All Broadcast articles in 15 August 2003
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NewsLib-Dems line up behind the BBC
Charles Kennedy is facing calls to swing the Liberal Democrats behind the BBC as it gears up for Charter Renewal, writes David Rose
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Too many TV soap snobs
Paul Marquessis sick of the way soaps are downgraded by snobbish TV execs - popular drama is far more sophisticated and relevant than its given credit for.I love popular television.
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RatingsMasters and Servants serves up 2.3m
Channel 4's new four-part series Masters and Servants, where two families take on upstairs, downstairs roles - managed 2.3 million (11.1 %) last night (14 August) but just lost out to BBC2's Horizon, writes Jon Rogers
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NewsPop Idol goes west
BBC Northern Ireland has lined up a country and western version of Pop Idol, with a new contest offering wannabe singers a recording contract with a major Nashville-based record company, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsBowman and Murray may replace Cox
Sara Cox could be dropped from the Radio 1 Breakfast Show next Spring to make way for rising stars Edith Bowman and Colin Murray, writes Michael Rosser
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Intensive Scares (BBC1) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'This thought provoking programme raised a number of uncomfortable questions - not least why, given that just one h...
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Masters and Servants (C4) - Penny Wark, The Times
'Ostensibly this is a series about class and power, but what it actually does is expose people's foibles and confir...
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Young, Posh and Loaded (ITV1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'It's obvious that the sole purpose of Young, Posh And Useless [sic] is to expose the stupidity of the rich and hum...
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Masters and Servants (C4) - Fiona Sturges, The Independent
'All in all, Masters and Servants was a fairly fatuous exercise, and served only to reinforce class stereotypes. Wh...
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RatingsChelsea scores for BBC2
BBC2 scored with its 11th hour scheduling of new-look Chelsea's first venture into Europe with 2.6 million viewers, writes Jon Rogers.
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Watching the Detectives (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'At times, the narration could be a bit wince-inducing. ('June is a time of long days and light hearts.') At others...
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ER (C4) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'Carter (Noah Wyle) has answered a call from Luka Kovac (Goran Visnjic) to help out at a ramshackled clinic where h...
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ER (C4) - Fiona Sturges, The Independent
'It's some achievement that, 9 series on, ER's (Channel 4) still one of the best things on television. At this stag...
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Watching the Detectives (BBC1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Watching the Detectives (BBC1) was a calm, measured, unhysterical documentary that was allowed unusual access to B...
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The weakest link moves into Malaysia
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal to take the hit quiz Weakest Linkto Malaysia. Under the agreement, brokered by BBC Worldwide director of programming Colin Jarvis, the show will debut on RTM later this year. The quiz is also in production in Slovenia, while a ...
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Second helping of Oliver for Ten
Ubiquitous TV chef Jamie Oliver has become a firm favourite down under and now Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten has decided to strip the second series of his Oliver's Twistcookery show, writes Penny Hughes.
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ITV greenlights learners
ITV1 has has given the greenlight to a 'hair-raising' six-part series looking at why it is that some people cannot pass their driving tests, writes Colin Robertson.