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    Bill of rights

    2002-11-25T10:02:05Z

    It is a sombre moment. The communications bill, all 400 clauses of it, is now set to hurtle thought the parliament...

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    Digital radio finds its voice

    2002-11-25T10:02:26Z

    So far in the battle for bandwidth, digital radio has been the quiet outsider. But, as Dominic Timms reports, its ...

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    Churchill wins battle of the Britons

    2002-11-25T10:02:54Z

    Winston Churchill scored a resounding victory last night in the BBC's nationwide poll to find the greatest Briton....

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    Chrysalis return to profit

    2002-11-25T10:03:17Z

    Chrysalis, the owner of the Galaxy and Heart radio station, is today tipped to report a return to profit at the ful...

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    Granada relief as the credits roll its way

    2002-11-25T10:03:43Z

    If a monarch can have an annus horribilis, then so can a company. It is difficult to imagine a more horrible year ...

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    Churchill romps home as the Greatest Briton

    2002-11-25T10:04:04Z

    Winston Churchill won the BBC Great Britons poll last night after a late surge of voting in his favour. ...

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    Has she got gags for you

    2002-11-25T10:04:32Z

    One of TV's rare female joke writers tells Jasper Rees who will be targeted in a new series of 2DTV ...

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    Digital struggles with numbers

    2002-11-25T10:05:01Z

    The biggest change in radio for a century is taking time to catch on. ...

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    ITV companies' clearer picture

    2002-11-25T10:05:24Z

    Carlton and Granada are set to report full-year results this week, the first figures since the ITV companies announ...

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    Rise hires entertainment producer

    2002-11-25T10:07:03Z

    C4's troubled Breakfast show Rise has taken on entertainment producer Justin Gorman from Princess Productions, the indie that makes the show, full time as its third series editor since the programme launched in April 2002, writes Penny Hughes

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    Churchill means so much to so many

    2002-11-25T10:12:01Z

    Sir Winston Churchill was voted the Greatest Briton of all time last night. ...

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    BBC joker is a world class act

    2002-11-25T10:13:19Z

    Office joker David Brent will soon be entertaining his staff in dozens of different languages from Boston to Botswa...

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    Goldie flops

    2002-11-25T10:15:50Z

    So, farewell then Goldie. I just hope you are strong enough to deal with the fact you are less popular than Les Den...

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    The Ender Goldie

    2002-11-25T10:18:49Z

    EastEnders star Goldie was last night first to be voted off Celebrity Big Brother. ...

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    The Les 'n' Goldie show

    2002-11-25T10:19:32Z

    Odd couple to get own series as DJ is evicted. ...

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    Ratings

    Lavish costume dramas make unspectacular debuts

    2002-11-25T14:49:33Z

    BBC 1 and ITV 1 unveiled their showpiece autumn period dramas this weekend to a muted reception from the viewing public, with neither of the lavish productions managing to win their slots, writes Luke Satchell

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    Indies win battle for fairer treatment

    2002-11-26T08:49:22Z

    The much-awaited Independent Television Commission investigation into the relationship between UK broadcasters and independent programme makers has recommended a wide-ranging reform of the market, writes Jane Marlow

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    Des and Mel to carry on

    2002-11-26T09:02:14Z

    ITV controller of daytime Liam Hamilton has backed the unlikely pairing of ageing crooner Des O'Connor and former model Melanie Sykes by commissioning a second long order of their lunchtime show, writes Steve Aston

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    BBC dominates kids' Baftas

    2002-11-26T09:11:25Z

    The BBC came away the main victor at the Bafta children's awards, picking up eight of the 14 categories, in what will be the perfect leaving present for outgoing CBBC controller Nigel Pickard, writes Leigh Homwood

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    BBC to chart life of a raindrop

    2002-11-26T09:28:07Z

    Computer imagery and wildlife film are to be used to chart the story of a single raindrop from space to the ocean floor in one of BBC 1's key factual Christmas shows, writes Leigh Holmwood