Most popular and commented – Page 1997
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NewsC4 in Prix Italia wins
Opera has proved a hit for Channel 4 which scooped two awards at the prestigious Prix Italia for its arts output, writes Mike Rosser.
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NewsSky confirms Channel 6 plan
BSkyB has admitted publicly for the first time that it would turn its Sky Travel Freeview channel into a Channel 6 proposition if the current strong take-up of DTT continued.
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NewsEndemol chief slams BBC governors
One of the BBC's leading independent suppliers has launched a blistering attack against the corporation's governance, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsITC's Hodgson takes MP standards brief
Independent Television Commission (ITC) chief executive Patricia Hodgson is joining watchdog, the Committee on Standards in Public Life, when the TV regulator winds-up at the end of the year, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsKaufman committee to probe BBC charter
Broadcasters are to be given a high-profiled platform in Parliament to debate whether the axe should be taken to the BBC governors and licence fee, writes David Rose.
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Royal Television Society: Huw Weldon Lecture (BBC2) - Gerard O' Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'As a good reporter he kept his opinions about the politics of the conflict to himself even in this forum where it ...
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Breaking the Silence (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'I can hardly bear to watch Pilger's films these days. I can't bear the drooping Australian lilt with which he adve...
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Breaking the Silence (ITV1) - Rupert Smith, The Guardian
'ITV1's Breaking the Silence: A Special Report by John Pilger was an astonishing piece of television that should be...
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Too Good to be True (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express
'To say episode one was a bit slow is like saying that treacle doesn't move uphill very quickly. It felt like a 90-...
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Too Good to be True (ITV1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'The plot is like a saucepan simmering so gently on the stove that you find yourself constantly checking the gas bu...
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NewsPenguin pushes into TV production
Pearson-owned publishing giant Penguin is to launch to a television division specialising in factual documentaries and children's programming, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsRSPCA slams 'cruel' ITV show
A coalition of leading animal charities has condemned ITV's decision to screen a new show in which humans compete against animals and have called on viewers to boycott the channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsITV to dump News at Ten
ITV is back in discussions with the Independent Television Commission in an effort to move its News at Ten programme to 22.30, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsBall quits Sky
Tony Ball has quit as chief executive of BSkyB, the company announced this morning, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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RatingsToo Good to be True kicks off with 6.8m
Too Good to be True, the first in a two-part psycholgical drama from ITV1 kicked off at 21.00 with 6.8million (28.9%) narrowly losing out to the second part of BBC1 drama, Waking the Dead,which attracted 6.9million, writes Sam Matthews
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The Shield (C5) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'The Shield's absence will leave a hole unlikely to be filled by British detective shows such as, um, Rosemary & Th...
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Too Good to be True (ITV1) - Gerard O'Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'It was a credit to the twisted weave of the script that by the beginning of last night's conclusion it wasn't at a...
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Too Good to be True (ITV1) - Rupert Smith, The Guardian
'The last 20 minutes was almost Hitchcockian in its manipulation of suspense, and featured the most sinister bouque...
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You Can't Take it With You (BBC2) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'The misery provoked by contested wills of the famous rich provides the fuel for You Can't Take it with You, a new ...
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You Can't Take It With You (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'Any good programme idea will be nicked sooner or later. Can't Take It With You (BBC2) may have been in production ...