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Sweet Medicine (ITV1) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'[ITV1's] Sweet Medicine is an afternoon soap with a few extra quid thrown in.'...
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Garden SOS (BBC1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Garden SOS (BBC1) was one of those windfalls that is half rotten before it hits the ground. This was half an hour ...
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Sweet Medicine (ITV1) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'[ITV1's] is so tired and uninspired, it's an insult to your intellignce if you eat without a bib and dress yoursel...
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Sweet Medicine (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express
'My prognosis: Formulaic, sentimental slush. A second opinion: it will run and run.'...
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Davies takes the stand
The chairman of the BBC governors Gavyn Davies gave his evidence to the Hutton inquiry last week - but questions about the corporation's management of the David Kelly affair remain writes Leigh Holmwood
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Deayton goes to Spain for Beckham doc
Angus Deayton has been lured to ITV1 to present a one-hour special on the build-up to David Beckham's first league match for Real Madrid. Deayton attended Beckham's league debut in Spain and spoke to Spanish celebrities about what life will be like for the Beckhams in Madrid. ...
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Rory Peck Trust receives£90,000 gift
The Rory Peck Trust, the charity which supports freelance journalists around the world, has received£90,000 from private charity the Sigrid Rausing Trust, which will help it provide training for journalists working in dangerous situations and will also support injured freelancers and the families of freelancers who have been killed.
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BBC invites tenders for horse-racing
The BBC is to commission out production of its horse-racing coverage to the independent sector in an effort to meet its 25% indie production quota. BBC Sport is inviting outside tenders to produce 60 hours of live coverage for BBC1 and BBC2. Major events such as the Grand National, the ...
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That'll Teach 'Em (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'I've been completely hooked myself? because it [Channel 4's That'll Teach 'Em] is so quietly subversive of contemp...
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Myra: the Making of a Monster (Five) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Michael Attwell's film Myra: The Making of a Monster (Five) was a diligent, thoughtful, unhysterical essay about w...
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Myra: the Making of a Monster (Five) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'Myra: the Making of a Monster (Five) was just another film retreading familiar territory. Instead of analysing the...
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Myra: the Making of a Monster (Five) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'This thoughtful and balanced documentary gathered a mass of evidence and tried to determine whether the teenaged H...
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Myra: the Making of a Monster (Five) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The programmes did it's best to take a cool look at the story of her life and reputation. Yet, while that desrves ...
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ITV1 dissects David Beckham's body
Granada is set to add to the David Beckham media frenzy with a new show for ITV1, serving up a part-by-part examination of the soccer idol's much admired body.
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Christmas test the nation for BBC1
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and head of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush have ordered a Christmas spin-off of Test the Nation from Talent Television. Test the Nation - National Test 2003 is being edited by BBC political unit editor Alexandra Henderson and John Kaye Cooper will executive produce alongside producer Jean ...
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RTE to make debut across nation on 252
Irish state broadcaster RTE is to broadcast its main radio station across the UK for the first time after taking full control of the frequency once held by music station Atlantic 252, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC3 hires Anstiss
The BBC has appointed the series producer of Kenyon Confronts as executive producer responsible for current affairs on BBC3. Samantha Anstiss replaces Colin Savage, who has been promoted to development executive, current affairs. Anstiss has produced BBC2's Raising the Roofand ...
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NewsRadio 4 chief sets sights on baby boomers
Radio 4 controller Helen Boaden has told programme-makers to put aside stereotypes of the station's listeners as stern octogenarians and inject more 'informal irreverence' into their ideas, writes Michael Rosser.
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5 Live in Man U deal
BBC Radio 5 Live has secured the rights to Manchester United's Champions League matches for the next three years. The deal with the club takes effect immediately and all MUFC Champions League games will be broadcast on Five Live or digital station Five Live Sports Extra. Goalkeeping veteran Peter Schmeichel ...
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Waterside demise adds to Edinburgh woes
Edinburgh production and facilities company Waterside Television has gone into liquidation resulting in the loss of around 17 jobs, writes Ian White.The company, which majored in corporate and commercials work,