All Broadcast articles in 05 December 2003 – Page 10
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Little Britain (BBC2) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'Little Britain, a new comedy series, is a surreal mix of soft toys and scrabble.'...
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Little Britain (BBC2) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'This sketch-based show, transplanted from Radio 4... is mostly very silly. It is also funny; in places, very funny...
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Coca-Cola sponsors BBC chart show
BBC Radio 1 and Top of the Popsare set to feature sponsorship from Coca-Cola, attracting new criticism for the corporation.
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Fogarty takes 5Live breakfast
BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has confirmed Shelagh Fogarty as the new co-host of the station's breakfast show alongside Nicky Campbell.
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Ofcom ok's sales mergers
Ofcom has paved the way for Channel 4, Five and BSkyB to merge their sales divisions after it withdrew the Independent Television Commission's ban on the joint selling of airtime.
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Edinburgh festival committee named
The organisers of the Edinburgh TV Festival have unveiled the advisory committee for next year's event.
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2.7m enticed by C4's 100 Sexy Moments
Channel 4's 100 Greatest Sexy Momentson Saturday (29 November) managed to seduce the viewers with 2.7 million (16.5%).
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New look Top of the Pops gets 5.5m
BBC1's decision to totally revamp its 40-year old pop show helped it shoot up the charts with 5.5 million (25.7%) but it still wasn't enough to get to number one.
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BBC cleans up at the children's Baftas
The BBC swept the board at last night's British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards winning a total of eight awards.
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The Adventure of English (ITV1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The Adventure of English traced a coherent and graceful arc through the century under discussion.'...
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Foyle's War (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'In its scene-by-scene plotting, the drama isn't subtle.'...
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Charles II: the Power and the Passion (BBC1) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'Charles II may be as historically accurate as a Carry On film, but it is cracking drama.'...
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Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Trust Me, I'm a Prime Minister (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Last night the aren't-I-clever? humour was often shoved right off the pitch as some thundering piece of analysis c...
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Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Trust Me, I'm a Prime Minister (C4) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'It's quite funny sometimes and often bares its teeth. But it's not as funny as it might be, nor as ravenous.'...
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Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Trust Me, I'm a Prime Minister (C4) - Robert Gore-Langton, Daily Express and Daily Star
'I realised, watching Bremner, Bird and Fortune just what a lot of po-faced, pious old toot his act had become.'...
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Bremner, Bird and Fortune: Trust Me, I'm a Prime Minister (C4) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'The entire package of jokes, sketches, a little song and some hoary political quotations, all intended to hurt, wa...
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BBC postpones News 24 relaunch
The BBC's much vaunted relaunch of its News 24 channel has been put back a week following Friday's huge power blackout.
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R4 dramatises Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is to be adapted for radio for the first time as part of BBC Radio 4's winter line-up.
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Dyke named York University chancellor
BBC director general Greg Dyke has been made chancellor of York University.
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Baker appoints two at Sky One
Sky One controller James Baker has made his first appointments, creating two new acquisitions posts.