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    What Women Want (Five) - James Walton, Telegraph

    2003-08-22T09:36:00Z

    'To its questionable credit, What Women Want (Five) has managed to find another slight variation on the television ...

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    Masters and Servants (C4) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian

    2003-08-22T09:34:00Z

    'I hate this series in a hypnotised sort of way. You watch nervously for the moment when people start to fold their...

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    Carlton and Granada await merger decision

    2003-08-22T09:23:43Z

    The fate of the planned merger between ITV giants Carlton and Granada should be decided within 20 days after the competition commission yesterday handed its recommendations in to the government, writes Paul Revoir

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    Teachers (C4) - Robert Hanks, Independent

    2003-08-21T09:49:00Z

    'Teachers (C4) is still just about the breeziest and most stylish home-grown comedy (or comedy-drama, if you can be...

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    The Colour of Friendship (BBC2) - Gareth McLean, Guardian

    2003-08-21T09:48:00Z

    'There was nothing hugely insightful or intellectually profound about The Colour of Friendship (BBC2), but Adrian C...

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    Sport channel takes freeview row to ITC

    2003-08-21T09:34:13Z

    The company behind the failed digital terrestrial entertainment and sport channel CBM has lodged a complaint with the Independent Television Commission against Freeview transmission company Crown Castle. CBM Media planned to launch on Freeview at the end of September but Crown Castle ended the agreement this month saying the company ...

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    Siamese Survivors (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2003-08-21T09:34:00Z

    'Siamese Survivors also provided a useful reminder that teenage boys - a maligned social group if ever there was on...

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    Welsh radio stations join Freeview

    2003-08-21T09:33:24Z

    BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru are attempting to boost listener figures after signing up to broadcast on Freeview. The stations are already available on Sky Digital and cable. According to Rajar, nearly one in five adults in the UK (9 million people) say they listen to radio via ...

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    Fox News creates European bureau role

    2003-08-21T09:32:52Z

    Fox News has appointed its first ever European bureau chief, with New York bureau chief Scott Norvell taking up the London-based post on 8 September. Previously European editorial output from the 15-strong bureau was managed out of the US. Norvell has been with Fox for six years and before going ...

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    BBC presses on with police racism doc

    2003-08-21T09:32:16Z

    The BBC will still make a documentary looking at institutional racism within Greater Manchester Police despite the arrest of one of the undercover journalists working on the programme. Mark Daly had undergone nine months of police training and was working as a probationary constable when he was arrested on suspicion ...

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    Jowell decision on BBC online review

    2003-08-21T09:31:45Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell is due to name the person who will lead the review into the BBC's online services when she appears at the Edinburgh Television Festival on Saturday (23 August). The BBC has already handed in its response to the review, ordered by Jowell to examine its impact ...

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    Coogan hints at Partridge return

    2003-08-21T09:31:12Z

    Alan Partridge creator Steve Coogan has given a ray of hope to fans after admitting the cult character could return. BBC2 controller Jane Root appeared to pour doubt on any more Partridge when she said Coogan's ambitions now lay more in movies and drama. But despite saying he wouldn't do ...

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    Men & Motors boss to advise on low-cost TV

    2003-08-21T09:30:22Z

    Men & Motors channel manager Lesley Johnson is quitting the Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) channel to set up her own business, advising people how to make low-cost programmes , writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    Watching The Detectives (BBC1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror

    2003-08-21T09:29:00Z

    'Watching The Detectives (BBC1) is grimly effective, slick but simple television.' 'A school girl has been raped,'...

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    Watching The Detectives (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail

    2003-08-21T09:17:00Z

    'Just occasionally a TV documentary makes an impact on society that leads to a change in the law, or persuades us a...

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    BBC World plots US invasion

    2003-08-21T09:00:00Z

    The BBC's international news and information channel BBC World is set to launch in the US as part of continued plans to expand its global reach, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    C4 pumps cash into animation

    2003-08-21T09:00:00Z

    channel 4 has renewed its commitment to animation film-making by ring-fencing£1.6m for 40 films over the next three years, writes Gavin Stamp

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    Lewis-Smith tops BBC4 line-up

    2003-08-21T09:00:00Z

    Victor Lewis-Smith, the man behind trash television series TV Offal, is to produce a programme for BBC4, as part of raft of new shows for the station.

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    BBC3 aims for laughs with autumn season

    2003-08-21T09:00:00Z

    Comedy is to spearhead BBC3's assault on the key autumn schedule battleground with a second spin-off from cult sketch show The Fast Show headlining the slate, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BBC deal sees 12 Yard open in Manchester

    2003-08-21T09:00:00Z

    Indie 12 yard Productions is to set up a Manchester office after securing a development and production deal with the BBC, writes Leigh Holmwood