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BBC poaches C4's Ahmed in new Knowledge hirings
Channel 4’s Aaqil Ahmed has been poached to run the BBC’s religion and ethics department as part of the second round of Knowledge appointments – in which four of the key commissioning jobs have been handed to existing BBC staff.
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Split won't affect ITV2's Katie and Peter Stateside
ITV has no plans to pull Katie Price and Peter Andre’s fly on the wall series Katie & Peter: Stateside, despite the couple announcing their separation today.
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BSkyB rules itself out of bidding for ITV local news
BSkyB has ruled itself out of providing local news for ITV, saying that joining any of the news consortia would not fit with Sky News’ status as an “independent, commercially funded news service”.
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C4 rapped over Ramsay; pre-watershed sex cleared
Ofcom has rapped Channel 4 over Gordon Ramsay’s swearing immediately after the watershed – but has cleared pre-watershed sex that was “at the edge of acceptability”.
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Gaunt rapped by Ofcom over 'Nazi' jibe
Former TalkSport presenter Jon Gaunt has been censured by Ofcom over an interview in which he called a Redbridge councillor a “Nazi” – a comment that led to the sacking of the radio host.
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Emmerdale censured over violence
A fist-fight between Emmerdale brothers Mathew and Carl King has been criticised as too violent for a pre-watershed audience by media regulator Ofcom.
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Save the South Bank Show, says Coldplay's Chris Martin
Coldplay front man Chris Martin has declared that ITV flagship arts programme the South Bank Show should be saved.
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BBC2 developing new Sarah Waters drama
BBC2 is eyeing an adaptation of Sarah Waters’ novel The Night Watch as a one-off feature-length drama.
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Jamie Oliver cooks up new US series
Jamie Oliver is to take his healthy eating mission to the US in a series for ABC.
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Fremantle ups Rob Clark to global role
Fremantle Media exec Rob Clark has been promoted to president of Worldwide Entertainment.
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Maxine Peake to star in Criminal Justice
Hancock and Joan actress Maxine Peake is to take the lead role in the second series of BBC1 drama Criminal Justice.
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Thompson defends against licence freeze
BBC director general Mark Thompson has pre-empted the Commons vote on the licence fee with a defence against top-slicing or freezing in Westminster publication The House Magazine.
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BBC Trust names new heads
The BBC Trust has hired Alex Towers as its new head of finance, economics and strategy, and Steve Pollock as head of audiences and marketing.
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Timeline: Richard and Judy
The career to date of presenting duo Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan.
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Richard and Judy chatshow dropped
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan's UKTV Watch show will end in July after the presenting duo admitted it had failed.
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BBC NI names new commisioning exec
Timewatch exec James Hayes has landed the job of BBC commissioning executive producer for Northern Ireland.
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BBC News sets voluntary redundancy deadline
BBC News staff have less than a month to decide whether they are interested in voluntary redundancy, as the corporation battles to get nearly 90 staff off its books by April 2010 - the end of the current financial year.
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UKTV's Home orders more community makeover shows
American Ty Pennington will return to UKTV this spring to dish out a double dose of goodwill.
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Russell Howard to host BBC3 comedy pilot
Mock the Week star Russell Howard is fronting a pilot that is lined up to be BBC3's first topical comedy show.