All Broadcast articles in 12 December 2003 – Page 14
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RatingsBodyShock amazes 5m
The start of Channel 4's BodyShockseries, which featured a boy who had his twin growing inside him was a resounding hit with 5 million (20%).
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NewsDenham axed from Virgin drivetime
Virgin Radio has axed DJ Daryl Denham from its drivetime show after just a year in the seat as it prepares a major overhaul of its weekday schedule.
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NewsPollard attacks NUJ over Furlong
Sky News chief Nick Pollard has attacked the National Union of Journalists for 'jumping on the bandwagon' and using the death of former Sky reporter James Furlong as part of their anti-bullying campaign.
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Bedsitcom (C4) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
?On the basis of the first episode it isn't funny. And for a series with ?sitcom? in the title, that's quite a hand...
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Bedsitcom (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
?It proves impossible to shake off the embarrassing awareness that while the makers think they're being so fiendish...
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Bedsitcom (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Bedsitcom has less the flavour of an entertainment show than of a television format which, if it works, could be p...
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Bedsitcom (C4) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'As entertainment, Channel 4 should be prosecuted under the Trades Description Act and all associated with it sente...
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Bodyshock: The Boy Who Gave Birth to His Twin (C4) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'It was padded out with a contrived narrative and artificially jacked up suspense.'...
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Bodyshock: The Boy Who Gave Birth to His Twin (C4) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Bodyshock strove to live up to the promise of its title by delivering something really gross, through a prolonged ...
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Absolute Power (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'a bright and brittle comedy that takes a satirical view of the black art of spin.'...
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NewsOfcom appoints consumer chair
New super-regulator Ofcom has appointed Colette Bowe to the key post of chairman of its independent consumer panel.
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NewsGMG dumps Jazz for Smooth FM
Guardian Media Group Radio is closing down Jazz FM in Manchester and replacing it with a new station that will aim to appeal to a wider audience.
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NewsITV chiefs face MPs' grilling
ITV joint managing directors Clive Jones and Mick Desmond will appear before the media select committee today to field questions about the ITV merger from MPs.
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RatingsRevamped Top of The Pops slumps to 4.2m
Friday's All New Top of the Popsdebuting Victoria Beckham's double A side single wasn't the hit BBC1 was anticipating with 4.2 million viewers (20.2%), down 1.3 million from last week.
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NewsCarlton's Green 'to pocket£1.4m'
Carlton Communications chairman Michael Green is set to pocket a£1.4m pay off when he departs in February.
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Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster (BBC1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'So much of the mise-en-scene of this film looked like 'Voluptuous Vampire Virgins' or 'Busty Brides of Dracula'. ...
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Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster (BBC1) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Despite lashings of laudanum, [it] remained impressively cliche-free.'...
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Foyle's War: The Funk Hole (ITV1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Last night's final story of the current run of Foyle's War, zigzagged all over the place in an effort to convey so...
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Lawrence of Arabia (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'This first episode of two stuck to a biographical and then military narrative that was both solid and gripping.'...
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Terror Tourists (BBC2) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'There was a kind of black comedy here - but it was very black indeed.'...