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    Sky show contestants to sue

    2003-10-31T09:46:57Z

    A group of men tricked into wooing and kissing a 'woman' who turned out to be a transsexual are suing Sky for conspiracy to commit sexual assault.

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    Hunting Chris Ryan (BBC1) - James Walton

    2003-10-31T09:36:00Z

    'Call me sceptical, but this had a distinct whiff of choreography about it. (Think a mixture of professional wrestl...

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    The Last White Kids (C4) - Gareth McLean, Guardian

    2003-10-31T09:36:00Z

    'As intriguing as Shona Thompson's film was, there was a certain paucity of material and it didn't have much of a n...

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    Brucie is back on the Beeb

    2003-10-31T09:32:25Z

    Veteran presenter Bruce Forsyth is to re-join the BBC eight years after leaving for ITV.

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    Superstars (BBC1) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail

    2003-10-31T09:31:00Z

    'Commentator Paul Dickinson described things we could see for ourselves, such as: 'He's just pumping those legs bac...

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    Holiday Showdown (ITV1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times

    2003-10-31T09:29:00Z

    'TV executives are like over-enthusiastic diary farmers. They cannot see a good idea amble past without milking it....

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    Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BBC2) - Robert Hanks, Independent

    2003-10-31T09:25:00Z

    'Because of the way it is packaged, people think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as fast food, when it is a gourmet del...

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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