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NewsHutton recalls Davies, Sambrook & Gilligan
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies, director of news Richard Sambrook and reporter Andrew Gilligan have been recalled for cross-examination at the Hutton inquiry, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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A Touch of Frost (ITV1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'[Touch of Frost (ITV1)] was a surprisingly complicated, pleasantly unpleasant storyline with all the ingredients y...
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Rolf On Art (BBC1) - Robert Gore Langton, Daily Star
'You may learn more from him at his canvas than from critics who blather on about art. Rolf may be a bit of a joke,...
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Who Got Diana Dors Millions? (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'An intriguing documentary about an attempt to track down the British Marilyn Monroe's secret bank accounts, the wh...
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NewsSaban: Let merged ITV keep sales houses
Haim Saban, the Israeli-American billionaire who is considering buying ITV, has said any move to force Carlton or Granada to divest their sales houses would be 'completely insane'.
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NewsR1 ad push touts DJ talent
Radio 1 is launching a marketing campaign across the BBC network spotlighting its star DJs in an attempt attract more listeners to the flagging station, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsBBC and C4 up for business 'Oscars'
BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 have been nominated for gongs at the national business awards 2003 - dubbed the 'Oscars' of the business world.
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Canterbury Tales (BBC1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'More high-profile, radical interpretations of The Canterbury Tales (BBC2) are to follow. It's to be hoped that the...
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Canterbury Tales (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The Canterbury Tales (BBC1) isn't Chaucer, it's Chaucer flavouring - a television equivalent for the humane vulgar...
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Canterbury Tales (BBC1) - Charlie Carchpole, Daily Star
'James Nesbitt baring his backside and Billie Piper prancing about in bra and knickers - English literature A-Level...
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QI (BBC2) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'QI (BBC2) - that's IQ backwards, dummy - is a trifle precious, but it was also very funny.'...
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QI (BBC2) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'QI (BBC2) was like finding caviar on the menu in the canteen? QI is the sort of quiz, more common on radio, where ...
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QI (BBC2) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'QI stands for Quite Interesting which is it exactly what it was - 'quite' being the operative word.'...
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NewsLygo to join C4 in November
Kevin Lygo will replace Tim Gardam as director of television from 3 November.
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NewsLeslie tells all on Sky
John Leslie, the TV presenter who found himself at the centre of rape allegations earlier this year, is to give his first TV interview to Sky One, writes Jon Rogers.
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Roger Mosey - speech in Bonn, 11.09.2003
Thank you for the invitation to address this conference. Richard Sambrook is, I know, sorry not to have made it to Bonn, but I'm delighted to have been invited to take his place. He and I and the rest of the BBC are also not able, I'm afraid, to comment ...
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Chelsea Tales (BBC2) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Chelsea Tales (BBC2) is a thinly-disguised version of those pauper-gawper programmes you get on ITV1 (Britain's Ri...
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Chelsea Tales (BBC2) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'The makers of Chelsea Tales (BBC2) have crafted a series that allows you to feel just as relieved that you haven't...
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Chelsea Tales (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'As with ITV's Young, Posh and Loaded, we're witnessing a cruel but thoroughly enjoyable new sport, in which thick ...
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Homeground (BBC2) - Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'Throughout this very nicely observed film Norman was quietly restrained, evincing the kind of horrified amusement ...