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Coogan hints at Partridge return
Alan Partridge creator Steve Coogan has given a ray of hope to fans after admitting the cult character could return. BBC2 controller Jane Root appeared to pour doubt on any more Partridge when she said Coogan's ambitions now lay more in movies and drama. But despite saying he wouldn't do ...
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Jowell decision on BBC online review
Media secretary Tessa Jowell is due to name the person who will lead the review into the BBC's online services when she appears at the Edinburgh Television Festival on Saturday (23 August). The BBC has already handed in its response to the review, ordered by Jowell to examine its impact ...
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BBC presses on with police racism doc
The BBC will still make a documentary looking at institutional racism within Greater Manchester Police despite the arrest of one of the undercover journalists working on the programme. Mark Daly had undergone nine months of police training and was working as a probationary constable when he was arrested on suspicion ...
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Fox News creates European bureau role
Fox News has appointed its first ever European bureau chief, with New York bureau chief Scott Norvell taking up the London-based post on 8 September. Previously European editorial output from the 15-strong bureau was managed out of the US. Norvell has been with Fox for six years and before going ...
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Welsh radio stations join Freeview
BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru are attempting to boost listener figures after signing up to broadcast on Freeview. The stations are already available on Sky Digital and cable. According to Rajar, nearly one in five adults in the UK (9 million people) say they listen to radio via ...
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Siamese Survivors (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Siamese Survivors also provided a useful reminder that teenage boys - a maligned social group if ever there was on...
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Sport channel takes freeview row to ITC
The company behind the failed digital terrestrial entertainment and sport channel CBM has lodged a complaint with the Independent Television Commission against Freeview transmission company Crown Castle. CBM Media planned to launch on Freeview at the end of September but Crown Castle ended the agreement this month saying the company ...
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The Colour of Friendship (BBC2) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'There was nothing hugely insightful or intellectually profound about The Colour of Friendship (BBC2), but Adrian C...
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Teachers (C4) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'Teachers (C4) is still just about the breeziest and most stylish home-grown comedy (or comedy-drama, if you can be...
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RatingsFame Academy loses out again
BBC1's Fame Academy managed to creep up to 4.1 million viewers (20% share) last night (20 August), showing a steady improvement but it was still no match for ITV1's The Bill, writes Jon Rogers
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NewsCarlton and Granada await merger decision
The fate of the planned merger between ITV giants Carlton and Granada should be decided within 20 days after the competition commission yesterday handed its recommendations in to the government, writes Paul Revoir
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Masters and Servants (C4) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'I hate this series in a hypnotised sort of way. You watch nervously for the moment when people start to fold their...
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What Women Want (Five) - James Walton, Telegraph
'To its questionable credit, What Women Want (Five) has managed to find another slight variation on the television ...
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Bad Girls (ITV) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'This was a creepy, Gothic finale that wouldn't have been out of place in a hammer horror film.'...
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Intensive Scares (BBC1) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'Intensive Scares (BBC1), a series on health issues that is every bit as tasteless and fearmongering as the punning...
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Highest Bidder (BBC2) - Christopher Matthew, Daily Mail
'The penultimate episode of Highest Bidder was one of the most fascinating of what has been as fresh, instructive a...
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NewsHigh-profile BBC execs accused of bullying
Bullying is rife within the BBC, according to a survey carried out by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), writes Leigh Holmwood
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The Highest Bidder (BBC2) - Daniel Finkelstein, The Times
'The Highest Bidder (BBC2) turned out to be fascinating. The story of how the book was written and printed was acco...
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NewsPremiership rights deal to get greenlight
The European Commission will wave through The Premiership's controversial deal awarding BSkyB sole rights to live Premier League football from 2004-7, the analyst which advised Uefa on its successful tender has predicted, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsTony Ball prepares BBC offensive
BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball will launch an attack on the BBC licence fee in his MacTaggart lecture tonight, writes Jon Rogers