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    UK History debut commission to rewrite history of air travel.

    2003-05-08T16:07:03Z

    UK History has ordered its first ever commission - a one-off documentary arguing that the first manned flight was made nearly half a century before history books would have people believe, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    Unknown company takes Freeview slot.

    2003-05-08T16:07:02Z

    A mystery new television company, allegedly backed by three well-known British broadcasters, has taken up one of the last slots on the Freeview digital terrestrial television platform, writes Paul Revoir.

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    CALFS TO GET FULL RUN.

    2003-05-08T16:07:02Z

    Baby Cow, the indie set up by comedian Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, is set to

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    BBC website will reunite WWII veterans.

    2003-05-08T16:07:02Z

    The BBC is to launch a Friends Reunited-style website where war veterans can get in touch with each other and share their stories as part of mammoth plans to commemorate next year's 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Plymouth DAB bid

    2003-05-08T16:07:00Z

    Radio groups GWR and UKRD have teamed up to apply for the DAB digital radio multiplex.

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    C4 urges open inquiry into Miller shooting.

    2003-05-08T16:06:58Z

    Channel 4 has made an unprecedented call for a full and open inquiry into the death of award-winning cameraman James Miller, who was shot while filming in the Gaza strip last Friday night (2 May), writes Penny Hughes.

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    Carlton and Granada in co-production first.

    2003-05-08T16:06:48Z

    Carlton and Granada are pushing ahead with the consolidation of their non-advertising-based businesses regardless of the

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    BBC Radio increases lead

    2003-05-08T14:51:44Z

    BBC Radio has recorded its biggest-ever lead over its commercial rivals despite the continuing decline of BBC Radio 1 and a slight fall for BBC Radio 2, writes John Plunkett.

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    BBC religion puts Noah to the test

    2003-05-08T11:22:59Z

    The BBC is to recreate Noah's Ark in a major new one-off programme that will mix state-of-the-art computer graphics with dramatic reconstruction, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Unknown company takes Freeview slot

    2003-05-08T11:21:32Z

    A mystery new television company, allegedly backed by three well-known British broadcasters, has taken up one of the last slots on the Freeview digital terrestrial television platform, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Ofcom may set ethnic targets

    2003-05-08T11:20:49Z

    The Government is considering arming Ofcom with strengthened powers to ensure broadcasters employ enough people from ethnic minorities - both on and off-screen, writes David Rose.

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    BBC relives Dunkirk spirit

    2003-05-08T11:20:01Z

    Two multimillion pound docu-dramas and extensive live coverage of commemorative events will feature in the corporation's year of special second world war coverage timed to coincide with next year's 60th anniversary of D-Day, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Eubank v Benn Hurr

    2003-05-08T10:37:56Z

    Rome 2003: Old rivals clash on gladiator gameshow set. ...

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    Reality TV schoolboy needs a third chance

    2003-05-08T10:36:35Z

    A teenager plucked from a London council estate and deposited in a£16,000-a-year public school is fighting to pres...

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    Anger at BBC ruse to boost digital TV

    2003-05-08T10:34:13Z

    Viewer organisations claim that the BBC, in an attempt to increase its audiences, is creating second-class citizens...

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    Deadline for end of analogue TV likely to be met

    2003-05-08T10:31:44Z

    Conventional television sets are expected to be redundant by 2010 because the government is 'likely' to meet its ta...

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    BBC warned over youth entertainment channel licence

    2003-05-08T10:30:09Z

    Tessa Jowell has warned the BBC that she is prepared to withdraw the licence for the broadcaster's new youth entert...

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    View of reality from the political jungle

    2003-05-08T10:28:32Z

    A glut of reality TV shows will trigger a viewers' revolt against 'has-been' celebrities and cheap fly-on-the-wall ...

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    Calfs to get full run

    2003-05-08T10:04:04Z

    Baby Cow, the indie set up by comedian Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, is set to sign deals with the BBC for two new series, including a full run of Paul and Pauline Calf, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    ITV giants in co-production first

    2003-05-08T09:29:09Z

    Carlton and Granada are pushing ahead with the consolidation of their non-advertising-based businesses regardless of the outcome of the Competition Commission inquiry, as tension builds in anticipation of the verdict of the investigation, writes Paul Revoir