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    Cow complaints

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    The BBC has been deluged with complaints after Top Gearpresenter Jeremy Clarkson strapped a dead cow to the roof of a car.

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    Little Bird to tell tales of a Punjabi princess

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Indie Little Bird has won two new commissions with a strong Asian flavour, including a major new live action children's drama series for Five.

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    Heroes delivers a massive hit for Sci Fi

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    The start of US drama Heroes made a big impression on The Sci Fi Channel with the show pulling in the broadcaster's highest ever audience.

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    Blakeway and Brook Lapping move into radio

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Ten Alps-owned indie Blakeway and Brook Lapping have expanded into radio production securing a series of commissions for BBC Radio 4.

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    Tiscali produces content for Scamp channel

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Tiscali, the ISP which bought on-demand platform Homechoice in August 2006, has produced the first piece of original content for its new educational zone aimed at pre-school children which launches next month.

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    Tori goes to Living

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Living has acquired hit US reality show Tori and Dean: Inn Love, which follows Tori Spelling and her husband Dean risking everything trying to build a hotel empire.

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    Lord Burns rules out BBC Trust chair role

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Lord Burns became the latest high-profile candidate to rule himself out of the running for the BBC chairman role this week.

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    Leader - Work that makes us sick

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Long hours and unpaid overtime are taken for granted, says Broadcasteditor Lisa Campbell

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    Talent Group director joins Bedell at BBC

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    BBC entertainment commissioning group controller Elaine Bedell has recruited Talent Group director of entertainment Mark Linsey as executive editor responsible for mainstream studio entertainment and lottery shows.

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    Tomlinson film marks One Life birthday

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    BBC1 will mark the 50th broadcast of its documentary strand One Lifewith a film on the dark years of actor Ricky Tomlinson's life.

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    TUC urges work to rule

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Media workers have been urged to 'take a proper lunch break and leave work on time' today (Friday) after it emerged they work an average seven hours of unpaid overtime a week.

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    Ofcom seeks better way to fight pirate radio

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Ofcom has admitted for the first time that it is unlikely to solve the problem of pirate radio by cracking down on illegal operators alone.

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    Lime takes first step into reality

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Hollyoaks producer Lime Pictures has teamed up with MTV to make a UK version of US fly-on-the-wall programme Laguna Beach - The Real Orange County- a move that marks the drama producer's first push into reality formats.

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    PE backs Chart Show Group deal

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Former BBC director of new media David Docherty has re-emerged as chief executive of the Chart Show Group following an investment in the company by private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson.

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    RDF poaches Granada's Tremayne

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Super-indie RDF has swooped on Granada America, poaching its executive vice-president, Charles Tremayne, and appointing him group creative director.

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    BBC3 reporter sets off to find eternal youth

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    The woman who went on a 30-day drinking binge to demonstrate the effects of alcohol abuse will be the subject of a new BBC3 series exploring how far people are prepared to go in pursuit of eternal youth.

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    Five slams TV cancer claim

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    Five director of children's programmes, Nick Wilson, has rubbished a psychologist's claims that children under three should be banned from watching TV because it is linked to cancer, autism and Alzheimer's disease.

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    Recriminations begin over Richard & Judy

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    A row has broken out over who is to blame for the alleged misuse of premium rate phone lines on Channel 4's Richard and Judy Showbetween producer Cactus TV and Eckoh, which runs the show's phone service.

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    Pressure grows on Manchester move

    2007-02-22T08:00:00Z

    The race is on for the BBC to move five departments to Salford by the 2012 London Olympics as contractual negotiations edge to a close.

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    Desperate Housewives to run until 2011

    2007-02-21T17:00:00Z

    US studio ABC has signed up Desperate Housewivescreator Mark Cherry for a further four years. The eight-figure deal will secure the future of the hit US show until 2011.