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NewsBBC commissions gay pensioner drama
A drama about two men in their early 60s who fall in love with each other is set to form the centre-piece of a BBC season on age.
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NewsDisney rejects Comcast's hostile bid
The Disney empire last night closed its doors to a£35bn hostile bid from US cable giant Comcast - saying it undervalued its global brand and business.
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Ratings9.7m see ITV1's Life Begins
ITV1's new drama series Life Begins , starring Caroline Quentin, got off to a cracking start yesterday (16 February) with 9.7 million (39.4%).
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NewsWB axes Five import Angel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off Angel is to be axed by US network The WB when its fifth season ends in May.
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NewsBBC cuts learning jobs
The BBC is to cut 12 posts in its learning division as part of a major restructure that will see it in the future put more money into fewer projects.
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Vic and Bob in Catterick (BBC3) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Reeves and Mortimer's 'major new comedy drama' roused just one chuckle (regarding Keith Fowler, the 'American styl...
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Emmerdale (ITV1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'After Corrie's recent classic, this was somewhat thin fare.'...
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CSI (Five) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian
'CSI is a show I like. It's slick, it's fast, it looks good.'...
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Sea of Souls (BBC1) - Fiona Sturges, Independent
'It was billed as the British answer to the X-Files, yet the reality was closer to a spoof version of Tales of the ...
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Doctors And Nurses (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Mourn not the passing of Doctors And Nurses: it was the worst sitcom I've ever seen.'...
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NewsFive opts for morning gameshows
Five will not be commissioning a replacement show when it axes its morning chatshow The Terry and Gaby Show next month.
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NewsEmap launches Kerrang! RSL
Emap is to trial Kerrang! Radio in Manchester on a restricted service license (RSL) in preparation for the next swathe of FM licence bids.
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NewsEndemol attacks reality 'rip-off'
Dutch indie Endemol has fired off a letter to Five, branding its new Back to Reality show a
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Athena's l'enfant inspires C4 documentary
The iconic sepia Athena image of a man cradling a baby boy is to be the subject of a Channel 4 documentary. Indie Shine has tracked down the male model Adam
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ITV to retain news presence in Nottingham
ITV will maintain a regional newsroom in Nottingham, in spite of plans to close down its 17-acre Carlton Studios complex in the city.
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Hislop comedy wins peak slot
My Dad's the Prime Minister , the BBC1 comedy written by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop, has been commissioned for a second run and promoted to a peaktime slot.
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Mark and Lard part ways after 10 years
BBC Radio 1 duo Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley are to split after 10 years on-air together.
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Tait to sit on BBC news panel
Former ITN editor-in-chief Richard Tait is to join an internal BBC panel that will look into the corporation's editorial systems following Lord Hutton's assertion that they were 'defective'.
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NewsMiriam prepares to bare all in doc about 'her' life
Brighter Pictures has been commissioned to make a documentary about Miriam - the star of its controversial Sky One reality series There's Something About Miriam.
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C4 hunts for new breakfast format
Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo is on the hunt for a new daily live breakfast show and hopes to get it on air by the autumn.