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Ancient Egyptians (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'There was no shortage of bad acting or irritating solemnity of tone. On the other hand, the interludes of dullness...
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NewsAllen appoints ITV Broadcast board
ITV chief executive designate Charles Allen has announced the complete executive board for the merged broadcasting division, which covers commissioning, marketing, schedules and sales.
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Game over for Technology
Despite its success in getting Freeview launched, BBC Technology is to be put up for sale. And with Charter renewal looming, there is increasing speculation about other non-core BBC activities, says Suzannah Scott
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Taggart: Atonement (ITV1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'The latest tale... was a hall of distorting mirrors until a chance discovery in a dustbin suddenly made (almost) e...
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Jungle (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Charlotte Uhlenbroek is, as they say, toothsome - eye-candy for grumpy silverback males.'...
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Jungle (BBC1) - Charlies Catchpole, Daily Star and Daily Express
'Our intrepid explorer hacked her way through a dense mass of cliches... It was 32 degrees down there with 100 per ...
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Imagine... The World According to Parr (BBC1) - Nancy Banks-Smith
'Imagine... is funny and poignant.'...
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MacIntyre's Millions (Five) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'This sort of reporter-centred reporting still isn't my favourite TV genre. Even so, I can't deny that MacIntyre do...
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NewsJowell to kick off BBC charter review next week
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell will use a key engagement with broadcasters next week to launch the long-awaited review of the BBC's Charter.
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UK post spending climbs to£1.3bn
UK television, film and commercial producers spent£47m more on post-production in 2002 than they did in the previous year, according to a new report from the UK Film Council.
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ITV's£100m savings plans
With savings of£100m to make, it seems certain that ITV's regional franchises will feel the pinch as some of the network's most well-known buildings are sold off and staff are moved on.
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BBC2 to kick off football weekly
BBC2 is to jump on the football bandwagon by launching its first magazine-style show dedicated to the sport as part of a range of factual commissions from indies.
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C4 deal brings Price-drop.TV onto Freeview
Shopping channel Price-drop.tv has taken one of the remaining slots on the Freeview digital terrestrial television platform, after it agreed a deal with Channel 4 to use its 'gifted' space on the service.
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Plain-speaking C4
Channel 4 News has won a Plain English Award. Guy Ker, Channel 4 News's managing director, accepted the award on behalf of the programme. A spokesman for the Plain English Campaign said the gong recognised Jon Snow's interviewing and 'political editor Elinor Goodman's efforts to explain the murky world of ...
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Sky One's Baker splits top acquisitions role
Sky One controller James Baker has made his first appointments, creating two acquisitions posts.
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Wall to Wall's ancient egyptians airs in US
Indie Wall to Wall is set to make its US debut on TLC with its£6m documentary miniseries Ancient Egyptians. The 4 x 60-minute series, which mixes true stories with dramatic reconstructions, will air on the Discovery-owned network before the end of the year. Originally broadcast ...
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My Dad The Rock Star heads for Asia
Nickelodeon has secured the TV rights in several major territories for animated series My Dad the Rock Star. The deal, with Canada's Nelvana, will see the 26 x 30-minute series screened on Nickelodeon UK and Asia from January before rolling out on M6 in France ...
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ATR's new facility
Teddington Studios is opening a purpose-built facility for the joint Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure horse-racing channel, At The Races. The new set-up, which took two months to put together, forms part of the studios'£2m expansion. Fifty At The Races staff are now based at Teddington. The project installation ...
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Autumn launch for CiTV channel
ITV will launch its dedicated CiTV multichannel offering by autumn next year.