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    BBC in dock after scrapping Sky deal

    2003-03-14T09:46:15Z

    The BBC's decision to ditch its satellite broadcast deal with BSkyB could result in a string of legal challenges fr...

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    Major told of police 'mission' to win millionaire quiz

    2003-03-14T09:42:42Z

    Army major Charles Ingram, accused of cheating on the quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, told police he mana...

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    Major: my quiz shock

    2003-03-14T09:34:29Z

    The Army major accused of cheating on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? was devastated when he discovered his wife kne...

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    Granada tops leaders as Footsie recoups losses

    2003-03-14T09:30:36Z

    Traders returning from Cheltenham could be forgiven for thinking nothing much had happened during their absence. Ye...

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    Pay up...or Sopranos gets it

    2003-03-14T09:18:27Z

    Filming of the latest Sopranos series has been halted indefinately - by James Gandolfini's huge demand for£1.3 mil...

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    Tricky Dicky slaughter Queen Vicky

    2003-03-14T09:16:03Z

    Corrie killer Richard Hillman has slaughtered yet another victim - chubby Eastenders star Barry Evans. His manic ca...

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    You little B*stards

    2003-03-14T09:11:57Z

    Little Ant and Dec got film hunk George Clooney well and truly wound up after poking fun at his grey hair and sex g...

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    Tricky Mania

    2003-03-14T09:07:07Z

    Supermarkets put in TV's as 22m tune in to Corrie climax. ...

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    I won TV million with military guile, says major

    2003-03-14T09:02:43Z

    An army major accused of cheating on Who Want To Be A Millionaire? said that he won the top prize by treating the q...

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    Brighter to make feel-good footage for US networks

    2003-03-13T15:15:34Z

    Brighter Pictures has signed a deal to produce 30 hours of content for a new US show set to be syndicated on major US networks including ABC, writes Penny Hughes

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    BBC1 is UK's favourite

    2003-03-13T15:08:30Z

    BBC1 is the UK's favourite TV station, according to research undertaken by the Independent Television Commission and the Broadcasting Standards Commission, published this week.

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    ITV joint-venture wins daytime BBC1 order

    2003-03-13T15:05:10Z

    London News Network (LNN), the news and features joint-venture owned by Carlton and Granada, has scored its first commission for the BBC, with a daytime series, writes Colin Robertson

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    BBC3 plans its angle on war

    2003-03-13T15:02:15Z

    BBC3 is to give its viewers its own particular take on the expected war with Iraq by launching a weekly war review programme that will replace its regular current affairs strand in the event of hostilities breaking out, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Ideas Factory goes north

    2003-03-13T14:44:03Z

    Channel 4 is rolling out its Ideas Factory initiative in Scotland, backed by£2m funding, writes Penny Hughes

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    Turner u-turn over Freeview

    2003-03-13T14:37:10Z

    Turner Broadcasting, which runs channels such as Cartoon Network and CNN, is still interested in taking up a slot on the Freeview platform, despite its most senior UK television executive last week appearing to rule it out, writes Paul Revoir

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    New licence for Five confirmed

    2003-03-13T12:48:48Z

    The ITC and Five have today confirmed the new terms drawn up for the broadcaster's analogue TV licence, which will save it£12 million a year, writes Luke Satchell

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    Scarlet back on TV

    2003-03-13T10:03:40Z

    Captain Scarlet is making a TV return after 36 years - with no strings attached. ...

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    BBC steps up commercial fight with blow to BSkyB

    2003-03-13T10:02:06Z

    The BBC stepped up its policy of aggressively competing with commercial broadcasters yesterday when it abruptly ann...

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    Crossroads: My part in its downfall

    2003-03-13T09:57:51Z

    They said it was too bad to last. And it seems they were right. Despite a radical overhaul which saw new sets, a ne...

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    The end of the affair

    2003-03-13T09:57:38Z

    Smug middle-class must-see or the most compelling drama of our time? Either way, Thomas Sutcliffe knows why Cold Fe...