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    Leslie faces years in jail

    2002-10-31T10:06:55Z

    Disgraced TV presenter John Leslie was facing jail last night as it emerged he has contacted police over alleged se...

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    BBC and BSkyB fall out over history channel

    2002-10-31T10:06:38Z

    The launch of Freeview, the new digital service, yesterday was marred by a rift between the venture's backers, BBC ...

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    TV cupboard is bare for disgraced Deayton

    2002-10-31T10:06:35Z

    Culture secretary Tessa Jowell warned celebrities to remember they are role models ...

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    The absurd hypocrisy of sacking Angus Deayton

    2002-10-31T10:06:11Z

    TV executives take class-A drugs, have affairs and drink to excess. This doesn't stop them imaging themselves as m...

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    John Leslie is sacked by ITV

    2002-10-31T10:06:10Z

    The television presenter was sacked yesterday ...

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    Television presenter is sacked

    2002-10-31T10:05:15Z

    Granada sacked the television John Leslie from ITV's This Morning programme yesterday because of allegations about ...

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    ITC: scrap news bias rules for niche TV

    2002-10-31T09:20:47Z

    Minority broadcasters should be allowed to dispense with strict rules governing impartiality in order to inject life into predictable news bulletins and get more people watching, a major study of television news has concluded, writes David Wood

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    Marketers infiltrate the BBC

    2002-10-31T09:13:40Z

    Marketing executives could soon have a say in the development of nearly all new BBC shows as part of a controversial initiative to make the corporation's programmes 'connect' better with audiences, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    DTI stalwart favourite to head Ofcom

    2002-10-31T09:08:05Z

    A Department of Trade of Industry (DTI) high flier has emerged as a leading contender for the Ofcom chief executive post amid accusations that the DTI could eclipse the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in the new regulatory environment, write Colin Robertson and ...

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    BBC to confront indie grievance

    2002-10-30T17:24:20Z

    The BBC has admitted it has acted unfairly towards independent producers by deliberately squeezing margins on programme orders and has proposed setting up a working party with producers' alliance Pact to discuss terms of trade, writes Jane Marlow

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    Radio indies join BBC quota row

    2002-10-30T17:23:48Z

    Somethin' Else and UBC Media are leading a group of radio indies lobbying the government to introduce a BBC statutory independent production quota for radio, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Moyles returns to C5

    2002-10-30T17:23:06Z

    Chris Evans' return to TV has been given a vote of confidence by Channel 5 with controller of entertainment Andrew Newman recommissioning a second 13-part run of Live with Chris Moyles, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Rise clings on but Richard and Judy flounder

    2002-10-30T17:22:31Z

    Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has broken his silence over the broadcaster's beleaguered breakfast show Rise, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Granada rejig targets drama

    2002-10-30T17:21:51Z

    Granada is to launch a concerted push to grab ITV's extra drama cash after restructuring its programming business, writes Steve Aston

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    Dating show to top Lush line-up

    2002-10-30T14:09:44Z

    BBC 1 is to launch a dating show that will see parents choosing potential dates for their son or daughter as part of a raft of new shows from controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Bravo to explore sci-fi sex

    2002-10-30T14:09:07Z

    Flextech-owned men's channel Bravo has announced a raft of new commissions including a 15-part series exploring what sex will be like in the future, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Kelly team charts estate life

    2002-10-30T14:08:27Z

    The film-maker behind Carlton's Bafta-winning documentary on poverty in modern-day Britain, Kelly and her Sisters, is making a similar film based on a council estate in south London, writes Steve Aston

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    RDF snares FHM tie-ins for BSkyB

    2002-10-30T14:07:50Z

    RDF Media has joined forces with Emap to produce two linked shows for Sky One based on men's magazine brand FHM, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    ITV 1 brings Miracle to life

    2002-10-30T14:07:16Z

    Indie Grasshopper Films is to produce a family animation for ITV 1's Christmas season, writes Steve Aston

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    Peter Williams lands Meridian WW2 series

    2002-10-30T14:06:38Z

    Meridian programme executive Simon Walton has commissioned a series from Peter Williams Television based on the second world war. The 8 x 30-minute The Secret Armywill look at the resistance fighters who would have continued the war if Hitler's planned invasion of the UK had ...