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ON THE BOX - Batting for Britain
M2 Television md Bill Cullen is bowled over by the Englishness of Botham's Ashes while World of Pub leaves him feeling sick.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Ready to pounce?
Granada chairman Charles Allen last week warned that his company faces being gobbled up by a European media company unless the government acts. Broadcast assesses who the potential buyers could possibly be.
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LORRAINE HEGGESSEY - Squaring the BBC 1 circle
Lorraine Heggessey is worried about whether I watch anything on BBC 1. She's concerned that a whole tranche of society has a fixed perception of it and never bothers tuning in.Her
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INTERVIEW - Revitalising factual
Last Friday was a big day for Steve Hewlett. After months of transatlantic jetlag, Carlton's director of programmes was finally able to celebrate the official launch of his ambitious $20m (£14.3m)
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NewsXmas ratings dominated by BBC1's Vicar
The final two episodes of BBC1's The Vicar of Dibleydominated the ratings over the Christmas period with the last ever episode on New Year's Day grabbing 12.3 million (44.9%).
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Sitcom loses out to quiz and chat
Terrestrial channels vary widely in their strengths and weaknesses in each genre, with none of them seemingly able to find the next classic sitcom.
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TX - The animal rescuer
When presenter/producer Mark Jordan started filming Cruel World, he soon realised it was not going to be an easy ride. In his attempt to expose cruelty to dogs in South Korea,
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BBC 1's money offerings fail to tempt Bond fans
A primetime event set on an exotic tropical island with the protagonists locked in a tough battle between good and evil. No it's not Survivor, it's Dr No (ITV, Wednesday 20.05)
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NewsSky+ breaks two million mark
Sky+ is now in more than two million homes across the UK and Ireland following a 50% rise in take-up during 2006.
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Dyke Towers - The occasional diary of a BBC Director General
MONDAYStuart Prebble should be getting a very impressive letter from me, right about now. To be fair, I didn't see the finished article, but I wrote, as ever, a witty little
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OFF THE RECORD - Digital project takes the biscuit
The great and the good were out in force this week as the government dished out cash from the National Lottery's New Opportunities Fund to worthy causes. The aim? To build
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OFF THE RECORD - Fantasy formats
Following the incredible news that BBC 1 is to stage a 'celebrity sleepover' with the likes of Vanessa Feltz and Michael Winner, OTR has decided to launch a new competition. Fantasy
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OFF THE RECORD - Guru of style
What ever happened to design industry chic? Bruce Dunlop, design and identity guru, was recently spotted cavorting in a jacuzzi at the Promax USA festival in Florida with ITV head of
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Carlton likely to miss production target
Hewlett says company 'underestimated' parts of the market and 'probably won't make goal of doubling income from production'
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BBC rescues TOTP urls from cybersquatter
Corporation wins back control of topofthepops.com and topofthepops.co.uk
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BBC rescues Top Of The Pops urls from cybersquatter
Corporation wins back control of topofthepops.com and topofthepops.co.uk
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BBC issues timely reminder to government
Further delay of consultation process into BBC's proposed digital channels prompts corporation to play the analogue switch-off card
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Former England footie star signs for ITV Sports Channel
John Barnes signs reported six-figure sum to expand role across ITV's new digital sports service
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NewsRecord number of journalists killed in 2006
More journalists were murdered or suffered unexplained deaths than ever before in 2006, with 84 of the 155 journalists killed working in the broadcast sector.