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Making Babies the Gay Way (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Making Babies the Gay Way sounded like a cheesy 1970s comedy starring Larry Grayson, rather than a serious program...
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Inventions That Changed The World (BBC2) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'While Tim Marlow (Great Artists 2, C5) depends on knowledge and his skill at communicating Clarkson uses jokes, wr...
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NewsAscent Media appoints new head team
Post-production giant Ascent Media has moved quickly to replace it's departing senior management team of Sam Husain and Simon Kay by appointing a new finance director and two new managing directors.
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The BBC's nerves rattle
As the BBC's policy-makers try to second guess criticisms which may arise from the forthcoming Hutton report into the Kelly affair, is the corporation now exercising excessive caution, asks Jessica Hodgson
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ER (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'It still knocks the spots off any other television hospital drama.'...
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ER (C4) - Charlie Cathpole, Daily Star
'Before her first shift was over, Neela (Parminder Nagra) had been racially abused, blamed for the death of one pat...
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Bob Monkhouse's Comedy Heroes (Five) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Unfortunately it turned out to be, if not a swindle, then a misjudgement.'...
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Bob Monkhouse's Comedy Heroes (Five) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Five surely did the right thing in persisting with Bob Monkhouse's Comedy Heroes - even though, for one big reason...
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Panormama: A Fight to the Death (BBC1) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Watching Panorama's pre Hutton verdict special, A Fight to the Death was like sitting through one of those intermi...
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Broadcast '04 post survey
Broadcast is to reveal the results of a major piece of research into the UK post-production sector.
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Joly poised for BBC1 debut
Comedian Dom Joly is to appear in a BBC1 hidden camera show described as a 'grown-up Trigger Happy ' - the last project of his exclusive two-year deal with the corporation.
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ITV1 goes with second holiday showdown
ITV1 controller of factual programming Bridget Boseley has recommissioned RDF Media's reality programme Holiday Showdown. The second series will comprise eight hour-long episodes, plus a special edition, co-produced by Australian broadcaster Nine Network, in which an Australian family will holiday with a British one. Nine Network recently bought the Holiday ...
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Cash in the attic found again on BBC1
Leopard Films is making a fourth series of Cash in the Attic for BBC1. Head of daytime Alison Sharman has ordered 15 x 30-minute shows as well as 10 x 45-minutes. The programme, which sees a team of valuers go into people's homes to try ...
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Bernard aims for 2012 radio switch-off
Ralph Bernard, executive chairman of radio group GWR, has called on the government to set a deadline of 2012 to switch off the analogue radio signal. The move would bring radio in line with TV, which has been set a switch-off deadline between 2006 and 2010. Bernard has written to ...
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Baraka delivers FX for BBC3
Baraka has created special effects for the second series of the BBC3 comedy series.
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BBC3 adds to output
BBC3 is to get an intellectual boost with a two-parter about maths, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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E4's Vinson moves to Shine
Elisabeth Murdoch's indie, Shine, has created a head of entertainment development role in order to boost its entertainment programming and create more returnable series.
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Peter Cook inspires radio 4 homage
BBC Radio 4 is to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Peter Cook by airing a four-part series about the comedian. The project, produced by Tiger Aspect, will feature archive footage of Cook's key performances plus anecdotes about the man from the people who knew him best. The ...
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C4 and BBC agree to backdate terms
Channel 4 and the BBC have agreed that the new terms of trade they are currently negotiating with indies will be retrospectively applied to deals made after 6 January - the date Ofcom's new codes of practice came into effect. The agreements were made in principle with industry body Pact ...