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    Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (Living TV) - Gareth McLean, Guardian

    2003-11-07T09:31:00Z

    'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was as polished as Carson's fingernails and as groomed as Kyan's expertly coiffed '...

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    Crossing boundaries

    2003-11-06T12:41:58Z

    The row over Sky One's reality show There's Something about Miriamhas opened up a can of worms for reality TV programme makers, raising serious ethical questions about its treatment of contestants

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    Management buy out Oasis

    2003-11-06T11:14:14Z

    Following months of speculation a management team has bought out Oasis Television in a multi-million pound deal.

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    The Million Pound Property Experiment (BBC2) - Gareth McLean, Guardian

    2003-11-06T09:53:00Z

    'The pair whooped 'One million pounds!' and threw money in the air. They looked as if they were auditioning for a D...

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    The Million Pound Property Experiment (BBC2) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent

    2003-11-06T09:53:00Z

    'The Million Pound Property Experiment is a makeover snakes and ladders game.'...

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    What Not To Wear (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail

    2003-11-06T09:34:00Z

    'The show turned into a deadly, serious encounter in the war between the sexes.'...

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    What Not To Wear (BBC2) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror

    2003-11-06T09:33:00Z

    'Match him [David Baddiel] up with salivating Sloane-style gurus Trinny and Susannah in What Not to Wear: Tribes of...

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    Five Things I Hate about You (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2003-11-06T09:31:00Z

    'The faults were such banal old chestnuts that it seemed only a matter of time before the position of the toilet se...

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    No Going Back (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times

    2003-11-06T09:24:00Z

    'No Going Back is certainly a project for people who crave an adventure. But you can experience a similar kind of a...

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    Landrover on H&L

    2003-11-06T08:35:37Z

    Discovery Home & Leisure channel director Paul Welling has commissioned independent producer i2i to produce a 15 x 30-minute show covering the restoration of an early series one Landrover, which was made between 1948 and 1958. A Landrover is Born, the seventh in Discovery Home & Leisure's ? ...

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    BBC4 Soul specials

    2003-11-06T08:34:01Z

    BBC4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned two documentaries to air during a special 'soul weekender' on the channel early next year. The working titled Urban Soul, to be made by Smoking Dogs Films, will tell the story of modern R&B and its rise in popularity. ...

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    Forsyth in BBC1 show

    2003-11-06T08:32:42Z

    BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush have ordered a quiz show which will be fronted by former ITV star Bruce Forsyth. In the weekly Didn't They Do Well?two teams answer questions based on TV archives about major events, with a ...

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    Art deco profiled

    2003-11-06T08:32:05Z

    UK Style has ordered 6 x 30-minute series Art Deco Designs from indie Colonial American Productions to air from 11 December at 20.00. Presented by Maureen Lipman the show follows couples who love Art Deco houses. The series was commissioned by UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood and the executive ...

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    Guinness on BBC2

    2003-11-06T08:31:25Z

    The late actor Sir Alec Guinness is to feature in an Arena special to air on BBC2 at Christmas. The 90-minute Alec Guinness - A Secret Manwill be produced and directed by David Thompson, who had access to the actor's private journals and letters and ...

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    Anglia builds Demolition Day for C4

    2003-11-06T08:30:34Z

    Granada's Anglia TV is producing a new science reality gameshow for Channel 4 in which contestants are challenged to build the strongest structure they can in 72 hours, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Mills and Nemone switch slots at Radio 1

    2003-11-06T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio 1 is making further changes to its schedule to prepare for Chris Moyles' arrival on the breakfast show in January. Early morning DJ Scott Mills will change places in the schedule with Nemone, who currently broadcasts from 13.00 to 15.00 at the weekend. R1 head of mainstream programmes ...

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    M2 founder Cullen set to step down

    2003-11-06T08:30:00Z

    The founder of M2 Television, Bill Cullen, is expected to finalise a deal this week in which he will step down as a company director, writes Sam Espensen.

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    BBC2 to examine Harley St doctors

    2003-11-06T08:30:00Z

    BBC2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a series looking at the doctors and patients in London's famous Harley Street in the latest example of the resurgence of interest in docusoaps, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Greece takes 200 ready steady cooks

    2003-11-06T08:30:00Z

    Screentime Partners has secured a raft of new distribution deals with formats including Ready Steady Cook and The Chair. A further 200 episodes of Endemol UK format Ready Steady Cook have been picked up by Mega Channel in Greece while another 44 episodes of quiz show The Chair have been ...

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    How the BBC will hit indie quota in 2004

    2003-11-06T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is banking on a package of measures to help it exceed its 25% indie quota this year after it met a barrage of criticism following confirmation that it failed to meet the target last year for the third time in a row.