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Expert says Million quiz cough believable
A world expert on coughing yesterday confirmed that the quiz show contestant accused of cheating on Who Wants To Be...
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Classic's decrease hits GWR shares
Shares in GWR fell by more than 7 per cent yesterday, after the commercial radio group admitted that its Classic FM...
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Telewest earmarks£22m for rescuers
Telewest, the debt-laden cable operator, admitted yesterday that it had set aside£22 million to pay the banks, law...
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Millionaire man had good reaswon for cough, say expert
Tecwen Whittock, the college lecturer accused of using coded coughs to indicate answers to a Who Wants To Be A Mill...
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Film of PoWs within Geneva rules
Media organisations which show pictures of prisoners of war are not breaching the Geneva convention, international ...
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Al-Jazeera: is it tipping into propaganda?
Channel is determined to capture mood of the Arab street ...
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Blair aide gets top job at TV watchdog
One of Tony Blair's key policy advisers has been given a leading position on the new communications watchdog ...
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110,000 bid to get part in big bruv
An amazing 110,000 people applied to be on the fourth series of ...
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NewsRichard Eyre quits BBC role
Sir Richard Eyre has resigned from the BBC board of governors after deciding his theatre workload left him too little time to fulfill his BBC duties, writes Colin Robertson.
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The 'convincing explanation' for constant coughs in£1m TV quiz
The lecturer accused of using coded coughs to signal correct answers to a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?contestant ...
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Five does Clear pop deal
Five has teamed up with Clear Channel to launch a£500,000 seven-hour pop concert extravaganza in a bid to establish itself as the 'home of pop music', writes Penny Hughes.
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Spanking new comedy club comes to BBC7
BBC7 has commissioned its first original programming with stand-up show, Spanking New on 7. The 7 x 60-minute series will focus on showcasing new comic talent and aim to create 'the feel of a comedy club on the radio'. Commissioned by BBC7 editor Mary Kalemkerian, ...
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Series for No Going Back couple
The husband and wife team who quit their mobile disco business in the UK to run a 15-acre farm in Tuscany as part of Channel 4's No Going Back series have been given their own six-part show, writes Penny Hughes
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Celador to sell All American Girl for indie 19
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? distributor Celador International has teamed up with Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment to sell the Pop Idol creator's latest format, All American Girl, writes Jane Marlow
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Labour peers press for open BBC accounts
Pressure is mounting on the BBC to give way in the row over its refusal to open its books to MPs, writes David Rose
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BBC hit by ECM cash crisis
BBC Worldwide has been left£850,000 out of pocket after the company that distributes its shows in Asia - including Weakest Link - ran into financial trouble, writes Conor Dignam
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Zenith keen to buy up indies
Zenith Entertainment, the indie behind ITV hits Inspector Morse and SM:TV, is in the market for production companies, according to managing director Ivan Rendall, who this week led a buyout of the 20-year-old company, writes Colin Robertson
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Discovery's Thorogood gets wider role
Discovery Channel director Katy Thorogood has been given an expanded role, taking control of both Discovery Travel & Adventure and Discovery Sci-Trek, writes Paul Revoir