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ON THE BOX - Murders most foul.
Accomplice Television joint managing director David Collins was haunted by Crime and Punishment but not by the Wests.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - A falling market.
According to BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey, the end is nigh for know-nothing celebrities - is it now the turn of 'credible' presenters, such as Robert Winston and Simon Schama or even Sam Neill, to be in the ascendant?
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FUTURE OF ITN - Looking for good news.
The last year has been a tough one for news supplier ITN. It has faced increasing competition for its domestic news contracts, editorial interference from ITV, the downgrading of the ITN news brand and job cuts. Is it time to scale back while it weathers
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INTERVIEW - ITV's risk taker.
According to ITV director of channels David Liddiment, controversial docu-drama Bloody Sunday was a shining example of 'risk taking on ITV'. When advertisers hear the words risk taking on ITV they
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INDIE FINANCE - Staying ahead of the avant garde.
Illuminations, set up in 1982 to win commissions from the newly founded Channel 4, has under co-founder John Wyver stayed at the cutting edge of the visual media with series about video art and the internet. Meg Carter reports.
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TX - A man for all seasons.
Special effects in a gardening programme? Now there's a blooming good idea. Time-lapse photography and composite shots take centre stage in How to be a Gardener. They're accompanied by funky music
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ITV's Pop Idol hit machine blows away competition.
The weekly audience data for the week ending 27 January brings the regular analysis back in line with the publication schedule we used to operate in the good old days before
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OFF THE RECORD - Greg's fan club gets together.
At vast expense, the BBC created a kids paradise in a huge marquee in Battersea, south London on Monday to celebrate the launch of its two new digital kids channels, CBBC
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OFF THE RECORD.
Dyke's new 'cut the crap - make it happen' mantra has obviously hit a nerve with some BBC staffers who are using it as an excuse to do away with a
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OFF THE RECORD - Kiss and make up.
Relations between radio rivals BBC Radio 1 and Emap's Kiss 100 have been more strained than usual following the antics of Kiss breakfast co-presenter Street Boy. The naughty boy broke into
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OFF THE RECORD - A pox on Dubya.
According to Jonathan Hewes, deputy chief executive of Wall To Wall and executive producer of Smallpox 2002, which aired on BBC 2 last week, the programme caused quite a stir amongst
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OFF THE RECORD - AND FINALLY.
Minotaur vice-president Sarah Tong on how to make an impression at CannesWhat's the cruellest thing you've ever done?Left in charge of the office fish a couple of years ago, I conveniently
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Study suggests no hope of analogue switch-off by 2010
Research from Informa Media Group says only 71 per cent of TV households will have switched to digital by government's target date
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BBC 1 makes up some ground
Healthy 7.2m for DIY SOS helps corporation to peaktime share victory
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Latest study suggests no hope of analogue switch-off by 2010
Research from Informa Media Group says only 71 per cent of TV households will have switched to digital by government's target date
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Average daily viewing hours fall by biggest margin in six years
Figures show 3.62 hours of TV are watched on average in all homes compared to 3.67 hours in 1999 and 2000
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Average viewing hours fall by biggest margin in six years
Figures show 3.62 hours of TV are watched on average in all homes compared to 3.67 hours in 1999 and 2000
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BBC 2 loses The Simpsons
Broadcaster forced to let go of one of its most popular programmes as Channel 5 ups the ante
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ITV 1 gives BBC 1 a lesson in great drama
New ITV 1 six-parter The Jury blows away BBC 1's Outside the Rules on the night of Keegan's FA Cup return to St James' Park
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BBC 2's Shooting Stars topples BBC 1 drama
The return of the quiz hosted by Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer takes over four million viewers to beat BBC 1's Outside the Rules