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NewsAl Jazeera secures raft of BBC programmes
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with Arabic news and documentary channel Al Jazeera for 1,000 hours of factual programming, writes Hayley Treacy
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NewsBBC accounts to be probed by Parliament
BBC chiefs are set to be forced to open their books to Parliament to account for the way they spend the£2.5bn a-year-licence fee, writes David Rose
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Coastal to make another Wire in the Blood
Actor Robson Green's indie Coastal Productions has been commissioned by ITV1 controller of drama Nick Elliott to make a second series of police drama Wire in the Blood. The series, which stars Green and Cold Feet actress Hermione Norris, will air later in the year in a new 4 x ...
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NewsViewers desert BBC3
New BBC digital service BBC3 is failing to catch the imagination of the nation's prized youth demographic, with latest viewing figures showing it is less popular than BBC Choice, the channel it replaced, writes Luke Satchell
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Wacko 'waived rights'
Michael Jackson's multi-million pound court battle with Granada will hinge on a one-paragraph agreement. ...
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JK Rowling gets part with Bart
Harry Potter creator JK Rowling is to make a wizard appearance in The Simpsons. ...
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Whodunnim?
Footballers' Wives bad boy Jason Turner will tonight plunge 80ft from a hotel roof - sparking a huge whodunnit. ...
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Huw attacks viewer over 'slur' on Welsh
Newsreader's 'vicious' reply over language question. ...
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18m watch the Street's Tricky Dickie confess
It was the confession Coronation Street fans had been waiting for. On Monday night nearly 18 million of them tuned ...
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NTL clamped $1.75m golden handcuffs on Ofcom chief
Stephen Carter received a bonus of more than£1.75m from former employer NTL last year ...
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BBC put beyond audit watchdog
A move to bring the BBC under the auspices of the national audit office was last night defeated in the Commons ...
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BBC unveils current affairs series
The BBC has confirmed the return of a regular primetime current affairs series to its most watched channel ...
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ITV's killer gains
ITV won its biggest audience in three years on Monday night when 19.4 million viewers tuned in to ...
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Freeview gets off to a flying start as the new force in British television
Half a million set-top boxes will be bought for ITV Digital's successor by mid-March ...
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BBC will have to open its books to public scrutiny
The BBC is to be forced to open its books to public scrutiny for the first time in a drive to make it more accounta...
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Hewitt sues TV channel for $1m
James Hewitt is suing Rupert Murdoch's Fox News television channel for allegedly reneging on a deal to hire him as ...
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Hoping for many happy returns
BBC4 chief Roly Keating is celebrating the channel's first birthday ...