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NewsPeake to play "first modern lesbian" in BBC2 drama
Criminal Justice’s Maxine Peake is to play 19th century landowning lesbian Anne Lister, in a BBC2 dramatisation of her “painfully honest” diaries.
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NewsBragg returns to the BBC
Melvyn Bragg, the longstanding face of arts coverage at ITV, is to return to BBC television where he started his career nearly 50 years ago.
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NewsBBC promotes press chief
BBC head of press Donald Steel has been promoted to a role in which he will advise senior managers in times of “reputational crises” and on the handling of major announcements.
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NewsBBC reschedules the Apprentice
The BBC has rescheduled The Apprentice to avoid clashing with a general election and the show will now go head-to-head with the final series of Channel 4’s Big Brother, it has been confirmed.
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NewsOfcom deals blow to BBC HD plans
Moves by the BBC to copyright programmes held on high definition (HD) Freeview players look unlikely to succeed after Ofcom asked the corporation for more information on the purpose of the system.
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NewsTitchmarsh set for 5pm move
The Alan Titchmarsh Show will take on the likes of The Weakest Link and Deal or No Deal next year, as ITV moves it to a 5pm slot.
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NewsBBC2 gets Argumental
Dave panel show Argumental is to make its terrestrial debut on BBC2 - the first time the broadcaster has picked up an entertainment format from UKTV.
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NewsThompson reassures stars over Mock the Week censure
BBC director general Mark Thompson has given reassurances to key corporation talent that Mock the Week can still be “edgy”, as he was quizzed last night over a BBC Trust ruling regarding a joke about athlete Rebecca Adlington.
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NewsRTL pre-tax profits up 22%
Five parent company RTL Group saw pre-tax profits grow in Q3 by 22% helped by higher profits from its UK subsidiary.
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NewsBBC restricting drama writers, claims Poliakoff
“Kafkaesque” committees at the BBC are artificially restricting writers and endangering television drama, Stephen Poliakoff has claimed.
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NewsC4 to follow fight for Harrow scholarships
Channel 4 is to lift the curtain on the fight for scholarships to Harrow School, after Boomerang Plus secured behind the scenes access.
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News'No comment' on cricket TV plans
The Government has refused to comment on suggestions that Test cricket could soon make a return to terrestrial television.
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NewsC4 technical problems anger viewers
Technical problems dominated C4’s complaints log last month, with 300 viewers contacting the broadcaster over disruption to Hollywood movie America’s Sweethearts and HBO import True Blood.
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NewsJedward save sparks 3,000 complaints
ITV has been bombarded with thousands of complaints following Simon Cowell’s move to save twins Jedward over Welsh crooner Lucie Jones in The X Factor on Sunday [8 Nov].
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NewsProduct placement consulation underway
The government’s consultation into the introduction of product placement in UK programmes has launched, with ITV boss Michael Grade stating it will put broadcasters on a “level playing field” with international rivals.
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NewsTop Gear rapped over gory "suicide"
Ofcom has rapped Top Gear over the bloodiness of a sketch that portrayed a man committing suicide, sparking 50 viewer complaints.
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NewsOfcom bows to BBC over Pedigree Dogs ruling
Ofcom has held off publishing rulings about BBC1’s Pedigree Dogs Exposed documentary after sparking “unprecedented” anger from the corporation.
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NewsSky 1 hunts new factual talent
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Sky 1 plans to use the 8pm slot that was previously home to The Simpsons to break new popular factual presenting talent.
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NewsSpecialist factual feels the pinch in peak
Sheffield Doc/Fest: Channel 4 has to “raise its game” in specialist factual and deliver more “polarising” programming if it is to compete in peaktime, according to commissioning exec Ralph Lee.
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NewsBroadcasters outline doc wishlists
Sheffield Doc/Fest: ITV1 is looking to commission several blue-chip documentary singles from top-end film-makers for 9pm.