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Born to be warriors
They were the world's most formidable fighters. But as a new TV series makes clear, Sparta's military regime was ma...
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Celebs seek Big brother career boost
They have been dismissed as D-list rather than C-list by critics. But the incarceration of six celebrities inside t...
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Archer - saint, sex god, statesman
(Well, at least that's how he'll be seen in a fantasy TV show).Mail, page 9...
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Good Lord, Archer
Margaret Thatcher is to be depicted in a naked sex romp with Jeffrey Archer in a new TV satire. ...
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Outrage as Doctor Frankenstein cuts up human for ITV
Maverick ignores jail threat to hold aloft heart for crowd. ...
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Celeb six enter the world of Big Bruv
Famous faces go into the house for ten days of fun and frolics. ...
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NewsBSkyB under attack in 'must carry' row
ITV is to lead a campaign against BSkyB in the run-up to voting on the Communications Bill in a bid to force down the price the satellite giant charges public service broadcasters for access to its platform, write David Rose & Conor Dignam
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NewsMen & Motors takes nudity down a gear
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has toned down the sexual content of its Men & Motors channel after concerns that it was becoming too racy, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsITV lines up big-budget version of Dracula
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has strengthened his penchant for big-budget adaptations of classic texts, giving Granada the go-ahead for a multimillion pound adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, writes David Wood
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NHU chief set for new role
The head of the BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU), Keith Scholey, is poised to leave his job to become full-time controller of the BBC's specialist factual department, sparking fears that the traditionally independent Bristol unit could be brought under tighter control from London, writes Leigh ...
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BBC's general factual review delayed again
The long-awaited review of the BBC's general factual commissioning system has been delayed again, leaving staff increasingly frustrated and fearing that it may never be published, writes Leigh Holmwood
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UKTV plans to refresh Gold with drama and LE
UKTV is planning to refocus its 10-year-old channel UK Gold and is exploring the introduction of key BBC quiz shows, writes Paul Revoir
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24-hour newscasts 'lack quality foreign news'
Broadcasters risk diluting the quality of their international news coverage by attempting to satisfy the demands for fresh content on 24-hour news channels, according to some of the UK's most senior reporters, writes Steve Aston
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Capital fears metropolitan focus is costing listeners
Capital 95.8 FM has begun a major study of its audience following concerns that its dramatic loss of listeners was prompted by the station becoming too metropolitan, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Figures herald broadband gain
Interactive producers received a much-needed shot in the arm this week after it emerged that the rate of high-speed internet take-up could soon outstrip demand for digital television, writes David Wood
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NewsBBC restructures entertainment
The BBC's in-house entertainment production department is to be reorganised into four new groups overseen by separate creative heads to give it more focus and cut down competition between its two bases in Manchester and London, writes Leigh Holmwood
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News'Boys toys' obsession marred war coverage, says Damazer
News organisations produced too many reports on 'boys toys' issues such as the type of weapons being used in the coverage of the Afghanistan conflict according to BBC News deputy director Mark Damazer, writes Steve Aston
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NewsPolice strive to stop C4 autopsy
Officers at the Metropolitan Police events office in Bethnal Green, London are desperately trying to find a way of stopping Britain's first public autopsy for nearly 200 years tonight which will be screened on C4 at 23.45 tonight, writes Penny Hughes
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Oxford goes to India for drama
Factual indie Oxford Film & Television is moving into TV drama after securing a two-part series for Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes
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The BBC does a Delia on interiors
Changing Rooms star Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is to front a new series which the BBC hopes will do for interior design what Delia Smith's How to Cookdid for food, writes Leigh Holmwood