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MacLeod’s loud farewell
Peter Fincham’s press honcho, James MacLeod, didn’t leave ITV quietly last week, with what seemed like half of the company (including Peter Fincham) snapped clasping giant farewell messages, which were then plastered on the wall of MacLeod’s leaving drinks venue.
Off Cuts: Ikea's sweet gesture
Demonstrators outside the BBC’s Mailbox building in Birmingham were stumped when an Ikea van pulled up during their protest.
Off Cuts: Sky’s 3D money shot
A UK first this weekend as Television X debuts, you guessed it, 3D porn.
Off Cuts: Mangan's hell on earth
Seems Stephen Mangan was taking the Golden Globes as seriously as his Brit comic counterpart Ricky Gervais.
Off Cuts: I’m A Giraffe... Get Me Out of Here!
Distressing scenes on Wild At Heart, where Lucy the giraffe broke onto the set and fell in the pool.
Broadcast Awards shortlist party
Tension mounted at The Hospital Club last week as Broadcast kicked off the Christmas season in style, unveiling the nominees for the annual Broadcast Awards.
Off Cuts: Garbage in, garbage out
Kevin Lygo and Peter Fincham’s relationship has apparently blossomed to such an extent that the pair are actually living together these days.
Off Cuts: Morph matures
Good to see plasticine favourite Morph doing his bit for charity and joining in with the Movember movement.
Off Cuts: Bonneville in boneshocker
Hugh Bonneville is among the cast riding the wave of Downton’s success.
Off Cuts: E4's time-shifting troubles
For the third time in three years, E4 was kept waiting for Misfits’ series launch ratings as a glitch following the clocks going back delayed our usual overnight data on Monday.
Off Cuts: Emma’s career break
Good luck to Emma Tennant, who is finally hobbling around Hammersmith after her start at UKTV was delayed by three weeks by a broken foot sustained on a cruise. We’d say break a leg, but perhaps that’s not the best idea.
Off Cuts: Snow’s poetic licence
There were gasps of recognition at the London Film Festival this week when Jon Snow popped up for an unexpected cameo in Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus.
Off Cuts: The clue's in the name
Bad taste or subversion on a day of job cuts? Either way, someone was up to mischief in the run-up to the DQF announcements.
Off Cuts: Mipcom special
Dropping by at Mipcom was none other than Steve van Zandt, E-Street band guitarist and Silvio from The Sopranos, promoting his role in another mob drama, Lilyhammer.
Off Cuts: Meeting MOTD's needs
Q: What happens when you name your meeting rooms after your iconic shows?
Off Cuts: Broadcast Hot Shots Party 2011
Last week, Broadcast invited its talented Hotshots back to the scene of their glossy photoshoot, The Hospital in Covent Garden, for a night of celebration.
Off Cuts: Edinburgh special
Men, women, straight, gay… the whole festival seemed under the spell of Sofie Gråbøl, the star of hit gloomy Danish crime drama The Killing.
Off Cuts: Criminally entertaining
Tim Hincks reliably delivered the laughs at the RTS Cambridge Convention. Opening with thanks to Endemol - “I owe them a massive debt” - Hincks reflected on when he invited James Murdoch to Edinburgh.
Off Cuts: So last century
Channel 4 or ‘the web’? The Million Pound Drop’s contestants kept it old-school on Saturday night, opting for a dip into the broadcaster’s history.
Off Cuts: CNN's Libyan Tripoli-up
Blame it on the speed at which events unfolded, or the fact that it all kicked off in the tail hours of the weekend.
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Off Cuts: Gordon's the man for CNN
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Off Cuts: Stewart pooh-poohs Channel 4
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Off Cuts: Bishop hits Bullseyes
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Off Cuts: Donations to the BBC?
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Off Cuts: So who's counting?
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Off Cuts: FX's telescopic vision
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Off Cuts: Helen Fospero becomes 4am girl
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Off Cuts: Moody Hobbs - all is Peachey
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Off Cuts: A tale of two Alans
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Off Cuts: Woolfe won't stay down
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Off Cuts: Uses for a Bafta #1-4
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Off Cuts: not a very original Coup
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Off Cuts: The vagina monologue
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Off Cuts: All bets off for Cowell
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Off cuts: Daisy doo! to global aid
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Off Cuts: A Certain Ratio
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Off Cuts: Endemol’s own Terminator
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Arnie: Hasta la vista, Colonel?
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Off Cuts: Sound Choice for Radio 4
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Off Cuts: Thompson's a free thinker
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Off Cuts: Eclectic support for Binns
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Off Cuts: Sky’s music to their eyes
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Off Cuts: Corrie not camera shy
