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SMG 'optimistic' in face of sharp slide in profits
SMG this week reported a 50% drop in profits for the first half of the year, but pledged to
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Bectu names Fimbles indie as bad payer
Novel Entertainment, producer of hit BBC kids show Fimbles, has clashed with Bectu after the trade union included it on a list of companies alleged to have failed to pay employee wages , writes Gavin Stamp.
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Charter review can't be 'political payback'
Liberal Democrat peer Lord McNally has stepped up his call for a Puttnam-style committee to scrutinise the BBC's Charter renewal, claiming the process may be affected by the row between the BBC and the government, writes Gavin Stamp.
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Hat Trick funds ads for World of Sport
Hat Trick Productions is attempting to salvage its new BBC1 sitcom Trevor's World of Sportby paying for a series of expensive newspaper ads to signpost its new Monday night slot, writes Michael Rosser.
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Bodies brought to life on BBC2
BBC2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a controversial new drama based on the experiences of a junior doctor as part of a bid to refresh the genre on her channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsHallmark linked to Elstein's bid for ITV
US entertainment giant Hallmark is backing David Elstein's potential bid for ITV and could take a major stake in the network after the merger decision, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsBBC to clamp down on secret sources
BBC managers have decided on a series of changes to the corporation's news operation in the light of the Hutton inquiry, including a clamp-down on the use of secret sources, writes David Cox and Conor Dignam.
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NewsBBC2 pilots interrogation gameshow
The BBC is launching a new interrogation gameshow, to be fronted by investigative journalist Paul Kenyon, in which contestants have to try to withstand six hours of questioning and keep a secret, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Homeground (BBC2) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'Homeground has produced some remarkable stories over the years, and this was one of the best. But then, so was the...
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Homeground (BBC2) - Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'Throughout this very nicely observed film Norman was quietly restrained, evincing the kind of horrified amusement ...
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Chelsea Tales (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'As with ITV's Young, Posh and Loaded, we're witnessing a cruel but thoroughly enjoyable new sport, in which thick ...
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Chelsea Tales (BBC2) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'The makers of Chelsea Tales (BBC2) have crafted a series that allows you to feel just as relieved that you haven't...
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Chelsea Tales (BBC2) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Chelsea Tales (BBC2) is a thinly-disguised version of those pauper-gawper programmes you get on ITV1 (Britain's Ri...
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Ratings10m cheer on England
England's qualifying match for football's European championships against Liechtenstein gave a decisive victory to BBC1 with 10.3 million (41.9%) watching the game last night (10 September), writes Jon Rogers.
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Roger Mosey - speech in Bonn, 11.09.2003
Thank you for the invitation to address this conference. Richard Sambrook is, I know, sorry not to have made it to Bonn, but I'm delighted to have been invited to take his place. He and I and the rest of the BBC are also not able, I'm afraid, to comment ...
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NewsLeslie tells all on Sky
John Leslie, the TV presenter who found himself at the centre of rape allegations earlier this year, is to give his first TV interview to Sky One, writes Jon Rogers.
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NewsLygo to join C4 in November
Kevin Lygo will replace Tim Gardam as director of television from 3 November.
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QI (BBC2) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'QI stands for Quite Interesting which is it exactly what it was - 'quite' being the operative word.'...
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QI (BBC2) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'QI (BBC2) was like finding caviar on the menu in the canteen? QI is the sort of quiz, more common on radio, where ...
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QI (BBC2) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'QI (BBC2) - that's IQ backwards, dummy - is a trifle precious, but it was also very funny.'...