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    The Hutton inquiry, page 4

    2003-08-15T08:25:00Z

    Does the BBC need all these reporters?, page 15 ...

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    Pop Idol creator's fortune hits£220m, page 6

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    The Hutton inquiry, page 10 ...

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    Watching the Detectives (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2003-08-14T10:02:00Z

    'At times, the narration could be a bit wince-inducing. ('June is a time of long days and light hearts.') At others...

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    ER (C4) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star

    2003-08-14T10:01:00Z

    'Carter (Noah Wyle) has answered a call from Luka Kovac (Goran Visnjic) to help out at a ramshackled clinic where h...

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    ER (C4) - Fiona Sturges, The Independent

    2003-08-14T10:00:00Z

    'It's some achievement that, 9 series on, ER's (Channel 4) still one of the best things on television. At this stag...

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    Watching the Detectives (BBC1) - Joe Joseph, The Times

    2003-08-14T09:57:00Z

    'Watching the Detectives (BBC1) was a calm, measured, unhysterical documentary that was allowed unusual access to B...

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    ITV greenlights learners

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    ITV1 has has given the greenlight to a 'hair-raising' six-part series looking at why it is that some people cannot pass their driving tests, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Open mike wins fifth series with Ross

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    Open Mike Productions has been recommissioned by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey to make a fifth series of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. The longer 28 x 50-minute run, co-commissioned by controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush and senior commissioning executive Jon Beazley, will be stripped ...

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    John Hurt in frame to play Alan Clark

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has commissioned a drama series adapting the famous diaries written by the late Tory MP and womaniser Alan Clark. Although the production is in the early stages of development a spokeswoman confirmed the commission by BBC4 controller Roly Keating. It is likely to air on the digital channel ...

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    Rapture jumps on Ibiza bandwagon

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    Youth channel Rapture TV is making its first piece of original programming since relaunching on Sky on 12 May, with 4 x 30-minute series Ibiza as it Happens. Shot on location and produced in-house, the series will look at the island's famous music and club ...

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    HD at forefront of next BBC epic

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    The BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) will start filming its most expensive natural history series ever this month and nearly all of it will be shot in HD, writes Sam Espensen.

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    Uncle's VTR pods set to save time and cash

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    The new£3m facility being set up in west London by The Farm Group will have a revolutionary engineering infrastructure according to its chief engineer, writes Sam Espensen.

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    Shut Eye back as Bird Studios

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    Eye Animation, which was forced to close six months ago due to the advertising recession, has reopened as Bird Studios.

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    Shorts fest back

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    Brief Encounters, the Bristol short film festival, returns for its ninth year between 12 and 16 November this year. The five-day festival includes a new award, the Momentum Pictures Best of British Award, with a£1,000 cash prize for the most innovative UK short. Also on offer is a four-day film ...

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    Stream's new focus

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    DVD outfit Stream Digital Media is refocusing its business to concentrate on interactive design and authoring. The company will be working across all platforms and formats of interactive media, although it will still be doing high-end DVD design and production. Heading the new team will be Lucy Protheroe who joins ...

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    New company up

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    The founder of broadcast technology manufacturer Omnibus Systems has left to launch IdeasUnlimited.tv, a company that will specialise in transmission verification and content monitoring. Glyn Powell-Evans believes the company will address an urgent need among broadcasters for automated remote TV and audio-signal monitoring. The company will introduce the Content Probe ...

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    Goldsmith leaves Universal Network

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    Universal Studios Networks UK managing director Janet Goldsmith has quit after five years at the company, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Second helping of Oliver for Ten

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    Ubiquitous TV chef Jamie Oliver has become a firm favourite down under and now Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten has decided to strip the second series of his Oliver's Twistcookery show, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Granada ships period drama to middle east

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    Granada International has completed a raft of sales of costume dramas to the Middle East as the genre continues to gain popularity in the region. Dramas including Agatha Christie's Poirotand adaptations of Catherine Cookson titles such as The Cinder Path, ...

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    RDF international takes falling apart

    2003-08-14T08:30:00Z

    RDF International (RDFI) has signed its first drama distribution deal after taking worldwide rights to Century Films' Channel 4 drama Falling Apart. The Bafta award-winning film, which charts the course of