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ONE Life: Lager, Mum and Me (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent
'But, as watchaable as it was, Lager, Mum and Me never strayed far from the box-office reliability of its will-she,...
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ONE Life: Lager, Mum and Me (BBC1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'If you didn't already realise it, here was a film to show you that happiness rests on the most fragile of foundati...
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Auction Man (BBC1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express
'If you want to see the seamy side of auction rooms, dodgy dealings and price fixing, you'd be better off searching...
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New bosses throw£1.5m at Molinare
Only days after completing a deal to purchase post facility Molinare, new joint owners and managing directors Mark Foligno and Steve Milne are already ploughing money into the struggling facility, writes Sam Espensen.
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Ukraine buys 100 hours of Granada
Granada International has sold 100 hours of programming, including all four series of At Home with the Braithwaites, to a Ukrainian broadcaster. The package, which also includes a selection of PD James mysteries and the GEUSA/Showtime co-produced comedy Beggars and ...
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M2 will target market for HD
M2 Television has invested in a batch of new Panasonic and Snell & Wilcox kit in order to set up a duplication arm. The kit, which is HD and HD cross-conversion equipment, includes two Panasonic VTRs - an HD D5 and a DVC Pro HD with variable frame rate converter.
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Maverick seeks£2m to fund fresh muffin
Maverick Entertainment Group is looking for£2m of outside investment in order to beef up its commercial output and fund new television series, such as Muffin the Mule.
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TV execs knock 2010 target
The government will not meet its 2010 analogue switch-off target, key broadcasting figures have predicted, writes Colin Robertson.
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ITV seeks 22.30 slot for 'News at When?'
ITV is back in discussions with the Independent Television Commission (ITC) in a bid to move its News at Tenprogramme to 22.30, writes Paul Revoir.
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New BBC satellite puts third 24 series in doubt
Plans for the BBC to air the third series of hit thriller 24are under threat, following US studio Fox's concerns over the BBC's decision to change satellite and broadcast its services unencrypted, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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At It gets behind scenes for C4 and Disney
Channel 4 and Disney have commissioned indie At It Productions to produce 30-minute behind-the-scenes specials on two new films - horse-racing epic Seabiscuitand kids adventure film Holes. Ordered by C4 senior editor, feature films Tim Highsted, ...
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Teen Big Bro gets peak slot on C4
A teenage version of Big Brother, which captured two contestants having sex during recording, will be screened in a peaktime Channel 4 slot next month, writes Michael Rosser
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C4 wins prix Italia
Channel 4 scooped two awards at the prestigious Prix Italia awards in recognition of its artistic output. The channel found success with controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer, produced by indie Blast! Films, and reality TV series Operatunity from Diverse Productions. The BBC walked away ...
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Celebs to feign facial disorders in C4 show
Birmingham indie Maverick Television is to follow its controversial Channel 4 shows Celebrity Blind Man's Buffand Celebrity Wheelchair Challengewith a third programme working titled Celebrities Disfigured: In Your Face, writes ...
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Lygo's arrival at C4 costs Lux her job
Channel 4 head of entertainment Danielle Lux has left the broadcaster suddenly after her post was made redundant, writes Paul Revoir.
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Sky confirms ch6
BSkyB has admitted publicly for the first time that it would turn its Sky Travel Freeview channel into a Channel 6 proposition if the current strong take-up of DTT continued. Sky chief operating officer Richard Freudenstein said: 'Assuming that the number of Freeview homes grows [at the current rate], Sky ...
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Advertising boost
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has called on broadcasters to persuade advertisers to spend more money on TV. He said: 'There is a substantial job to be done to sell the values of TV advertising.' He added that advertisers were still smarting from the early 2000s when they had to ...
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Lord Burns to advise on BBC
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has appointed Abbey National chairman Lord Burns as a key independent advisor on the BBC's Charter renewal process.
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Grade rails against BBC short-termism
The BBC's reliance on freelance production staff is stifling creativity in programme-making by discouraging risk-taking, according to former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Grade, writes Colin Robertson.