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Imagine (BBC1) - Christopher Matthew
'A fascinating, instructive and altogether excellent programme.'...
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BBC2) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'A judicious application of lip gloss, some serious kick-ass feminism, and some truly cheesy - but ultimately forgi...
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Judges in the Dock (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Mark Easton uncovered some scandalous instances of judicial imcompetence, but the credibility of its conclusions w...
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Judges in the Dock (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Despite Mark Easton's tone of urgency and dramatic incidental msuic, the programme was reassuring.'...
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Judges in the Dock (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'A Dispatches special which, as ever combined a fairly annoying style with extremely solid content.'...
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NewsNew boss for STV
SMG has promoted its radio chief to managing director of its ITV franchise, Scottish Television.
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NewsBBC NI drama head quits
BBC Northern Ireland head of drama Robert Cooper, whose credits include Ballykissangeland Truly Madly Deeply, is to quit the corporation to join the independent sector.
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NewsIndie codes set for 6 January
The new broadcaster codes of practice for dealing with commissions from independent producers are set to be published on 6 January.
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Revolution in the air
Indies have a lot to look forward to in the new year, especially with two major broadcasting reviews underway, writes Eileen Gallagher
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The Crooked Man (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'He [Ross Kemp] was as expressive as a concrete bollard.'...
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The Crooked Man (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'It was a solid performance by the chair which was more than could be said for the two-legged members of the cast.'...
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The Crooked Man (ITV1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Last night's drama suffered from one key flaw: none of it made any sense.'...
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The Crooked Man (ITV1) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'The Crooked Man wasn't half bad, despite a plot more full of holes than your dad's string vest.'...
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Bedtime: Boxing Day (BBC1) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'Excellently written and superbly acted, this dark comedy was a treat.'...
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Bedtime: Boxing Day (BBC1) - Peter Pateron, Daily Mail
'Wonderfully well-written by Andy Hamilton (who also directed), and with an exemplary supporting cast.'...
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ITC fines Sky£50,000 for faked report
Sky news has been forced to pay a£50,000 fine for broadcasting a faked report from a Royal Navy submarine during the Iraq war.
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RTE1 takes bulk order of the Bill
Fremantle has secured sales of a further 79 episodes of ITV1 police drama series The Billfor broadcast on Ireland's biggest broadcaster. RTE1 has renewed its commission of the long-running drama, produced by Thames Television, and will broadcast the new episodes throughout next year. RTE1 has ...
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ITC unveils 12 all-time top complaints
The Independent Television Commission (ITC), set to be replaced in a fortnight by Ofcom, signed off this week by unveiling a list of the most complained about programmes in its 13-year history.
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Rushes makes 1960s come alive
The second series of the Bafta-nominated comedy 15 Storeys High starts on BBC3 early next year. Rushes Post Production's 3D department has been commissioned to do the titles, and director Mark Nunnely requested a sequence which would recreate the style of 1960s architectural drawings. So 3D artist Hayden Jones designed ...
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BBC2 to make three-part diet junkies
BBC2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a third instalment of its ?Junkiesstrand with a look at dieting. The 3 x 60-minute in-house Diet Junkies, which was co-commissioned by head of current affairs Peter Horrocks, will look at the history of ...