All Broadcast articles in 14 May 2004
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Football Diaries (BBC2) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
?There was less actual football in it than in Footballer's Wives, but a lot of interesting stuff on the sidelines....
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Football Diaries (BBC2) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian
?It's all quite random, unfocused and absolutely fascinating.?...
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Kingdom Hospital (BBC2) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'So far Kingdom Hospital has been extremely watchable, in a deeply puzzling kind of way.'...
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Kingdom Hospital (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
?Kingdom Hospital is frightening and funny, a combination that bodes well for lovers of the seriously odd.?...
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Kingdom Hospital (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
?It suffers from two key flaws: incomprehensibility and agonising dullness.?...
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NewsCowell to speak at Edinburgh
Pop Idol judge and ITV's new£2m signing Simon Cowell is to give this year's Richard Dunn memorial interview at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsITV poaches Super Bowl
ITV has poached the terrestrial rights to broadcast the American Super Bowl live in the UK from Five, in a three-year deal.
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NewsTony Hall: I'm not interested in DG role
Former BBC director of news Tony Hall, a tipped candidate for the vacant BBC director general role, has ruled himself out of the race.
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NewsSMG sells GMTV stake to ITV
ITV has bought SMG's 25% stake in breakfast TV franchise GMTV for£31m, valuing the company at over£120m.
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NewsGWR pours£1m in Classic FM push
Classic FM is to launch a£1m marketing campaign in a bid to continue the upward momentum of its audience figures.
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RatingsThe Brief brings 6.3m to ITV
The Brief brought an average of 6.3 million viewers (27.3%) to ITV1 at 21.00 last night (Sunday 9 May) - up 1.4 million viewers from last week.
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NewsBBC: No more Hutton dismissals
No dismissals will result from the BBC's controversial 'due process' investigation into staff involved in the Dr David Kelly affair, the corporation today (Monday) confirmed.
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RatingsFriends finale takes 52.5 million
The final of hit comedy Friends pulled in 52.5 million viewers for US broadcaster NBC last Thursday.
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Mandela: Beneath the Halo (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
?As desecrations go, it was oddly cautious.? ...
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Murphy's Law (BBC1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
?It was rubbish (total nonsense) but enjoyable rubbish.?...
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Murphy's Law (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Fatuous and unbelievable is the best way to sum up the plot.'...
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I Am Not an Animal (BBC2) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian
?I just didn't get it. So I watched it again, and I still didn't get it.?...
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I Am Not an Animal (BBC2) - Joe Joseph, The Times
?It felt like a cross between Top Cat and Animal Farm, though not quite as amusing as the former, and not quite as ...