All Broadcast articles in 21 November 2003
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RatingsHoliday Showdown slips to 5.7m
ITV1's Holiday Showdownslipped in the ratings once again last night (20 November) but still has a sizeable audience with 5.7 million (24.3%) at 21.00.
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Forbidden Fruit (C4) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'Producer Neil Crombie is to be commended for tackling a thorny topic which, even now is rife with preconceptions a...
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Forbidden Fruit (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'The subject matter may be 'racy' in at least two senses, but this is a generally sober, at times almost po-faced s...
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Forbidden Fruit (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Of course, a project like this is fraught with dangers - and last night's documentary by no means avoided all of t...
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Daisy Daisy (C4) - Fiona Sturges, Independent
'Will someone please explain to me the point of Daisy Donovan?'...
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Daisy, Daisy (C4) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'Daisy Daisy taps every inch of her [Daisy Donovan] boundless enthusiasm and fondness for filthy double entendres.'...
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Horizon (BBC2) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Horizon is meant to be a science programme, so why they devoted 50-minutes to the deluded fantasies of those who b...
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Holiday Showdown (ITV1) - Simon Edge, Daily Star
'Why do people go on reality TV? In Holiday Showdown the Harrison-Wolffs wanted to see their jolly japes through ot...
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NewsSRH swings back into profit
Scottish Radio Holdings, which owns Clyde 1 and Today FM, has swung back into the black after a boost in national advertising revenue.
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NewsC4 plumps for Mandela gig
Channel 4 has picked up the terrestrial rights to the gala Aids and HIV awareness pop concert supported by Nelson Mandela.
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NewsNUJ and MPs slam Meridian cuts
The National Union of Journalists has teamed up with politicians across the south-east of England to condemn up to 175 job cuts and studio closures announced at Meridian.
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NewsTV violence alarms viewers
Violence on screen is the area that most concerns viewers, according to new research from Broadcasting Standards Commission, the Independent Television Commission and the Radio Authority.
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RatingsITV1's Reversals impresses just 4.6m
ITV1's gender-swapping romantic comedy Reversalsfailed to win the hearts of the viewers with just 4.6 million (22.3%) last night (19 November).
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Reversals (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'It could have been hot, but, in the end, it was only for those who like it tepid.'...
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Reversals (ITV1) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'Reversals seemed like an attempt at 40s screwball comedy filtered through 70s sitcom.'...
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Reversals (ITV1) - Simon Edge, Daily Star
'You could say it was Tootsie meets the Crying Game meets ER, with a touch of Changing Rooms as rival teams of surg...
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Reversals (ITV1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'There are some marvellous dramas to be milked from cross-dressing romantic comedies. Unfortunately Reversals isn't...
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Imagine - A Funny Business (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Imagine provided a most entertaining and informative history of the fate of British sitcoms in America.'...
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Imagine - A Funny Business (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'His conclusion after all this was not very stratling - that what makes Britons laugh doesn't necessarily have the ...
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Sanctuary recruits
Sanctuary Post has hired four staff members this week. Simon O'Connor and Simon Kotowicz both join as senior Avid DS and Flame operators, with backgrounds in all genres of TV. In the graphics department, Peter Dunphy will be doing 2D and 3D DVD design. His credits include menus for ...