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NewsDyke: What The Papers Say
The leader columns of the national press were largely supportive of the BBC today - saying that the government was out to 'decapitate' the corporation - but Rupert Murdoch's News International titles were predictably savage in their criticism of the Beeb and its bosses. Click to see extracts
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NewsDyke: Hutton report threatens journalism
Greg Dyke today hit out at the Hutton report and warned that its conclusions could seriously damage British journalism.
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Radio 1 sheds listeners
BBC Radio 1 is continuing to shed listeners, with nearly half a million abandoning the station at the end of last year.
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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (C4) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'It looks to be rather too much of a one-joke idea to catch on in a big way.'...
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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (C4) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'Darkplace is clever stuff.'...
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Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The bad acting is particularly good and the script manages a nice combination of silliness and wit.'...
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NewsBBC Crisis: Cast your Vote
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Was BBC director general Greg Dyke right to resign?
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NewsActing chairman issues BBC apology
New acting chairman of the BBC Lord Ryder has issued an unreserved apology to the government over the Dr David Kelly affair.
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Statement by the acting chairman Lord Ryder on behalf of the board of governors
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has announced that the process for appointing a new Chairman will begin shortly.
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Statement by Mark Byford, acting director general
I would first like to pay tribute to Greg Dyke and his tenure as director general. Like all colleagues in the BBC I am shocked and saddened at his departure.
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NewsDyke resigns
The BBC's director general Greg Dyke has dramatically resigned, claiming that his position had been 'compromised' by Lord Hutton's criticisms of the corporation and its management.
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The new boy at the office
As The Office beats the best of US sitcom to a Golden Globe award, producer Ash Atalla is planning to build on his BBC success in a new role at Talkback Thames
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Director's Commentary (ITV1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Brydon has come up with an original idea, but I'm not sure if he'll be able to sustain it over seven episodes.'...
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Director's Commentary (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'Director's Commentary is a superb spoof of those DVD's with extra footage.'...
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Director's Commentary (ITV1) - James Walton, Daily telegraph
'As in Marion and Geoff, Brydan proves himself a master of the darkly comic monologue.'...
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Directors Commentary (ITV1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
It's television feeding on itself, like a form of televisual cannibalism.?...
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Directors Commentary (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
?Directors Commentary is an exercise in that amateur branch of satire known as getting lagered up with your mates a...
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ITV1 to be 'home of motor-sport'
ITV1 is planning to devote its Sunday afternoon schedule to motor-sport after securing rights to the World Rally Championship (WRC).
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BBC1 series to look at greats of UK design
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has green lit two major arts series looking at key British designers and how different areas of the country have influenced artists, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Millionaire offers $10m prize in US
Celador Productions' hit quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire ? is to be relaunched in the US with a jackpot of $10m, writes Leigh Holmwood.