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    Fourtou and Diller in move to free up Vivendi to sell assets

    2003-01-24T10:03:39Z

    Jean-René Fourtou, chairman of Vivendi Universal, and Barry Diller were last night discussing ways to unscramble th...

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    Cartoon pervert on BBC 3

    2003-01-24T10:03:51Z

    The BBC's new digital TV channel is to screen a comedy cartoon series featuring a paedophile. ...

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    You too can look a total Dickinson

    2003-01-24T10:05:07Z

    Bargain Hunt smoothie David Dickinson is to be the BBC's next makeover guru - by helping viewers look just like him...

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    Reid in TV rant

    2003-01-24T10:06:44Z

    Former EastEnder Mike Reid has lashed telly bosses for putting too much soap on our screens. ...

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    Fame Academy cash to fund performers' bursary

    2003-01-24T10:58:42Z

    The BBC is to use the£1m-plus profits from its reality format Fame Academy to create a performing arts bursary for young people, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Allcroft and Thomas The Tank Engine reunited

    2003-01-24T11:34:27Z

    Britt Allcroft is to be reunited with her popular Thomas The Tank Engine characters after agreeing to join the board of Hit Entertainment - the children's group that bought her former indie, writes Colin Robertson

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    BBC 1 can't Trust Green

    2003-01-24T12:38:11Z

    BBC 1's legal drama Trust officially became a ratings flop last night (24 January), after it failed to reverse the decline in its audience for the second week running and saw the total number of viewers it has lost reach 1.3 million, writes Luke Satchell

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    BRMB gets its fingers burnt

    2003-01-24T14:49:06Z

    Birmingham radio station BRMB has been fined£15,000 after it admitted breaching health and safety laws during a competition stunt that left three participants with severe burns and permanent scars, writes Luke Satchell

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    BBC news to axe 60 jobs

    2003-01-27T09:04:36Z

    Around 60 posts are to be axed within the BBC's huge news department as part of a comprehensive cost-cutting exercise, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Ground Force crosses the pond

    2003-01-27T09:14:10Z

    BBC America has signed its first independent production venture after ordering an 8 x 60-minute US-based version of Endemol UK's garden makeover show, Ground Force, writes Colin Robertson

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    Radio First makes comeback

    2003-01-27T09:48:39Z

    Radio First, the digital station chaired by former Football League chairman Keith Harris, will be returning to Aim ...

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    Jamie goes back to school

    2003-01-27T09:49:43Z

    This time it's to cook the lunches. ...

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    I'm expecting a heavy fall of mumbo jumbo

    2003-01-27T09:51:46Z

    Former broadcaster pours scorn on BBC weather bulletins. ...

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    TV autopsy in the clear

    2003-01-27T09:53:57Z

    Channel 4 did not break TV rules by screening a public autopsy, watchdogs said yesterday. ...

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    Hol of a wife swap!

    2003-01-27T09:56:38Z

    The creators of row-fuelled telly show Wife Swap are planning an even more explosive new series, which will see cou...

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    Quiz blokes are bums blasts Tarrant

    2003-01-27T09:58:53Z

    Quiz host Chris Tarrant has attacked male contestants on the hit show, claiming they're 'up their own arse'. ...

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    RM leads fight against BBC 'digital curriculum'

    2003-01-27T10:03:23Z

    RM, the listed educational software specialist will seek High Court action this week against the BBC, to challenge ...

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    Cabinet media adviser says licence fee must go

    2003-01-27T10:03:47Z

    An influential adviser on media policy to the government is to make a high-profile case for abolition of the licenc...

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    ITC clears TV's public autopsy

    2003-01-27T10:04:07Z

    The independent television commission, the TV standards watchdog, yesterday dismissed complaints about Britain's fi...

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    A novel approach

    2003-01-27T10:04:28Z

    Is it satire? A drama? A sitcom? It's hard to say. But The Book Group has quietly become one of TV's most unlikely...