadcasters are to be given a high-profiled platform in Parliament to debate whether the axe should be taken to the BBC governors and licence fee, writes David Rose.
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NewsITC's Hodgson takes MP standards brief
Independent Television Commission (ITC) chief executive Patricia Hodgson is joining watchdog, the Committee on Standards in Public Life, when the TV regulator winds-up at the end of the year, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsEndemol chief slams BBC governors
One of the BBC's leading independent suppliers has launched a blistering attack against the corporation's governance, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsSky confirms Channel 6 plan
BSkyB has admitted publicly for the first time that it would turn its Sky Travel Freeview channel into a Channel 6 proposition if the current strong take-up of DTT continued.
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NewsC4 in Prix Italia wins
Opera has proved a hit for Channel 4 which scooped two awards at the prestigious Prix Italia for its arts output, writes Mike Rosser.
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Margery and Gladys (ITV1) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'Margery and Gladys was a two hour scamper intended to apppeal to the older woman. No nudity and no teeth needed.' ...
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Margery and Gladys (ITV1) - Gerard O'Donovan
'Too witless to be classed as farce, it toppled instead into pantomime as cliche and stereotype embraced like a lon...
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Margery and Gladys (ITV1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'I enjoyed Margery and Gladys for its daft editing touches of surreal humour and daft parallels with Thelma and Lou...
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Margery and Gladys (ITV1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Perhaps it wasn't quite so hilarious as its cast clearly thought it was, but last night's one-off comedy drama, Ma...