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  • Sir Crispin Davis
    News

    ITV lines-up Grade successor

    2009-09-28T12:14:00Z

    ITV is believed to be in advanced talks with former Reed Elsevier boss Sir Crispin Davis and ex-Channel 4 chairman and BMI founder Sir Michael Bishop about taking the non-executive chairman role.

  • News

    Wife Swap cleared over baby concerns

    2009-09-28T11:03:00Z

    Ofcom has backed the producers of Wife Swap over an episode in which a baby was shown living in a dirty flat and eating chips.

  • Katie Price
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    Watch orders Thorpe Park gameshow

    2009-09-28T10:38:00Z

    Heather Mills and Katie Price are among a number of famous faces who will brave a series of extreme theme park rides as part of a new TV gameshow on Watch.

  • Joe Godwin
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    Godwin to run BBC children's

    2009-09-28T10:35:00Z

    Joe Godwin has landed the most powerful job in British kids TV, after being named the new director of BBC children’s.

  • Question Time
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    Straw to debate with BNP leader on Question Time

    2009-09-28T08:50:00Z

    Justice Secretary Jack Straw will become the first senior Labour figure to debate with British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin when they appear together on BBC1’s Question Time.

  • Ben Bradshaw
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    BBC and Labour in fresh "bias" row

    2009-09-28T08:48:00Z

    The reaction of the BBC to Government plans on the future of its funding has led the Culture Secretary to accuse the corporation of bias.

  • ITV
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    Ball's chairman demands too much for ITV

    2009-09-25T14:20:00Z

    Tony Ball wanted a £42m package to run ITV – but it was his demand to have the final veto over the company’s new chairman that caused negotiations to collapse.

  • Tony Ball
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    ITV and Ball: it's all off

    2009-09-25T12:44:00Z

    ITV is back to square one in its search for a new chief executive after its board terminated discussions with Tony Ball.

  • Marion and Geoff
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    Blick turns to drama for BBC2 thriller

    2009-09-25T10:13:00Z

    Marion and Geoff creator Hugo Blick is to move away from comedy and into fully blown crime drama with a major series for BBC2.

  • BBC Scotland
    News

    Labour and SNP clash over Scottish broadcaster proposal

    2009-09-25T09:46:00Z

    Labour has clashed with the SNP after the nationalist party re-floated the idea of establishing a new independent Scottish broadcaster.

  • Jeremy Hunt
    News

    Hunt steps up warning over BBC Trust

    2009-09-24T16:35:00Z

    Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has given his strongest signal yet that a Conservative government would push to dismantle the BBC Trust in their first term if elected next year.

  • BBC
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    BBC Trust to review BBC1, 2 and 4

    2009-09-24T12:55:00Z

    The BBC Trust has launched its biggest service review to date, encompassing BBC1, BBC2, BBC4 and the red button service.

  • Strictly Come Dancing
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    Bennett: We moved Strictly to serve audiences

    2009-09-24T11:32:00Z

    The BBC scheduled Strictly Come Dancing against The X Factor “exclusively” to serve audiences, BBC Vision director Jana Bennett has claimed.

  • Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong
    News

    BBC vetoes Armstrong and Miller's 'gipsy' joke

    2009-09-24T11:26:00Z

    BROADCAST TV COMEDY FORUM: Armstrong and Miller have agreed to cut the word ‘gipsy’ from a sketch in their forthcoming series after “debate” with BBC executives.

  • Moira Stewart with Dermot Murnaghan and Naplinsky
    News

    BBC eyes up older women

    2009-09-24T11:11:00Z

    BBC director general Mark Thompson has set BBC News a 12-month deadline to recruit a female presenter over 50, as the corporation battles accusations of ageism.

  • Harry & Paul
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    Enfield sketch show shunted to BBC2 slot

    2009-09-24T08:25:00Z

    Tiger Aspect sketch show Harry & Paul will move from BBC1 to BBC2 for its third run - despite scooping a Bafta for its most recent series.

  • The Bill
    News

    ITV takes STV war to courts

    2009-09-24T07:00:00Z

    Tensions within the ITV network erupted into all-out war this week, with STV and ITV squaring up for a court battle.

  • Wizards Of Waverly Place
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    Five revives Shake! with Disney

    2009-09-24T07:00:00Z

    Five is to reinstate Shake!, the tween strand it dropped in 2007, after signing a strategic sponsorship deal with Disney.

  • The X Factor
    News

    Pact predicts ITV red tape tangle

    2009-09-24T07:00:00Z

    Steps to introduce double compliance on ITV shows risk tying up indies in red tape, Pact and franchisee Channel TV have warned.

  • Andy Duncan
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    Fears mount over smaller C4

    2009-09-24T07:00:00Z

    The prospect of a downsized Channel 4 will hit new talent and regional indies the hardest, outgoing chief executive Andy Duncan has warned.