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    Finding the Parfitt fit at Radio 1

    2003-10-30T12:54:06Z

    After disappointing, if not disastrous, ratings, is it time for Andy Parfitt to do more than just tweak the line-up at Radio 1, but rather usher in some major changes?

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    Gifted (ITV1) - Carol Midgley, The Times

    2003-10-30T09:51:00Z

    '[Kay Mellor] didn't, in the end, produce a very good drama.'...

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    Gifted (ITV1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail

    2003-10-30T09:49:00Z

    'Compared with last night's Gifted, a clunking melodrama by Kay Mellor, Footballers Wives offered a far more balanc...

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    Gifted (ITV1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2003-10-30T09:46:00Z

    'And yet, of course, a noble aim doesn't always mean good drama. Judged purely as a piece of television Gifted had ...

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    Gifted (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express

    2003-10-30T09:45:00Z

    'Gifted was certainly topical. It was also laboured , clumsy and thoroughly unconvincing.'...

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    Gifted (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent

    2003-10-30T09:44:00Z

    'What followed was a date-rape information pack in dramatic form? What it wasn't quite was a fully functioning dra...

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    Gifted (ITV1) - Gareth McLean, Guardian

    2003-10-30T09:35:00Z

    'She may be good at storytelling, but Gifted suggests that Kay Mellor doesn't have the precision to tackle a subjec...

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    ITV1 wales tunes up pop award special

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    ITV1 Wales is to screen a 60-minute special based on The Coca Cola Pop Factory Music Awards 2003, which took place last week. Commissioned by HTV director of programmes Elis Owen, the Pop Factory production will feature acts such as Irish band The Revs and appearances from The Darkness and ...

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    ITV2 to screen comedy awards party

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Mark Durden Smith have been lined up to present ITV2's post-awards show from The British Comedy Awards. The Fun Goes Onwill go behind the scenes to talk to the winners at the after-show party once the awards, hosted by Jonathan Ross, ...

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    R2's popularity on wane

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio 2's meteoric rise has finally come a halt after its audience fell by over half a million listeners in the past three months.

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    3G phones could have a radio role

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    A production team from BBC Bristol, which produced a programme package featuring footage captured using a video mobile phone instead of a camera, has admitted that while the pictures aren't yet good enough for broadcast programmes, the technology could be a breakthrough for radio reports.

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    Tyrell teaches 3D

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    Reseller Tyrell has opened a training centre at its Soho office to offer operational and technical courses in Discreet, 2D, 3D and video/audio editing products. The centre will run monthly three-day courses in Discreet Smoke and Flame. Other courses in 3D, video and audio editing, from beginner to advanced and ...

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    C4 recreates Egyptian lives

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    Red Post Production has completed post work on Channel 4's documentary Ancient Egyptians, a four-part series based on the lives of four real Egyptians. Colourist Simone Grattarola, who worked closely with director Tony Mitchell, said he wanted to

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    RDFI acquires ideal world programmes

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    RDF International has acquired the distribution rights to a trio of documentaries from Glasgow-based indie Ideal World. RDFI will distribute human-interest titles Siamese Survivorsand Surrogate Mother: The Baby Makeras well as current affairs documentary Hunting the Washington Sniper, which all ...

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    TV and radio ads may fall under ASA

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    ITV has welcomed proposals for new super-regulator Ofcom to hand over responsibility for television and radio advertising to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

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    TWI takes race to the altar to Europe

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    TWI Entertainment has sealed a brace of deals that will see dating format Race to the Altarscreened across Europe. Endemol Holland has licensed rights to produce the format in the Netherlands, where it is pitching to local networks, while Banana Productions has picked up local ...

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    DGP invests in DVD with three appointments

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    Soho facility house DGP has expanded its DVD department with the recruitment of three new staff, writes Will Strauss.

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    Clear buys Avid set

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    West London post house Clear Cut Pictures has purchased seven Avid Media Composer Adrenaline systems and an Avid Unity LAN share storage and network system. The equipment was purchased directly from Avid and will be supported by the manufacturer. The systems will be added to the facility's three Symphony systems, ...

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    Re:covered axed for TOTP spin-off

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    BBC3 is to axe its music show Re:coveredafter just two series and replace it with a Top of the Pops spin-off for BBC3.

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    LNN man back to BBC

    2003-10-30T08:30:00Z

    London News Network (LNN) head of news Malcolm Balen is to return to BBC News as a consultant when he steps down from his post this week. The former BBC News executive editor, who said he made the decision to leave in the summer and was not affected by the ...