More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 3834
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NewsBBC boosts English regions
The BBC is to boost its commitment to the English regions with more devolved commissioning and targeted development funding for indies.
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NewsArab Big Brother axed
An Arabic version of Endemol's Big Brother reality show has been axed for 'being a threat to Islam'.
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NewsGood move for ex-C4 interactive chief
Peter Good, Channel 4's former head of interactive TV, is to launch a new company, which aims to help broadcasters and production companies with interactive projects.
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NewsJowell: Reality shows could be PSB
Reality TV and soaps such as EastEnders could be classed as public service broadcasting, according to media secretary Tessa Jowell.
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Life Begins (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star and Daily Express
'Life Begins was billed as a comedy-drama, but the comedy seems to have gone missing.'...
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BodyShock: the Man Who Ate his Lover (C4) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'One's not surprised that C4 became the first British broadcaster to present an hour-long, no-holds barred document...
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BodyShock: the Man Who Ate his Lover (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'S Narayanan's film was less about explanations than about the delicious rehearsal of a story that had already prov...
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BodyShock: the Man Who Ate his Lover (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'[It] managed to give a flavour of Meiwes, of his victim and of the crime, without being prurient; and without maki...
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BodyShock: the Man Who Ate his Lover (C4) - Damian Thompson, Daily Telegraph
'This was an understated film, deliberately drab in its visual style.'...
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BodyShock: the Man Who Ate his Lover (C4) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian
'It was surprisingly sober, meticulously researched and incredibly detailed.'...
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NewsGrade steps in as TV Corp chair
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Grade is to take temporary charge of indie The Television Corporation, following the resignation of executive chairman Terry Bate.
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NewsVLV blasts 4/5merger
The chairman of broadcast association Voice of the Listener & Viewer has blasted the notion of a merger between C4 and Five, claiming it would jeopardise C4's public service remit.
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NewsVaughan joins Capital on 19 April
Johnny Vaughan will take over from Chris Tarrant as host of Chris Tarrant's Capital FM breakfast show on 19 April.
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NewsAllen's ITV job safe - for now
ITV's new chairman Sir Peter Burt has made it clear that there are no immediate plans to dispense of chief executive Charles Allen - who will be given time to deliver on ITV plc's promise.
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In Denial of Murder (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'I wonder whether In Denial of Murder was a shade too quick off the mark for a case still fresh in the public memor...
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In Denial of Murder (BBC1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'With half-convincing actors performing half convincing scripts, these things often end up feeling more like police...
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In Denial of Murder (BBC1) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'This was cheap and shoddy television.'...
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Living the Dream (BBC2) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian
'I was thinking of going to Homebase this week - though I might give BBC2 a call, see if they wanted to make a docu...
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The Badness of King George (C4) - Damian Thompson, Daily Telegraph
'It failed to capture the flavour of the man.'...
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NewsTen Alps buys 3BM
Bob Geldof's Ten Alps Communications has bought factual indie 3BM in a deal worth up to£1.1m.