All Broadcast articles in 24 October 2003
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NewsMurphy to defect to C4
Five has been hit by another top level resignation with controller of factual entertainment Sue Murphy preparing to defect to Channel 4, writes Michael Rosser.
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RatingsChris Ryan pursued by 4.5m
BBC1's Hunting Chris Ryanfailed to catch the opposition yesterday (23 October) with a lacklustre 4.5 million (20.3%), writes Jon Rogers.
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Hunting Chris Ryan (BBC1) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'Hunting Chris Ryan (BBC1) was one for the lads.'...
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NewsSkillset & Pact launch consultancy service
Training body Skillset has launched a business growth opportunity scheme to give 40 small to medium sized indies access to consultancy services at a reduced cost, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Hunting Chris Ryan (BBC1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Hunting Chris Ryan (BBC1) was hide and seek for big boys.'...
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Hunting Chris Ryan (BBC1) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'Old SAS soldiers never die; they simply end up on glorified TV game shows.'...
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Everyman - Does Prayer Work? (BBC2) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'This was not a serious programme about religion, but brainless hokum dressed up in religious terminology and a ser...
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NewsSky signs up TWI for 'Windies' cricket
Indie TWI has signed a five-year deal with Sky Sports to produce all its West Indies international cricket, which the broadcaster has the exclusive live rights to until 2008, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Everyman: Does Prayer Work? (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'In its quest to spin out these non-findings into an hour of television, it often relied on heavy repetition.'...
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There's no future in filth
Even the terrestrials have sunk to new depths in their use of sex, horror and violence to get eyeballs and instant tabloid coverage, but it doesn't have to be this way, argues Jeff Henry
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NewsR1's audience falls to new all time low
Troubled BBC Radio 1 has seen its audience dip further below the key 10 million listener mark to a new all time low, figures from radio audience board Rajar have shown, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RatingsIndian Dream attracts 2m to BBC2
BBC2's one-off drama Indian Dream, which was part of the channel's Big Dreamsseason charmed 2 million (8.3%), writes Jon Rogers.
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Indian Dream (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'In 2001 Avie Luthra won the Dennis Potter Award for young writers. Yet, faced with a similar subject, Potter himse...
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Indian Dream (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Luthra's sometimes charmingly amateurish award-winning script delivered a strange mix of messages about attitudes ...
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Indian Dream (BBC2) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'An Occasion drama is not to be confused with an Event piece of television. That is something else entirely.'...
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Indian Dream (BBC2) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'What began as a cultural comedy of manners tried to twist itself into an ethnic sensitivity lesson halfway through...
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Teachers (C4) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'The winter months are going to be very cold indeed without Teachers (C4) to keep us company.'...
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Sex Rules (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Sex Rules follows Pornography: The Musical. Like some priapic Lothario, Channel 4 seems increasingly undiscriminat...
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Indies' RTS hopes
Indies Mosaic Films, Matchbox TV, Clementine Productions and Zig Zag Productions have all been nominated for awards at next week's Royal Television Society London regional programming awards. Both Mosaic and Matchbox are in the running for the independent producer gong. The BBC took the majority of nominations, with 16 out ...
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Halloween toon show quizzes kids
Cartoon Network is running a live-animation interactive quiz over Halloween. Skatoony Spooky invites kids to ring up and speak to animated quizmasters who will respond live on air. Created and produced in-house by director/animator James Fox, the show is billed as a cross between Las Vegas glitz and a US ...