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    Men & Motors to celebrate the Ford Capri

    2003-04-24T08:30:00Z

    Men & Motors has commissioned Granada to make a 60-minute show on the life of Ford's design classic, the Capri. Capri 4 Mewill be presented by Capital Gold DJ Mike Sweeney and will track the car from its conception to downfall and a possible 21st ...

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    Hollywood stars caught on home movies

    2003-04-24T08:30:00Z

    BBC1 is to show home movie-style footage of Hollywood celebrities showing the 'moments when their masks slip' and the real person behind the glamour is revealed. The one-off 60-minute documentary, The People's Hollywood, will show amateur film of famous stars from the 1930s to the ...

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    RDF series puts teens in charge

    2003-04-24T08:30:00Z

    Nine teenagers are being given the chance to act as 'amateur family therapists' in a Channel 4 show from the producer of Wife Swap, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Leopard to look at computer game history

    2003-04-24T08:30:00Z

    Leopard Films has secured a commission from TLC in the US for a 60-minute special on the history of computer games. Gameheadzwill chart the evolution of computer games from the basic thrills of Pong and Space Invaders through to the popular Super Mario series. Featuring ...

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    Curious lands map deal with National Geographic

    2003-04-24T08:30:00Z

    Curious software has landed a deal with The National Geographic Channel (NGC) to supply software for generating map graphics after the channel used its World Maps package for coverage of the Iraq war, writes Sam Espensen.

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    Hackenbacker pals up

    2003-04-24T08:30:00Z

    Audio facility Hackenbacker has started dubbing work on two animated specials for primetime BBC1 starring Dawn French, Alison Steadman and Jessica Stephenson. Based on the art of Beryl Cook, Bosom Palswill be mixed by Nigel Heath. Hackenbacker is doing voice recordings, trackplay, dialogue editing, foley ...

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    Peacock appointed to Ofcom press role

    2003-04-23T13:48:34Z

    Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has made another senior appointment at the new super regulator, drafting in former BBC news reporter Matt Peacock as director of communications, writes Michael Rosser

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    Guilty, final answer

    2003-04-23T09:54:10Z

    A whopping 95 per cent of Sun readers who saw the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? documentary believes the guilty ve...

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    Silly twits' comedy caper had us in fits

    2003-04-23T09:51:13Z

    Millionaire: A Major Fraud was brilliant television - probably the most enjoyable programme of the year. ...

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    Everything to play for at BSkyB

    2003-04-23T09:45:37Z

    The broadcaster had a clear shot at the Premier League rights, then Brussels joined the match ...

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    Millions tune in to fraud show

    2003-04-23T09:45:13Z

    Viewing figures released yesterday showed that the Tonight programme on Monday had an average audience of 15.1 m ...

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    Why I'll be king of the jungle

    2003-04-23T09:44:42Z

    Ex-football player John Fashanu is confident about his chances of winning I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here becaus...

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    Lewis considers deal to screen fight on BBC

    2003-04-23T09:44:36Z

    Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson will on the same night in two fights that could be televised by the BBC ...

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    Q. Who wants to see a cheating millionaire? A. 17 million people

    2003-04-23T09:44:08Z

    ITV's 'A Major Fraud' was watched by 17 million people ...

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    BBC turns Cambridge spies 'into heroes'

    2003-04-23T09:43:38Z

    The BBC is to screen an 'heroic' portrayal of the Cambridge spies Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean and Antho...

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    Not one viewer for£97mm 'youth' channel

    2003-04-23T09:43:03Z

    The BBC's£97 million digital channel aimed at a young audience has failed to register a single viewer at times ...

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    Our 'heroic' traitors

    2003-04-23T09:42:43Z

    BBC rewrites the history of Philby & Co ...

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    15 million see the cheating Major in the hot seat

    2003-04-23T09:42:15Z

    Fifteen million viewers tuned in to see how the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? frauds cheated their way to£1 milli...

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    Major: Show's ruined my life

    2003-04-23T09:41:43Z

    £1m cheat rages at TV boss after 17 million see the damning evidence. ...

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    Merger headache

    2003-04-23T09:41:30Z

    TV giants hit£2.7bn hitch ...