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    Puttnam's programme

    2002-09-10T09:33:05Z

    Lord Puttnam is in a buoyant mood. The Labour peer and Oscar-winning film producer senses a compromise in Britain's...

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    BBC to face demands over digital channel

    2002-09-10T09:32:37Z

    The BBC is facing tough new quotas on independent production as the price for government approval over BBC3, the ne...

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    Study throws out claims of western TV news bias

    2002-09-09T12:31:24Z

    A new study by the British Film Institute (bfi) and the Open University (OU) published today has thrown out claims by UK-based Muslims that British news broadcasters showed bias and were selective with content in the aftermath of September 11, writes Luke Satchell

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    Blue Planet coins it in for BBC

    2002-09-09T11:45:05Z

    The BBC's award-winning nature series Blue Planethas become a multi-million pound money spinner for the corporation, after an aggressive marketing campaign has seen the programme and its spin-offs sell in more than fifty countries, writes Luke Satchell

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    C4 commissions novel sitcom

    2002-09-09T10:06:47Z

    A new sitcom in which the story is told from the point of view of individual characters has been commissioned by Channel 4 from indie Objective Productions, writes Steve Aston

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    Bully for you Johnny

    2002-09-09T10:02:00Z

    Super, smashing, great! Bullseye is set to return - with chubby comic Johnny Vegas. ...

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    All square

    2002-09-09T10:00:21Z

    EastEnders will sweep the board again at tonight's TV Quick Awards ' scooping five gongs. ...

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    OAP ITV

    2002-09-09T09:58:00Z

    ITV chiefs have signed up a host of veteran actresses in their battle to win back viewers. ...

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    Toptastic

    2002-09-09T09:55:46Z

    Veteran DJ Tony Blackburn was last night crowned king of the jungle. ...

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    Solved, the riddle of the Radio 4 boss's black eye

    2002-09-09T09:53:08Z

    When the editor of Radio 4's Today programme turned up for work with a black eye, speculation was rife as to the id...

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    As a blonde scouser, no one takes me seriously. But they'll change thier tune when I'm a Tory MP

    2002-09-09T09:51:14Z

    TV's Esther McVey on marriage, men and political ambition. ...

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    Why don't you love me?

    2002-09-09T09:50:02Z

    It was gong to be the end of broadcasting as we know it, but a little more than two years after its launch the pers...

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    What if Darren had been poisened?

    2002-09-09T09:49:35Z

    Martin Cruddace on the legal contracts between programme makers and reality TV contestants. ...

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    Exodus is bad news for ITN

    2002-09-09T09:49:13Z

    Any significant news last week was about the news. Not that one would notice amid the excitement over a semi-succe...

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    Del Boy cleans up on video

    2002-09-09T09:48:55Z

    Only Fools and Horses has become the BBC's best-selling show on video and DVD. ...

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    The people who sank Panorama

    2002-09-09T09:48:54Z

    As the BBC's flagship celebrates its 50 ...

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    Bearers of bad news

    2002-09-09T09:48:21Z

    A new report reveals that British Muslims were far from satisfied with UK TV coverage of September 11 attacks. ...

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    DJ Tony crowned celebrity King of the Jungle

    2002-09-09T09:47:53Z

    In the end, the Rumble in the Jungle came down to an unlikely head-to-head between two former public school pupils....

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    Entertainment Rights

    2002-09-09T09:46:54Z

    The licensing and production company that owns the rights to Postman Pat and Barbie, is expected today to announce ...

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    Vivendi 'inquiry is close'

    2002-09-09T09:46:30Z

    French prosecutors may begin investigating Vivendi Universal's accounts before the end of the month, following shar...