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    Brighter sends contestants on cruel holiday

    2003-07-10T08:30:00Z

    Brighter Pictures has created another version of its Cruel?format for Flextech channel Trouble. Cruel Holiday, a 20 x 30-minute series, will run over four weeks with 10 contestants battling to stay in the camp by undertaking a series of bizarre ...

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    Five Live goes backstage at British grand prix

    2003-07-10T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio Five Live is to offer listeners exclusive behind-the-scenes commentary from the British Grand Prix later this month after gaining access to the Williams team. Chief engineer Sam Michael will give a blow-by-blow account of each pit-stop during the race on 20 July and listeners will also be able ...

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    Lygo takes C4 role

    2003-07-09T13:33:42Z

    Five director of programmes Kevin Lygo will later today be confirmed as the successor to Channel 4 director of television Tim Gardam, who announced his resignation two weeks ago

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    We've lost the plot: Have you got one?

    2003-07-09T10:16:11Z

    EastEnders producers are asking cast and crew to think up new storylines in a bid to boost ratings. ...

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    Lords decline to bar Murdoch from bidding for Channel 5

    2003-07-09T10:14:29Z

    An attempt to block the media baron Rupert murdoch from buying Channel Five was narrowly defeated in the House of L...

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    Capital Radio shuns possibility of deal with Clear Channel of US

    2003-07-09T10:13:10Z

    The chief executive of Capiotal Radio yesterday dousedthe chances of his group bowing to a takeover from Clear Chan...

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    Peers fail to impose curb on Murdoch

    2003-07-09T10:10:53Z

    The prospect of Rupert Murdoch owning a terrestrial television channel sparked a row in the Lords yesterday after o...

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    BBC rejects deal on naming dossier source

    2003-07-09T10:08:14Z

    The BBC and government were last night engaged in an extraordinary game of cat mouse over the source of the story w...

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    Capital will resist Clear Channel advances

    2003-07-09T10:04:44Z

    Capital Radio chief executive David Mansfield yesterday pledged to fight any takeover bid by US group Clear Channel...

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    BBC chiefd savour scent of victory over Campbell

    2003-07-09T09:42:06Z

    Greg Dyke, the director general of the BBC, and Gavyn Davies, its chairman, who masterminded the public relations f...

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    MoD man admits: I spoke to BBC

    2003-07-09T09:38:46Z

    Downing Street's battle with the BBC took a dramatic turn last night as a government advisor admitted that he had m...

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    Mansfield snub for Clear Channel

    2003-07-09T09:37:24Z

    Capital Radio chief executive David Mansfield has said he would strongly resist any takeover bid by the American radio giant Clear Channel, insisting putting the two businesses together would result in a 'major cultural clash', writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Geri's spicing up her sex life

    2003-07-09T09:35:37Z

    With a string of unsuitable ex-boyfriends behind her and even a lesbian fling to her name, Geri Haliwell's love lif...

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    Is it all over for sitcoms?

    2003-07-09T09:32:35Z

    Underderstandably, redoubtable actress Gwen Taylor is disappointed that the sitcom in which she takes the title rol...

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    MoD claims to have identified BBC source

    2003-07-09T09:28:57Z

    The feud between the government and the BBC reopened last night when the Ministry of Defence claimed it had identif...

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    BBC warned over radio standards

    2003-07-09T09:26:32Z

    Ofcom chairman Lord Currie has said he will have 'no hesitation' in taking action against the BBC if its radio services don't meet minimum standards once the new super-regulator comes into force, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BBC plans press ban on reporters

    2003-07-09T09:25:51Z

    The BBC steeled itself for a row with senior journalists yesterday amid plans to stop staff writing for the press f...

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    Civil Servant 'admits talking to BBC man'

    2003-07-09T09:24:18Z

    The Government reopened its row with the BBC over weapons of mass destruction last night by announcing that a Minis...

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    ITV1 axes the Vice

    2003-07-08T16:25:52Z

    ITV1 has axed police drama The Vice after five series following plummeting ratings during its latest run, writes Sam Matthews

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    BSC clears ITV1 Shipman drama

    2003-07-08T16:08:41Z

    TV watchdog the Broadcasting Standards Commission has cleared Granada's controversial dramatisation of the events surrounding the crimes of serial murderer Dr Harold Shipman, after it was accused of unfair treatment and unwarranted infringement of privacy, writes Luke Satchell