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ITV science thriller lures Stewart to UK TV
Patrick Stewart is to star in a UK TV drama for the first time in around 20 years after agreeing to play the lead role in ITV1's£4.5m sci-fi drama Eleventh Hour.
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Fox axes van den Bussche
Peter van den Bussche, vice-president for format licensing Europe for 20th Century Fox Television, has been made redundant.
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Thompson agrees to meet unions
Union negotiators have been granted their first formal meeting with BBC director general Mark Thompson over his plans to axe 3,780 jobs.
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C4 ends Discovery deal
Discovery's co-production and output deal with Channel 4 for first-look multichannel rights to factual and lifestyle hits, such as Property Ladder, has ended and will not be renewed.
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NewsEmap FD quits suddenly
Gary Hughes, the finance director of media group Emap, has unexpectedly resigned with no job to go to.
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NewsRadio players unite for election special
Commercial radio rivalries are to be set aside for the broadcast of a special one-off show featuring all three major political party leaders.
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NewsSupernanny instructs 5.3m
The return of popular favourites to Channel 4's Tuesday line-up gave a significant boost to the channel's peaktime performance with the return of Supernannypeaking at 5.3 million (22%) at 9.35pm.
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NewsParthenon moves into kids programming
Factual indie Parthenon Entertainment is branching into children's programming with projects aimed at the pre-school and girls' market.
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NewsBBC tears up schedules for Pope funeral
BBC1 has been forced into frantic schedule juggling to fit in three of the biggest live broadcasts of the year - the Pope's funeral, the royal wedding and the Grand National.
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NewsQuestion Time to grill political leaders
The Labour Party has once again scotched a bid by the BBC to hold a live debate between the major parties' leaders - but has agreed to let Tony Blair appear in an unprecedented Question Timespecial involving all three leaders.
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NewsC4 steps up bid for licence fee cash
Channel 4 yesterday restated its desire for a share of the BBC's licence fee, warning that it may be forced to cut its public service broadcasting output because of falling revenues.
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NewsSonys snub for Radio 1 'saviour' Moyles
Loudmouth DJ Chris Moyles has been snubbed by judges of the prestigious Sony Radio Academy Awards, despite pulling in over a million extra listeners to the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show.
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NewsDick & Dom's Ask the Family finds only 1.1m
BBC children's presenters Dick and Dom suffered a setback in their move to a more mainstream audience as the return of the quiz show Ask the Familycould only manage a peak audience of 1.1 million (6%) at the start.
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NewsFive acquisitions head joins C4
June Dromgoole is retiring as head of acquisitions for Channel 4 and will be replaced by Five's managing editor and director of acquisitions Jeff Ford.
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NewsYooMedia buys gaming broadcaster
YooMedia, the interactive group headed by former BBC executive David Docherty has bought ViaVision, the owner of Game-In TV, for an estimated£1.4m, in a bid to expand its presence in the gaming industry.
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NewsSex Traffic leads Bafta craft award nominations
Sex Traffichas picked up seven nominations for the upcoming Bafta Academy Television Craft Awards.
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NewsMPs hits out at BBC cuts
BBC director general Mark Thompson is facing MPs' demands to call a halt to plans to axe more than 3,780 jobs and find other ways to make savings.
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NewsBBC made up Eccleston resignation quote
The BBC has been forced to apologise to Doctor Whostar Christopher Eccleston for issuing a statement in his name falsely claiming he had quit the show because he did not want to be typecast.
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NewsDyke to face Lords grilling over BBC
The House of Lords has given Greg Dyke a platform to say what he thinks about the Government's plan to shake up the way the BBC is run.
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Pinewood buys Teddington for£2.6m
Pinewood Shepperton plc has bought Teddington Studios for over£2.6m, rescuing the west London studios from administration.