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NewsFox's FX to launch in new year
Fox Television's new UK entertainment channel, which will launch in the new-year, will be called FX, writes Paul Revoir.
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RatingsBlaine captivates on Sky One
The masses of media hype surrounding illusionist David Blaine's latest stunt proved to be a success for Sky One as its opening show last Friday (5 September) gained over 1 million (8.5%) viewers, writes Jon Rogers.
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NewsGranada to make Jacko charity payment
Granada is planning to make a payment to a charity chosen by singer Michael Jackson in an effort to end the running feud between the pop star and Martin Bashir, writes Jon Rogers.
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NewsBBC to overhaul news reporting
BBC governors are to look at overhauling the style of BBC news reporting in the wake of the Dr David Kelly affair, new documents released yesterday by the Hutton inquiry have revealed, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Suspicion (ITV1) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'Peter Whalley's script - aided and abetted by good performances - is a good example of how to take a simple idea a...
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NewsMillionaire contestant wants another go
A former contestant on ITV1's popular quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? is taking legal action against the show over what he claims was an
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Suspicion (ITV1) - Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'Adrian Dunbar is an actor with an eye for a good script. He chooses his work well and rarely appears in anything t...
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Suspicion (ITV1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
?It wasn't bad - I've certainly seen worse - but after 90 minutes of watching the first part of Suspicion (ITV), th...
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Suspicion (ITV1) - Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian
?The discordant soundtrack, migraine set to music, was as exceptionally effective as the dialogue itself was laconi...
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Suspicion (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent
?Peter Walley's thriller had e-mail at its heart - and knowingly played with its faintly eerie combination of intim...
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NewsSky+ to scrap monthly charges
BSkyB is to scrap monthly subscription charges for Sky+, its integrated digibox which allows customers to both view and record satellite services. The existing£10 levy will be waived from 1 October.
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NewsFergie to co-host Radio 2 show
The Duchess of York is preparing to step up to the mic at BBC Radio 2 to co-host the Steve Wright Showand interview a series of celebrities, writes Michael Rosser.
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RatingsViewers aren't wary of Suspicion
ITV1's new two-part thriller Suspicionwas welcomed with open arms last night (8 September) as 8.3 million (37.3%) viewers tuned-in, amost twice the number of BBC1's audience, writes Jon Rogers.
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The Crouches (BBC1) - Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'The acting was stilted and the dialogue often lame, though at least there was a smattering of good one-liners.'...
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The Crouches (BBC1) - Ally Ross, The Sun
'This is a 'comedy' written, filmed and screened on BBC1 NOT because it's funny. It most certainly isn't. But made ...
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The Crouches (BBC1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express
'On the basis of one episode, The Crouches isn't bad. It's just not very good. And it suffers from a weakness that ...
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The Crouches (BBC1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
?There's only one thing more dismaying than the fact that The Crouches is the BBC's first sitcom about a black hous...
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Jump London (C4) - Gareth McLean, The Guardian
?The middle section of Jump London was a mesmerising bit of television. You could use adjectives like balletic, acr...
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NewsBBC2 marks start of Iraq war
BBC2 is to screen a week of special programmes to mark six months since the beginning of the war in Iraq, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsAd chief blasts ITV 'monopoly'
The head of Europe's leading media buying agency has dismissed the significance of the intended Granada, Carlton merger claiming it would do little to affect the ?monopolistic practices? in the way ITV sells advertising, writes Gavin Stamp.