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BBC to put history on daytime TV
The BBC announced two new series tackling history for its daytime schedules ...
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Granada heralds fightback for ITV
Granada yesterday reported stronger than expected interim results, but warned that 'advertising revenue remains dif...
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Schama's£3m BBC deal makes him a higher earner than Starkey
The television historian Simon Schama is being offered a£3m exclusive deal to produce two new series for the BBC a...
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Buoyant Granada pledges fightback at ITV
Granada declared that an ITV 'fightback is well under way' as the company delivered financial results well ahead of...
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Bob tells all on TV
Bob Dylan will speak for the first time about his early career in a BBC documentary to be made by Martin Scorsese ...
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Granada warns on ad revenues
Granada television boss Charles Allen claimed his company is staging an ITV 'fightback' with programmes such as the...
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£3m deal for TV's master historian
Historian Simon Schama will be paid£3 million to produce two new television series for the BBC ...
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Beeb crony wins a lotto
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies has just cashed in another£5 million worth of shares in investment bank Goldman Sachs ...
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Celeb boxing is back on the box
Celebrity boxing is back with a bang after the Beeb hammered out a deal with the sport's governing body ...
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NewsC4 drama's Yorke looks ahead
Channel 4's new head of drama John Yorke is keen to shed the channel's 'bleak' drama image by screening 'modern, urban drama with a sense of hope and joy'.
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Granada chief's ad sales warning
Granada's chariman, Charles Allen, yesterday said it would be a 'step backwards' if the company and fellow ITV broa...
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Wales to play at home after sorting TV deal
Wales's friendly against England in August will go ahead at the Millenium Stadium after the two unions thrashed out...
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Granada puts faith in fruits of the forest
Granada, the ITV company, has placed great hope on the hit television programme I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Her...
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News at 10 axed again
ITV's News At Ten will be axed - again - after failing to win over viewers. ...
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RatingsBBC2 unlocks C4 property dominance
BBC2 has finally put a dent in a winning Channel 4 ratings formula, by defeating the latest in a long line of popular property shows which have dominated the weekday peaktime slots for months, writes Luke Satchell
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Management buyout bid to secure Pepper
The ongoing saga surrounding the future of Soho broadcast facility Pepper took another twist this week as management attempted to put together an assisted buyout of the company, writes Sam Espensen.
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NewsITV weighs up sixth outing for Emmerdale
ITV is looking to take evening soap Emmerdale to six nights a week on a permanent basis according to sources close to the show, writes Jane Marlow
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Root plugs vital schedule hole
BBC2 controller Jane Root has commissioned two new shows expected to play in the key 18.00 slot in preparation for the departure of The Simpsons to Channel 4, which headline a slate of new comedy and entertainment for the BBC, writes Leigh Holmwood