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    Heggessey unveils BBC1 spring season

    2003-03-18T14:11:43Z

    The team behind the BBC's axed Tomorrow's World science show are to launch a Great Britons-style search for a new working invention to be voted on by the public as part of BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey's new£270m spring season, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Capital hires Findlay as head of music

    2003-03-18T14:08:05Z

    Capital Radio has appointed Mark Findlay as its new head of music in a bid to revive the flagging fortunes of its flagship London station, 95.8 Capital FM writes John Plunkett

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    Britain way ahead in digital TV take-up

    2003-03-18T12:36:56Z

    Britain continues to lead the way in the digital TV world, with a new report suggesting the 'world's digital TV champion' is leaving the rest of Europe behind, writes Sam Matthews

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    The debate sharpens

    2003-03-18T09:56:10Z

    Using digital cameras enables film directors to keep budgets down and handle special effects with ease. But many st...

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    Geographical variations

    2003-03-18T09:54:20Z

    Talkback's decision to open a non-London office in, er, leafy Amersham has spearheaded calls for regional productio...

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    Cold Weep

    2003-03-18T09:53:57Z

    After Rachel's funeral...are these TV's most tearful scenes ever? ...

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    Will Richard trade Judy in for Billie?

    2003-03-18T09:52:32Z

    Telly host Richard Madely is set to trade Judy Finnigan for Billie Piper in a Celebrity Wife Swap. ...

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    Toil and trouble

    2003-03-18T09:52:04Z

    He's restrutured and re-organised, but is he taking creative risks? Absolutely says C4's chief exec Mark Thompson, ...

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    Bob and Thomas HIT a high

    2003-03-18T09:50:41Z

    Bob the Buildeand Barney the dinosaur provided a boom for HIT Entertainment last year, helping the group report a b...

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    BBC puts Sky on the defensive

    2003-03-18T09:49:01Z

    In television, as in life, events have an awkward habit of upsetting the best laid plans and strategies. Greg Dyke'...

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    Walkover for Feet

    2003-03-18T09:48:46Z

    The tear-jerking final episode of Cold feet went out on a high with a record audience. ...

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    Bob aims to build a presence in China

    2003-03-18T09:46:40Z

    HIT Entertainment attempted to quell fears about its exposure to the US retail market yesterday, saying that its po...

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    PVR will end the Desert Island dilemma

    2003-03-18T09:44:06Z

    Only having access to traditional five-channel analogue television is a bit like being stranded with eight favourit...

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    C4 may launch new free digital TV show

    2003-03-18T09:43:37Z

    Channel 4 is considering launching a new free-to-air digital television channel aimed at older viewers to capitalis...

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    BBC faces graveyard slot on Sky TV

    2003-03-18T09:42:01Z

    The government could be forced to choose between Greg Dyke and Rupert Murdoch as a dispute between Britain's two la...

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    Call for review of ownership at ITN

    2003-03-18T09:39:34Z

    Patricia Hodgson, chief executive of the Independent Television Commission, yesterday called for an in-depth review...

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    Cold Feet gets hot spin-offs

    2003-03-18T09:27:41Z

    Millions of Cold Feet fans may not have long to grieve for the hit comedy drama- two spin-offs are in the pipeline....

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    Beeb bosses say balls to nightly Lotto draw

    2003-03-18T09:25:30Z

    BBC chiefs are blocking a bid by Lotto operators Camelot to hold a draw every night. ...

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    Five nights a week Corrie

    2003-03-18T09:22:02Z

    Coronation Street could soon be on telly five nights a week, show bosses have revealed. ...

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    HIT scrubs up well with£21m

    2003-03-18T09:18:08Z

    HIT Entertainment said it is betting on a bathtime hit with its new series, Rubberdubbers, after revealing that its...