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    Spooks drama incites 'hatred of Muslims'

    2003-06-11T09:31:32Z

    Nearly 1,000 people phoned in to complain about the BBC One drama Spooks which has been accused of inciting religio...

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    Discord at Classic FM as Kelly quits station

    2003-06-11T09:29:13Z

    Having spent the past twenty years presenting frothy programmes on radio and television, it now looks as though Hen...

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    Channel 4 drops Boys and Girls

    2003-06-11T09:26:43Z

    Channel 4 has promised to return intelligent programmes to its Saturday night schedules after announcing that it is...

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    Glamour comes to Channel 4

    2003-06-11T09:13:18Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned a spin-off series from the handbag-sized glossy magazine Glamour, writes Penny Hughes

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    Bollywood Princess set for C4

    2003-06-10T16:23:35Z

    Channel 4's latest foray into reality programming will see British Asian women flown to Bombay to compete to become a Bollywood Princess.

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    Richard & Judy commit to C4

    2003-06-10T16:11:46Z

    Channel 4 has signed a new contract with Richard and Judy confirming them as the broadcaster's king and queen of daytime until at least the end of 2004, writes Conor Dignam

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    C4 to launch new digital channel on Freeview

    2003-06-10T16:07:35Z

    Channel 4 will launch a new digital channel on Freeview by the end of next year, and the new service could exploit factual programming such as Wife Swap and Faking It, writes Conor Dignam

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    Channel 4 ditches Boys And Girls

    2003-06-10T15:31:31Z

    Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson today said that the broadcaster's expensive flop Boys And Girls would not be returning to the channel, write Penny Hughes and Conor Dignam

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    Have I Got News For You lands Forsyth

    2003-06-10T14:42:45Z

    Bruce Forsyth, the ex-Play Your Cards Right host and one of TV's most durable entertainers, is to present the last in the current series of Have I Got News For You at the age of 75, writes Luke Satchell

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    Teletubbies eye world domination

    2003-06-10T14:11:29Z

    BBC Worldwide has struck a deal for its most successful children's brand Teletubbies with Toys 'R' Us to bring a range of new Teletubbies centred activities to children across the world, writes Sam Matthews

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    The TV is one of the family

    2003-06-10T10:11:57Z

    It goes on first thing in the morning...it's still on last thing at night. ...

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    Kids shun kids' TV

    2003-06-10T10:09:28Z

    Not one programme made for children appears in the Top 10 television shows watched by youngsters last year. ...

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    Ford fixes it as Bob

    2003-06-10T10:07:04Z

    Indiana Jones star lined up as toddlers' hero. ...

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    Telewest creditors demand new deal

    2003-06-10T10:05:19Z

    Cable company Telewest yesterday admitted that, despite nine months of talks, major creditors wanted more than the ...

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    TV Spooks in attack at mosque

    2003-06-10T10:03:08Z

    A controversial episode of Spooks was repeated on TV last night - despite a mosque being defaced after the spy dram...

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    Do try this at home

    2003-06-10T10:00:08Z

    Celador and Whoosh have developed a way for viewers to text answers to quiz shows. ...

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    It couldn't happen here

    2003-06-10T09:58:13Z

    In the UK, regulation is the price for relaxation of ownership rules. Not so in the US. ...

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    BBC2 comedy drama honoured at Banff

    2003-06-10T09:47:16Z

    Tomorrow La Scala!, BBC2's critically acclaimed comedy drama starring Jessica Stevenson, picked up a prestigious award at the Banff television festival last night, writes Colin Robertson in Banff

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    Now TV children leave Grange Hill for Albert Square

    2003-06-10T09:29:15Z

    Children are watching up to two-and-a-half hours of television each day, most of it adult programmes rather than sh...

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    Simon back and he's ruder than ever

    2003-06-10T09:26:17Z

    Scathing Telly judge Simon Cowell reduced Rik Waller's ex-girlfriend to a weeping wreck when she auditioned for Pop...