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    Goldsmith leaves Universal Network

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    Universal Studios Networks UK managing director Janet Goldsmith has quit after five years at the company, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Granada sells two to Greece

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    Granada International has sold home makeover series Home on their Own, which has recently finished its run on ITV1 to Greek channel Mega TV. A member of LWT's production team will go to Athens to consult during the making of the 20 x 30-minute series. ...

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    ITV greenlights learners

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    ITV1 has has given the greenlight to a 'hair-raising' six-part series looking at why it is that some people cannot pass their driving tests, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Second helping of Oliver for Ten

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    Ubiquitous TV chef Jamie Oliver has become a firm favourite down under and now Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten has decided to strip the second series of his Oliver's Twistcookery show, writes Penny Hughes.

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    The weakest link moves into Malaysia

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has signed a deal to take the hit quiz Weakest Linkto Malaysia. Under the agreement, brokered by BBC Worldwide director of programming Colin Jarvis, the show will debut on RTM later this year. The quiz is also in production in Slovenia, while a ...

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    C4 pilots online pitching

    2003-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is about to pilot a system which could radically alter its commissioning process by forcing independents to pitch to the broadcaster online, writes Lucy Rouse.

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    BBC's Watts attacks 'misguided' bosses

    2003-08-14T00:00:00Z

    BBC Newsnight science editor Susan Watts has revealed a damaging split within the BBC in its response to the Hutton inquiry after claiming she was put under

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    Cracks open in BBC defence

    2003-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Two days of evidence from BBC journalists to the Hutton inquiry have seen serious cracks appearing in the corporation's defence of Andrew Gilligan's report into the

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    Pop Idol creator storms up Rich List chart

    2003-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Pop svengali Simon Fuller has seen a dramatic£170m rise in his personal fortune on the back of the Pop Idolformat, according to Broadcast's annual Rich List, writes Conor Dignam.

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    Spooks indie goes hustling for next drama

    2003-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Kudos, the indie behind BBC1’s award-winning drama Spooks has been commissioned to make a new six-part drama this time focusing on con artists, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Sky sticks to tried and tested formula

    2003-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Sex and soccer dominate Sky One's autumn schedule, unveiled this week, with new controller Sara Ramsden sticking close to a formula of US acquisitions and risque UK commissions, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    Sky news reconstructs hutton inquiry

    2003-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Sky News is this week and next week broadcasting nightly reconstructions of the Hutton inquiry with actors reading a transcript of each day's events. The first reconstruction was on day two of the inquiry and featured the witness hearing of BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan. Lord Hutton's closing statements will be ...

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    Hutton inquiry: What the papers say

    2003-08-13T10:55:55Z

    It is the third day of evidence in the Hutton inquiry, and the national newspapers are divided over who are the heroes and villians in the affair, writes Jon Rogers

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    That'll Teach 'Em (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Indpendent

    2003-08-13T10:09:00Z

    'The faint vindictiveness of That'll Teach 'Em (Channel 4) strikes me as intriguing - as though anyone over the age...

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    Black Hawk Down: the True Story (Five) - Joe Joseph, The Times

    2003-08-13T10:06:00Z

    'In order to tell the ?true? story, Black Hawk Down (Five) spent much of its time confecting re-enactments of scene...

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    House Trapped (Channel 4) - Rupert Smith, Guardian

    2003-08-13T10:05:00Z

    'Having your own home is lovely, admitted House Trapped (Channel 4) - 'but it can go wrong. Very wrong.' The follow...

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    Restoration (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2003-08-13T10:03:00Z

    'At first sight this seems a worthy project - but there's surely an obvious drawback. The restoration of one deserv...

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    Gilligan: The big lie

    2003-08-13T09:47:48Z

    BBC man accused over his evidence to MPs. ...

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    Knapp is set for a sackful

    2003-08-13T09:44:35Z

    NTL founder Barclay Knapp is quitting the troubled cable TV form after ten years. He could walk away with a payoff ...

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    Sky's monster hit

    2003-08-13T09:28:48Z

    Satellie giant BSkyB is aiming for at least£10 million subscribers once everyone in the country has digital TV. ...