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Carter warns Ofcom will face unparalleled legal challenges
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has predicted that the new super-regulator will face an unprecedented amount of legal threats, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsUK spends most on quality TV
The UK spends more on new quality television programmes than any other country in the world, a new report has found, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsMoyles takes over R1's breakfast show
Sara Cox has been axed from the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show after failing to stem haemorrhaging listener figures and will be replaced by drivetime host Chris Moyles, writes Michael Rosser.
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Taggart (ITV1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'The new series of Taggart seemed to concerntrate on what it does best - an alternately gritty and glamorous portra...
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Taggart (ITV1) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'The story itself was stuffed with murder, drugs, prostitution, voyeurism, VD and sadomasochism? Bit of bad luck re...
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Taggart (ITV1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'This is Taggart's 20th year and it's looking its age.'...
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NewsMen & Motors picks Talbot as com editor
Granada Sky Broadcasting lifestyle channel Men & Motors has appointed a new commissioning editor, Joe Talbot, following the departure of Lesley Johnson last month to set up her own media business, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Mind of a Millionaire (BBC2) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The first of a new series about the psychology of successful entrepreneurs, Mind of a Millionaire at first appeare...
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Mind of a Millionaire (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'If there was some doubt about the programme's stats, there was none at all about its attitude - which was shameles...
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A Very British UFO Hoax (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Now that's what you call a hidden camera show!' ...
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BBC1 stages animal Olympics
brPThe sporting prowess of a variety of different animals is to be put to the test in a landmark BBC natural history programme that will use computer graphics to simulate how
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Schedulers need a lesson
Fame Academy : an apology. In previous columns over a number of months I may have given the impression that Fame Academy, also known as Same Academy, Lame Academy and Blame Academy, was a worthless light entertainment show and an unworthy recipient of funds from ...
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NewsNew programme chief for Sci-Fi
Universal Studios has appointed a new programme director at the Sci-Fi channel to replace Jason Thorp who left to head up Fox's planned UK entertainment channel, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsDTI greenlights Carlton & Granada merger
The government has cleared the merger of Carlton and Granada - crucially allowing them to retain control of their advertising sales houses.
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NewsSky reporter commits suicide
James Forlong, the former Sky News reporter who was forced to quit after it emerged he had faked a report from the Iraq war, has committed suicide.
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NewsKeep watershed, say viewers
TV viewers want to keep the 21.00 watershed according to a report by the ITC, BSC and BBC, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Family (ITV1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'The only reason that you would be sitting on the edge of your seat while watching this show would be if you were s...
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Waking The Dead: Final Cut (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'There were so many different supposedly interlocking plot lines that one's head spun.'...
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Home (BBC4) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'Written and directed by Richard Curson-Smith? Home (BBC4) was compelling and unpleasant claustrophobic and relentl...
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Home (BBC4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Where JG Ballard's story was obliquely funny, Richard Curson-Smith's drama was openly so, and it included one winn...