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Cutting Edge: Tale of Two Alis (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'The result was extremely unsettling, morally ambiguous and emotionally complicated.'...
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Cutting Edge: Tale of Two Alis (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The film was ultimately about the disgusting process by which a mutilated boy gets turned into a valuable media co...
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Canterbury Tales: The Knight's Tale (BBC1) - Gerard O' Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'Of the six stories in the BBC's current series of Chaucer adaptations, Canterbury Tales: The Knights Tale was alwa...
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Canterbury Tales: The Knight's Tale (BBC1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'The problem dogging Canterbury Tales is most viewers don't know Chaucer's poems, so each play has to be judged on ...
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Art and the City (BBC3) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'The implausibly lovely James Gooding travelled to Milan in Art and the City (BBC3), the first of a self-consciousl...
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ONE Life launches with 3.4m
BBC One's gritty new documentary series ONE Lifegot off to a promising start with Lager, Mum and Meat 22.35 attracting 3.4 million (23.9%), despite being scheduled against the US blockbuster, Gone in 60 Secondson ITV1, ...
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ONE Life: Lager, Mum and Me (BBC1) - Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'Seeing them realise so movingly on the beach in Skegness was one of the most powerful, tear-inducing moments of te...
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ONE Life: Lager, Mum and Me (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Church and state can nag us for ever for our riotous boozing, but one little film like this one - out of the mouth...
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ONE Life: Lager, Mum and Me (BBC1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'It was simple, affecting television. Above all, it really made tangible the emotions a child would have about her ...
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ONE Life: Lager, Mum and Me (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent
'But, as watchaable as it was, Lager, Mum and Me never strayed far from the box-office reliability of its will-she,...
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ONE Life: Lager, Mum and Me (BBC1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'If you didn't already realise it, here was a film to show you that happiness rests on the most fragile of foundati...
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Auction Man (BBC1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express
'If you want to see the seamy side of auction rooms, dodgy dealings and price fixing, you'd be better off searching...
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TV violence warning
Broadcasting watchdogs are calling for more warnings before soaps and news bulletins before the watershed to protect young viewers from violence. A new report from the BBC, Broadcasting Standards Commission, Independent Television Commission and British Board of Film Classification has found that even when violence is suggested in programmes, children ...
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Teens to turn off TV
The amount of TV watched by teenagers is set to significantly fall over the next 10 years as interest in pastimes such as gaming increases. According to research unveiled at the conference, 14-year-olds watched 21 terrestrial hours of TV in 1983, 19.5 hours in 1998 and 17 hours last year. ...
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Zone Vision takes Reality TV to US
Zone Vision, the UK-based broadcaster and distributor, is poised to launch its Reality TV channel in the US and plans to commission a raft of original programmes to localise the schedule, writes Michael Rosser.
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New shows ride out on Men & Motors
Men & Motors channel manager Lesley Johnson has commissioned three series including Bikes Aloud, a 13 x 30-minute series from indie Hamma & Glamma Productions, featuring news, riding tips and stunts. In addition, Privateer has produced a 10 x 30-minute series, Full Throttle Famous, designed to educate non-bikers. Both series ...
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Marketing warning
BBC director general Greg Dyke warned that terrestrial channels' marketing budgets will have to increase dramatically in the digital future. With predictions of a massive uptake in personal video recorders, Dyke warned that targeting viewers will become increasingly difficult. 'If you have a specific documentary, how are you going to ...
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TT races look for the green light
Greenlight television is using its eight years' experience covering the Isle of Man TT race to make a revealing behind-the-scenes documentary. Greenlight covers the races for US and UK channels such as BBC NI and Men & Motors and owns the rights for all the footage. Among the characters featured ...
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ITV reignites old flames
ITV has commissioned Yorkshire Television to make a new four-part factual entertainment series that sees four single people reunited with their first loves, writes Paul Revoir.
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Ian Wright reprises Jim'll Fix-style role
TWI's fledgling entertainment department has been given a boost after BBC1 ordered a second series of its Ian Wright-fronted light entertainment show I'd Do Anything, writes Paul Revoir.