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Minister criticises BBC over asylum shows
Another row blew up between the government and the BBC yesterday after a Home Office minister accused the corporati...
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TV cave girl rescue
Student Laura Trowbridge was rescued from a 27 hour ordeal trapped underground testerday when a TV adventure progra...
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US bill blocks TV plans
The US House of Representatives yesterday passed abill that thwarts federal plans to allow major US broadcasters to...
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Why radio 1 should wake up to the thrilling richness of British music
I was astonished by BBC Radio 1 station controller Andy Parfitt's remark last week that 'around 30 per cent of arti...
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BBC has doctor's weapons worries on tape
The BBC has revealed it has a tape of Dr David Kelly criticising the Government over its Iraq arms dossier. ...
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This BBC row is not about sources - it is about power
What a difference a day makes. The daily skirmishes between the government and BBC have seen both sides at various ...
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Our tape shows Dr Kelly slated Blair says BBC
The BBC said yesterday it can prove weapons expert David Kelly believed that Tony Blair exaggerated the case for wa...
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Sunrise set on mean country
Sunrise Radio, which broadcasts to Asian communities across Britain, is close to buying the Mean Country station in...
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Blunkett savages BBC in asylum row
The home secretary, David Blunkett, today launches an outspoken attack on the BBC, accusing it of playing into the ...
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ITV1 gives boot challenge another run
LNN Factuals has picked up another series order for Boot Sale Challenge, the ITV regional show in which two teams of bargain hunters battle to find bits of junk worth a small fortune. LWT deputy director of broadcasting Geraldine Woods has ordered the 12 x ...
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Somethin' Else gives R2 more soul solutions
Radio and TV indie Somethin' Else has been asked to make a third series of its Mica Paris-fronted soul music series Soul Solutionsfor BBC Radio 2. Commissioned by Radio 2 head of programmes Lesley Douglas, the 16 x 30-minute series, which will air from 6 ...
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Celador wins R4 comic arts order
Celador Productions has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to develop a new arts discussion show, with a comedy twist, writes Michael Rosser.
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Stand-up Bloom takes his problem to R4
Stand-up comedian Adam Bloom is making his first foray into radio with his own show on BBC Radio 4. The 6 x 15-minute series, The Problem with Adam Bloom, will mix stand-up with reconstructions of real events examining topics such as the origin of gossip ...
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BBC4 examines what if? scenarios
Comedian Clive Anderson is to present a BBC4 series which will look at how past events might have turned out if we had known what we know now. Each episode of the six-part What If?will see Anderson joined by three studio guests discussing a particular ...
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Fame Academy hits tech snag
The second series of the BBC's multimillion pound reality TV show Fame Academywill air for the first time tomorrow night (26 July) despite suffering serious technical difficulties during pre-production, writes Sam Espensen.
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Disney serves cheesy cartoon for autumn
Toon Disney Channel is unveiling a brand new 26 x 30-minute animated series, Ratz, from 1 September. The show will air at 08.25 in a weekly slot as part of its autumn schedule. The series, bought from French production company Xilam for the cartoon channel, ...
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Bikes to battle it out on Men & Motors
Men & Motors channel controller Lesley Johnson has commissioned The Creation Company to produce a 6 x 30-minute series comparing the 'the hottest sports bikes on the market to the best race bikes in the world'. Road v Race, to air in the winter, will ...
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BBC designer database
The BBC's costume and wigs department is launching a service to assist producers in sourcing designers for their productions. Designer Link, which is intended to save production teams' time, will provide details of designers' work from a database of costume designers and make-up artists and hopes to bridge the gap ...
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Rejigged Fort Boyard returns to Challenge?
Flextech games and quiz channel Challenge? has ordered another series of gameshow Fort Boyard from Ronin TV with a new look and different presenters.
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Men & Motors pays homage to little car
Granada Manchester is producing a 60-minute show paying tribute to the British classic the Mini to air on its joint-venture Men & Motors channel. Mini Magic, which follows on from previous shows on the Ford Cortina and Capri, looks at both the early Mini and ...