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How Rageh Omaar found a helpful friend in Baghdad
Rageh Omaar, the BBC's star correspondent in BAghdad during the Iraq war, developed a close potentially embarrassin...
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Meet the Moores, Britain's answer to the Simpsons
After the Simpsons meet the Moores, a Leicestershire family chosen to be the stars of a ground-breaking animated si...
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Why journalists get bad press on television
A new BNBC drama attempts to break the stereotype of the media as boozy, unscrupulous hacks. But where does the ima...
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Telewest refinancing on course as losses grow
The refinancing of debt-stricken cable TV group Telewest has 'no major obstacles left', managing director Charles B...
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BBC man curried favour
Fawning letters written by Rageh Omaar, the BBC's correspondent in Baghdad during the Iraq war, trying to curry fav...
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Channel 4 is in the money, but at what cost?
Profits at the station are up, but some critics say standards are falling. ...
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Telewest and BSkyB in fee deal
Cable operator Telewest yesterday claimed to have reached a new agreement with BSkyB over the rate at which it can ...
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BBC scrutiny plan is far from harmless
The proposal for the national office to audit the BBC sounds such a simple and harmless proposition, but it is neit...
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Fash dash line crash
Phone lines for I'm A Celebrity....Get Me Out Of Here! jammed as thousands of viewers tried to vote for John Fashan...
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NewsSimply Television goes to the wall
Simply Television Ltd, a subsidiary of the Simply Television Group, has gone into administrative receivership and has closed three of its seven channels, write Paul Revoir and Sam Matthews
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Bob's back on TV
Comedian Bob Monkhouse is to make his prime time television return in a new show for BBC1. ...
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Pull plug on Carlton and Granada
The bounce back by shares in Carlton and Granada, the ITV companies might be over. This week, the competition Commi...
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The big makeover
This is the first look inside the Big Brother house - after a huge refit to make it smaller. ...
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Telewest set to battle for subscribers
Charles Burdick, Telewest chief executive, signalled yesterday that the UK cable group was preparing to take on BSk...
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Bridgepoint is backer of bid for Chrysalis arm
Bridgepoint has emerged as the financial backer for the trio of former ITV directors planning to buy Chrysalis' tel...
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NewsBig Brother 4 prepares for launch
Big Brother 4 is going back to basics with a smaller, more 'feminine' house when it launches at the end of the month, but the show will command more of Channel 4's summer schedule than ever before, writes Colin Robertson
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Big Brother IV set to be big earner
Channel 4 and Endemol UK are banking on this year's Big Brother being its most profitable yet, with a range of new mobile phone interactive services - some of which charge fans nearly two pounds per message, writes Colin Robertson
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AND FINALLY ... Jason Carter, executive producer BBC Radio 1 live music and events, is a true rock 'n' roller.
What do you sing in the shower?Live Forever by OasisWhat's the cruellest thing you've ever done?Pretended
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OFF THE RECORD - Tickets, please.
Things must be getting tough in the Murdoch empire judging by a recent telephone call made