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Fresh comedy, old story for BBC1.
BBC1's new new Friday night line-up failed to improve the channel's performance in peaktime as new figures show it has only won six Friday nights so far this year, writes Jon Rogers.
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COOGAN HINTS AT PARTRIDGE RETURN.
Alan Partridge creator Steve Coogan has given a ray of hope to fans after admitting the
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Rift opens up at Chrysalis.
A rift has emerged between some of Chrysalis TV group's senior executives and its new owners
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Rolf Harris series paints celebrities.
Rolf Harris will put four mystery celebrities in front of a team of artists for a new BBC1 challenge show from indie Hotbed Media, writes Michael Rosser.
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Box TV sets up comedy division.
Box TV, the drama indie set up by former Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal, is expanding into comedy after inking a deal with a number of comedians and writers, including Smack the Pony star Sally Phillips, writes Penny Hughes.
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Inquiry email revelation puts heat back on Gilligan.
Pressure mounted on BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan this week after it emerged he had 'outed' government
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ROSS KEMP TO TAKE ON AL-QAEDA.
Ross Kemp's crack SAS team in Ultimate Force is set for desert warfare in Iraq in
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Birt admitted to Campbell: BBC is wrong.
Former BBC director general Lord John Birt criticised Andrew Gilligan's report on the Iraqi dossier, claiming that 'everybody knew that the story was wrong', writes Gavin Stamp.
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Comment - More bad news for BBC.
Little heard at the Hutton inquiry this week has helped the BBC's case ...
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Rights reform to cost BBC and C4£36m.
The BBC and Channel 4 face losing up to£36m between them when they are forced
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ITV hands Carlton Saturday kids slot.
ITV has axed Saturday morning kids show SM:TV Live and handed Carlton a year-long commission for
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C4 orders film version of Dr Kelly scandal.
It has filled newspapers and news bulletins for months - now the Iraq dossier row and subsequent death of government scientist Dr David Kelly is to be made into a docu-drama for Channel 4, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsO'Connor becomes highest-paid TV star
Des O' Connor has became the highest-paid TV presenter in the UK after signing up for another 70 hours of the hit Carlton daytime show, Today With Des and Mel, writes Sam Matthews.
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NewsTony Ball prepares BBC offensive
BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball will launch an attack on the BBC licence fee in his MacTaggart lecture tonight, writes Jon Rogers
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NewsPremiership rights deal to get greenlight
The European Commission will wave through The Premiership's controversial deal awarding BSkyB sole rights to live Premier League football from 2004-7, the analyst which advised Uefa on its successful tender has predicted, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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The Highest Bidder (BBC2) - Daniel Finkelstein, The Times
'The Highest Bidder (BBC2) turned out to be fascinating. The story of how the book was written and printed was acco...
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NewsHigh-profile BBC execs accused of bullying
Bullying is rife within the BBC, according to a survey carried out by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), writes Leigh Holmwood
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Highest Bidder (BBC2) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'The penultimate episode of Highest Bidder was one of the most fascinating of what has been as fresh, instructive a...
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Intensive Scares (BBC1) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'Intensive Scares (BBC1), a series on health issues that is every bit as tasteless and fearmongering as the punning...
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Bad Girls (ITV) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'This was a creepy, Gothic finale that wouldn't have been out of place in a hammer horror film.'...