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Yorke in frame for C4 drama.
BBC head of drama series John Yorke, who took EastEnders to four episodes a week, has emerged as the front-runner to succeed Channel 4 head of drama Tessa Ross, writes Penny Hughes.
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#10m in BBC war chest.
BBC director general Greg Dyke is preparing to sign off #10m for coverage of the potential war in the Gulf, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Factual entertainment job goes to Mortimer.
BBC deputy controller of general factual David Mortimer has finally been confirmed as the new creative head of factual entertainment, ending months of speculation, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Indies rap Discovery.
Producers' alliance Pact has issued a warning to producers over what it claims is a restrictive
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Dyke to take chair at RTS Cambridge.
BBC director general Greg Dyke will take centre stage at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Cambridge convention this year after agreeing to chair the biennial event, writes Paul Revoir.
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Keating takes on BBC charter job.
BBC4 controller Roly Keating is to take a six-month internal attachment to lead the next stage of the BBC's charter renewal process, alongside head of business management and implementation Charles Constable, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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After Ozzy, it's at home with Eubank.
The UK is set to get its own The Osbournes-style family reality series following Five's decision to commission a 10-part series of Carlton's At Home With the Eubanks, writes Penny Hughes.
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Crossroads faces the axe.
They axed half the cast, demolished the infamous shaky set and turned the sauce factor up to 11 - but not even Emma Noble in a hot-tub could revive the fortunes of ITV's troubled soap Crossroads, which is set to be axed from its teatime slot within weeks,
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BBC'S PAEDOPHILE HUNT.
The BBC is to follow up its controversial series The Hunt for Britain's Paedophiles with a
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Grace departs ITV as Pickard arrives.
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace is quitting the network centre just 10 days
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The government should hand over 10% of the BBC's licence fee to commercial broadcasters to help prop up public service broadcasting, according to Granada chairman Charles Allen, writes Colin Robertson
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Straight Outta Salford
Wes Butters, a 23-year-old last heard on local radio, takes over that great British institution, The Radio 1 Chart ...
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Battle Station
ith its broadcast of Osama Bin Laden's videos and exclusive footage of the Afghan war, the tiny satellite station a...
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ITV hits at ?BBC bias' in Bafta awards shortlist
When emotional award-winners hold aloft distinctive Bafta mask at the television awards ceremony later this month, ...
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I was betrayed by Bashir, rages Jackson
Michael Jackson yesterday made an official complaint to the television watchdog over the controversial documentary ...
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Cable TV boss picked to take helm at Channel 5
Channel 5 yesterday finally ended its search for a boss by appointing cable television executive Jane Lighting as i...
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Uncertainty deepens over future of Canal Plus
The uncertainty over the fate of Canal Plus deepened last nigh as Jean-René Fourtou, chief executive of Vivendi Uni...
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Jacko: I was betrayed by TV's Bashir
Devastated Michael Jackson plans to sue the makers of this week's controversial TV documentary after claiming they ...
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Tricky Dicky dies 4 times
Coronation Street chiefs are set to film not one but four grisly deaths for the soap's triple killer Richard Hillma...