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?Blackadder' creator returns to TV with cunning plan to replace boring shows
The creator of Blackadder and Spitting Image has marked his long-awaited return to television with a scathing attac...
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BSkyB sells Chelsea stake ?at a loss'
The satellite broadcaster has sold its 9.9% stake in Chelsea Football Club to Roman Abranovich, the Russian oil bil...
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It's real life, Michael, but not as you know it
The Tory politician got more than he bargained for when he agreed to help the BBC's drive for higher ratings ...
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John Leslie cleared of sex charges
Charges against the television presenter John Leslie over the alleged indecent assault of a woman will be dropped t...
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NewsFash still gets bash as footie coach
John Fashanu will still be given the chance to manage a TV football team despite tabloid allegations that he was involved in match-fixing, write Paul Revoir and Rosemary Gallagher
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Murdoch takes Sky to Italy
Rupert Murdoch today embarks on his most determined effort so far to capture a continental European television audi...
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Ross wooed by Capital Radio
Capital Radio is attempting to prise Jonathan Ross away from BBC Radio 2 as it continues to sound out possible repl...
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BBC2 puts gun culture in the spotlight
The pervasive influence of guns in British youth culture is to be explored in a series of BBC films to be screened ...
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Leslie to be cleared
John Leslie will be cleared of sex charges today as the case against him is dropped. ...
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Fury as BBC turns yob gang girls into stars
The BBC was slammed yesterday after revealing plans to make stars out of criminal teenage girl gangs. ...
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Riddle of telly return
Mystery last night surrounded Michael Barrymore's claims to be making a big telly comeback as all five networks ins...
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An early blow in pop war
Bosses at ITV have decided to stick Pop Idol in an earlier time slot - and they reckon the move will sink BBC's ri...
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Lion creates BBC2 3D show
Lion TV will start recording a revolutionary new gaming series next week to air this autumn on BBC2 in the all-important 18.00 slot currently occupied by The Simpsons, writes Sam Espensen.
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Channel 4 puts on style with Living TV
Channel 4 and Living TV have commissioned the first-ever British Style Awards, featuring the world's top supermodels and performances from Elton John and Kylie Minogue, writes Paul Revoir.
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422 to make HP promo
422 South has made a short film for Hewlett Packard (HP) to demonstrate the power of the PC manufacturer's experimental rendering service Frame Factory. The Painter,directed by Andy Power, is about a long-abandoned robot that lives in a basement. Produced by Anne Farrell, the film ...
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Lion shares in BBC line-up
Lion TV has picked up an order from BBC2 for a programme examining major historical events, as part of a 33-hour batch of new autumn BBC shows, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Cartoon Network's Beastly bumpers
Jellyfish Pictures has provided The Cartoon Network with break bumpers for channel sponsor Laughing Cow Cheez Dippers. The sequence shows various animals warming up for their own version of the Olympic Games, with Stuart Hall of It's a Knockout fame doing the voiceover. The horse, sheep, rat and cockerel all ...
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Jodie breaks silence for Bugsy
Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster has given a rare interview to Tyne Tees Television for a 60-minute After They Were Famousshow on the stars of the 1976 film Bugsy Malone, in which she played Tallulah. The show will reunite the ...
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DITG buys gointeractive
The Digital Interactive Television Group (DITG) has announced it has snapped up Gointeractive, the iTV technology and services company, making the merged companies the largest independent company in the UK's iTV industry. Gointeractive was jointly owned by Sony Pictures, Sony Venture Capital and Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures. The company specialises ...
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Dimmock in UK Style deal
UK Style has signed up Charlie Dimmock to front a new series charting the yearly cycle of a garden, writes Rosemary Gallagher.