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    Bob and Thomas HIT a high

    2003-03-18T09:50:41Z

    Bob the Buildeand Barney the dinosaur provided a boom for HIT Entertainment last year, helping the group report a b...

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    Toil and trouble

    2003-03-18T09:52:04Z

    He's restrutured and re-organised, but is he taking creative risks? Absolutely says C4's chief exec Mark Thompson, ...

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    Will Richard trade Judy in for Billie?

    2003-03-18T09:52:32Z

    Telly host Richard Madely is set to trade Judy Finnigan for Billie Piper in a Celebrity Wife Swap. ...

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    Cold Weep

    2003-03-18T09:53:57Z

    After Rachel's funeral...are these TV's most tearful scenes ever? ...

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    Geographical variations

    2003-03-18T09:54:20Z

    Talkback's decision to open a non-London office in, er, leafy Amersham has spearheaded calls for regional productio...

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    The debate sharpens

    2003-03-18T09:56:10Z

    Using digital cameras enables film directors to keep budgets down and handle special effects with ease. But many st...

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    Double Take starts well for BBC2

    2003-03-18T11:55:30Z

    Double Take, the new lookalikes comedy show which won a Bafta comedy award for its pilot episode, made its debut on BBC2 last night (17 March), gaining a promising 2.3 million viewers (9.6% share), writes Luke Satchell

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    Britain way ahead in digital TV take-up

    2003-03-18T12:36:56Z

    Britain continues to lead the way in the digital TV world, with a new report suggesting the 'world's digital TV champion' is leaving the rest of Europe behind, writes Sam Matthews

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    Capital hires Findlay as head of music

    2003-03-18T14:08:05Z

    Capital Radio has appointed Mark Findlay as its new head of music in a bid to revive the flagging fortunes of its flagship London station, 95.8 Capital FM writes John Plunkett

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    Heggessey unveils BBC1 spring season

    2003-03-18T14:11:43Z

    The team behind the BBC's axed Tomorrow's World science show are to launch a Great Britons-style search for a new working invention to be voted on by the public as part of BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey's new£270m spring season, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Conflict halts Kaufman inquiry

    2003-03-18T16:43:31Z

    The impending war with Iraq has prompted a halt to proceedings in the inquiry into media intrusion being carried out by Gerald Kaufman's media select committee, writes Luke Satchell

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    Liddiment awarded RTS Gold Medal

    2003-03-19T09:01:41Z

    Ex-ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has been honoured with the Gold Medal at the Royal Television Society's (RTS) programme awards, writes Luke Satchell

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    BSkyB shaken at News Corp bonds plan

    2003-03-19T09:06:46Z

    BSkyB initially dropped 6 per cent after News Corp, the satellite broadcaster's parent company, said it intended to...

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    Millionaire 'coughs worst ever'

    2003-03-19T09:11:12Z

    The 'worst' coughs ever heard on TV's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? came from a college lecturer accused of helpin...

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    Over and pout for Sex and the City Sarah

    2003-03-19T09:13:55Z

    Sex and the City star, Sarah Jessica Parker seems determined to give the hit Channel 4 show a sizzling send-off. ...

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    Corrie is Streets ahead in soap war

    2003-03-19T09:16:27Z

    Coronation Street was named best soap at a star-studded television awards show last night. ...

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    BBC1's upmarket move as licence fee battle begins

    2003-03-19T09:19:15Z

    BBC1 is introducing more highbrow programmes to its schedules as the corporation begins a battle to keep the licenc...

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    BBC rouses anger by 'burying' documentary on Israel

    2003-03-19T09:23:01Z

    The BBC reportedly received more than 1,000 complaints after it moved a documentary comparing Israel's arms program...

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    Murdoch to raise£1bn by remortgaging Sky stake

    2003-03-19T09:25:54Z

    Rupert Murdoch is to raise up to $1.5bn (£1bn) by remortgaging part of News Corporation's controlling stake in BSky...

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    Evan's court action against SMG to start today

    2003-03-19T09:28:39Z

    Chris Evans is to go to the High Court today to sue SMG, claiming millions in damages over allegations that the com...