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    Cutting Edge: Child Sex Trade (C4) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star

    2003-10-10T10:19:00Z

    'Now and again a documentary comes along that is so shocking and makes you feel so angry and helpless that you want...

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    Cutting Edge: Child Sex Trade (C4) - Robert Hanks, Independent

    2003-10-10T10:16:00Z

    'Despite its material, the film managed an edgy, pacy feel, a sense of perpetual movement. But this was at odds wit...

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    Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (BBC2) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail

    2003-10-10T10:13:00Z

    'Last night BBC2 gave us a story that came as close to being an epic as anything i have seen on the box.'...

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    Essential Poems for Britain (BBC2) - Joe Joseph, The Times

    2003-10-10T10:06:00Z

    'Essential Poems for Britain (BBC2) was a brisk but highly enjoyable trot through favourite poems.'...

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    Can actors play the role of directors?

    2003-10-09T12:35:26Z

    Giving actors a shot at directing is one way of appeasing star vanity without a pay rise - but long hours sitting about on set may also be the ideal training. Paul Revoir reports.

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    One Life (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2003-10-09T09:54:00Z

    'Last night's One Life was something special...the makers must have put in much time and skill in order to get inte...

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    One Life (BBC1) - Joe Joseph, The Times

    2003-10-09T09:53:00Z

    'This was a powerful story of a life genuinely hanging in the balance. It put Derren Brown's manipulative, ghoulish...

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    One Life (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent

    2003-10-09T09:52:00Z

    'Positively Dickensian in its exploitation of our susceptibility to childish distress and? utterly indifferent to a...

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    Grand Designs Revisited (C4) - Gareth McLean, Guardian

    2003-10-09T09:51:00Z

    'Grand Designs Revisited (Channel 4) was, inevitably, great fun.'...

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    The Human Mind: Personality (BBC1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star

    2003-10-09T09:49:00Z

    'This is science for kiddies, something you might expect on Newsround.'...

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    Flying Through the Sound Barrier (C5) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail

    2003-10-09T09:44:00Z

    'This somewhat chaotic programme was a nerd's delight, packed with snippets of technical information on jet planes,...

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    R1 to clean up breakfast slot

    2003-10-09T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio 1 has pledged to banish swearing and sexual innuendo from its breakfast show after announcing that DJ Sara Cox will be replaced by drivetime host Chris Moyles early next year, writes Michael Rosser.

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    New C4 100 greatest

    2003-10-09T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned another instalment of its 100 Greateststrand, charting the top 100 sexy moments. Made by indie Shine Entertainment, the 180-minute show will ask viewers to chose their favourite erotic scenes from TV and film via the C4 website in order to compile ...

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    BBC2 boost for Sumners

    2003-10-09T08:30:00Z

    Manchester post facility Sumners has been commissioned by BBC Manchester to do all the post work on Britain's Best Sitcom, one of the largest BBC projects of next year.

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    BBC2 greenlights The Long Firm

    2003-10-09T08:30:00Z

    Novelist Jake Arnott's gritty portrayal of 1960s east London gangland is to be brought to the small screen in a major four-part drama for BBC2 as part of controller Jane Root's push to refresh the genre on her channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC2 revisits country house life

    2003-10-09T08:30:00Z

    BBC2 controller Jane Root has ordered a fourth series of Country House, which chronicles life on British historic estates, from Tiger Aspect. The 6 x 50-minute docu-soap, co-commissioned by Celia Taylor, will this time be set at the Earl of Normanton's Somerley estate, which hosts pop concerts, radio shows and ...

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    C4I coughs up£2m for indie projects

    2003-10-09T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 International (C4I) is to set up a£2m development fund to develop international and commercial projects with the UK independent production sector. The fund, which is being overseen by C4I managing director Paul Sowerbutts, will be used to exclusively finance programme and concept development and discussions are already at ...

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    BBC4 orders five-parter on music greats

    2003-10-09T08:30:00Z

    BBC4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a series of music documentaries from the BBC's in-house music entertainment department. The 5 x 60-minute pieces, to be executive produced by Mark Cooper, will look at stars such as John Martyn, John Mayall and Gil Scott Heron and will air from December until ...

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    C4 seals Carr exclusive

    2003-10-09T08:30:00Z

    Comedian Jimmy Carr has signed a one-year exclusive deal with Channel 4 that will see him fronting a new gameshow as well as developing his own projects. Carr, who won a Royal Television Society award for best newcomer this year, will host Distraction, made by ...

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    C4 plans bold news strand

    2003-10-09T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4's new head of news and current affairs, Dorothy Byrne, has made her first key decision, launching a major new UK-focused current affairs strand that she claimed will fly in the face of the politically correct and 'say the unsayable'.