All Broadcast articles in 26 November 2004
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RatingsMine All Mine grabs 5.7m
ITV1 came out ahead in the latest drama head-to-head battle with a peak of 5.7 million (27%) as BBC1's Blackpoolcontinued to lose viewers.
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RatingsMine All Mine grabs just 5.7m
ITV1's new drama series Mine All Mine could only manage a mediocre start with a peak of 5.7 million (27%) at the end despite being sandwiched inbetween two updates of I'm a Celebrity.
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NewsTen Alps hunts for US indie
Ten Alps, the indie co-founded by Sir Bob Geldof, is considering acquisition opportunities in the US in a bid to break into the competitive market.
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NewsOfcom under fire for ITV regional cuts
MPs have called on Ofcom to rethink its proposals to allow ITV to cut back its regional programme obligations.
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NewsCash boost for Capital stations
Capital Radio is to plough£1.5m into youth music stations Xfm and Choice in a bid to strengthen its dominance of the increasingly competitive London market.
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NewsBBC told to tighten up expenses
The BBC has been told by independent financial investigators to tighten up its control of expenses.
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NewsBarwick quits ITV for FA
ITV controller of sport Brian Barwick has quit the network to become chief executive of the Football Association.
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NewsPEER POLL: Five
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should Five merge with Flextech?
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Off the record - And finally - Veronica McNeill, assistant producer at Brian Waddell Productions.
What's the cruellest thing you've ever done? Burnt my grandparents' house downTell us one of your
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Off the record - 30 second guide - Hard Spell.
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.Come again?Pneumono ...Yes, I know what you're going to say (even if I don't know how
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Production - When disaster struck.
A BBC1 doc recreates the night when poison gas escaped from Union Carbide's Bhopal factory.
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Production - On location - Teen building exercise.
Producer Donna Clarke found filming a group of disadvantaged teenagers given the chance to work in the construction industry to be a challenging but ultimately worthwhile experience.
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Production - The ethics of creating 'archive'.
Is there a danger that a documentary which has used CGI to manufacture 'archive' footage of Adolf Hitler is crossing the line between fact and fiction, asks Anna Tobin.
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Ratings - Over-65s take Strictly to Saturday night success.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Tue 22.00 2.72
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Interview - Let me sell you a story.
Known for his work on commercials and contemporary drama, Brian Percival may not have been the obvious choice for the BBC's current costume drama North and South, but he is unfazed by the challenge.
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Production - Rough Cut - Leave it to the experts.
Leo Carlyon is confident facilities houses will survive the production companies' current fad for buying equipment to edit in-house.
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US TV: THE CLASSICS AND THE CLANGERS - US IMPORTS - TRASH OR TRIUMPH?
Love them or loathe them, US programmes have been a vital part of UK broadcasting for 50 years. But which have had the biggest impact and does US output still carry the same clout?
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Opinion - American view - The blight side of life.
American television is guilty of ignoring a large and growing section of the population - the poor, writes David Teather.
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Opinion - In my view - The reality of innovation.
While we all agree that innovative TV is desirable, there is little consensus on what that actually constitutes, writes Simon Shaps.
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Opinion - Comment - Hideously white?
Is your office filled with white faces? Whether by appealing to self-interest or positive discrimination, it's time our industry became more ethnically diverse, writes Lynne McCadden.