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Arena: Imagine, Imagine (BBC2) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Other programmes are told to get on with it and spit it out, but Arena seems to be able to chunter on its heart's ...
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Arena: Imagine Imagine (BBC2) - Robert Gore Langton, Daily Express
'It was all unbelievably pretentious and naff. Broadcaster Robert Elms was the only breath of fresh air. He really,...
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NewsRI:SE gets the chop
Channel 4 is to axe its ailing breakfast show RI:SE after just 20 months on air, following months of speculation about the future of the show, which replaced the Big Breakfast, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsAllen softens line on sales house spin-off
Granada chairman Charles Allen has given the first indication that he is prepared to accept selling off ITV's sales houses as the price for getting approval for his company's merger with Carlton, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsRageh criticises coverage of war in Iraq
BBC News correspondent Rageh Omaar has claimed that 'iconic' images of the toppled statue of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the war may have 'confused' and 'misrepresented' the real story of the conflict, writes Paul Revoir.
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News7.2million tune into Canterbury Tales
BBC1's modern adaptation of Chaucer's Wife of Bath starring Julie Walters attracted an impressive 7.2million viewers with a 31.3% audience share, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsJowell promises wide ranging review of BBC
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has heralded the most exhaustive and wide ranging review of the BBC ever after she announced her plans for the build-up to charter renewal in 2006, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsHewitt to announce merger plans
Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt is planning to announce her decision on the proposed ITV merger in the week beginning October 6, writes Paul Revoir.
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Canterbury Tales (BBC1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'It was a clever, wittily scripted solution that probably kept much closer to the spirit of Chaucer than a mechanic...
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Canterbury Tales (BBC1) - Gerard 'Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'After getting off to a rollicking if slightly shaky start last week, Canterbury Tales romped home with an absolute...
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Canterbury Tales (BBC1) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'Around now i got that clutch of relief in the stomach which translates as, 'Thank God, I'm going to like this one....
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French Leave (C4) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'French leave must be Channel 4's idea of the perfect programme. Property abroad meets cooking - nirvana!'...
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French Leave (C4) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'Just one reservation. Eked out over 10 weeks, this could be pretty thin fare.'...
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NewsGrade joins TV Corp board
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Grade is to join the board of Robot Warsmaker Television Corporation, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsMolinare sold for£10
Struggling facility Molinare, the post arm of The TV Corporation, has been bought in an MBO for just£10, writes Sam Espensen.
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Everyman - When the God Squad Came to Town (BBC2) - Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'Director Ken Kirby made little or no effort to investigate the wider Eden organisation, dodging the most obvious q...
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Whatever Turns You On (C5) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Whatever Turns You On (Five) is a television series that treats the entire world as if it is the backseat of a car...
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Whatever Turns You On (C5) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'It was all very titillating - in all kinds of ways. Whatever Turns You On (Five) - a programme almost entirely abo...
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Supersonic: The Concorde Story (C5) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'Once it hit its stride James Routh's film was a dream journey, not just for overgrown schoolboys like me and Brans...
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Emmerdale (ITV1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'Emmerdale (ITV1) ended its sensational love triangle between Charity, husband and Chris and, her, um, cousin Cain,...