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BBC chief intervenes on Gilligan health fears
The publication of evidence from the BBC journalist at the heart of the David Kelly affair was delayed yesterday fo...
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Premier League warned on TV tender without Brussels approval
The Premier League was warned yesterday that it was taking a risk if it went ahead with a tender to sell television...
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BBC smokes out bad guys
Health chiefs wanted the BBC to show on-screen 'baddies' chain-smoking in a bid to persuade viewers to give up ciga...
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Fury over celebrity squatter
Telly bosses have come under fire over plans for a reality show called Celebrity Squat, which makes stars live like...
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Channel 4 documents cocaine use at BBC
Some subjects have long been off-limits on television: the fact that some broadcasters have enjoyed taking cocaine ...
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Morris dancing around Channel 4 chiefs
Chris Morris' spoof documentary on paedophilia might have landed Channel 4 in hot water two years ago, but that - q...
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NewsKelly affair: should the BBC take the blame?
As BBC executives prepare the corporation's case for the Hutton inquiry into the events surrounding the death of Dr David Kelly, staff in the corporation's newsroom have begun to question whether the corporation's thirst for agenda-setting scoops has damaged its credibility.
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NewsMPs savage BBC annual report
A furious bust-up with Labour MPs, accusations of bias and the Daily Mail up in arms. It was just another week for BBC director general Greg Dyke and his chairman, Gavyn Davies, as they unveiled this year's annual report, writes John Plunkett
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NewsABC pulls out of Boys and Girls deal
US network ABC has delivered a further blow to Chris Evans by axing plans to make his dating show flop Boys and Girls, less than a month after Channel 4 ruled out a second series, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsPremier League rethinks rights
The Premier League has re-drawn the tender document for TV rights to Premiership football between 2004 and 2007, pu...
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?Faking my kidnap was a really stupid thing for a TV crew to do'
Kylie Minogue slams Channel 4 stunt ...
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We got Dr Kelly on tape? BBC
Pressure on the government mounted again yesterday after it was confirmed the BBC has a tape of an interview with D...
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Security watchdog ?told MoD to publicise' BBC source
Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence are to tell Lord Hutton's inquiry into the death of David Kelly that the...
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NewsBBC and Blair face trial by television
The judicial inquiry into the death of Dr David Kelly, the MoD scientist at the centre of the furious row between the BBC and government, could be screened live on television.
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No 10 insists Kelly tape backs its case against the BBC
The Government will tell the enquiry into the death of David Kelly that a tape recording of him - which was purport...
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Minister criticises BBC over asylum shows
Another row blew up between the government and the BBC yesterday after a Home Office minister accused the corporati...
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TV cave girl rescue
Student Laura Trowbridge was rescued from a 27 hour ordeal trapped underground testerday when a TV adventure progra...
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US bill blocks TV plans
The US House of Representatives yesterday passed abill that thwarts federal plans to allow major US broadcasters to...
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Why radio 1 should wake up to the thrilling richness of British music
I was astonished by BBC Radio 1 station controller Andy Parfitt's remark last week that 'around 30 per cent of arti...
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BBC has doctor's weapons worries on tape
The BBC has revealed it has a tape of Dr David Kelly criticising the Government over its Iraq arms dossier. ...