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NewsITV star turns BBC director
Actress Sarah Lancashire - one of ITV's most bankable drama stars - is to make her directorial debut on the BBC, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsBB Sweden rapped for pre-watershed sex
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has rapped Swedish channel Kanal 5 for broadcasting racy antics on its version of Big Brotherbefore the watershed, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsWilloughby quits Chrysalis
One of Chrysalis TV Group's most senior executives has quit the company, less than a month after it was taken over by the management team led by former Granada chief executive Steve Morrison, writes Colin Robertson.
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NewsSky to hit 7 million target 3 months early
BSkyB is expected to announce it has reached the 7 million subscriber mark this week - three months ahead of schedule.
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The Deal (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Stephen Frears and the writer Peter Morgan created a wonderfully gripping cocktail of political nostalgia and hist...
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The Deal (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'The Deal (Channel 4) got away with almost everything, largely because the two leads were so convincing.'...
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The Deal (C4) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'What followed was hugely persuasive certainly but whether it was all true really didn't matter such was the cinema...
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The Deal (C4) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'It was highly entertaining, if you weren't bothered by the splintering sound of a hatchet job.'...
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The Deal (C4) - Robert Gore Langton, Daily Star
'As a story about a souring friendship, it was huge fun. Michael Sheen was sensational as the young Blair and as po...
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The Deal (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The Deal, directed by Stephen Frears, provided plenty of high-class political gossip - and some compelling drama.'...
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Twinned servers aid remote production
Manufacturer quantel has unveiled a remote production workflow system that allows broadcasters to edit a live event happening on the other side of the world from their own broadcast centre, writes Sam Espensen and Will Strauss.
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Queer as Folk writer revives Dr Who
Doctor Who is to make a TV comeback in a new series written by Queer as Folkwriter Russell T Davies, writes Sam Matthews.
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NewsKennedy: Too many black people on TV
Former BBC presenter Sir Ludovic Kennedy has been slapped down by the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) for suggesting there were too many black people on television.
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NewsBBC delays ruling on freelancer's writing
The BBC's board of governors has delayed a decision on new rules for reporters writing for newspapers, saying further work was needed on the policy before it could be finalised, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsSky agrees to share England game
The forthcoming England v Turkey Euro 2004 qualifier football match on October 11 may be shown on terrestrial television after BSkyB agreed to offer up a delayed package of rights.
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NewsGrounds pens his first drama for BBC1
Writer Tony Grounds, creator of the award winning Ray Winstone vehicle Births, Marriages and Deaths, is to turn his sights on the family unit in a new drama for BBC1, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ad gloom for Capital and GWR
Capital Radio and GWR, the UK's two largest commercial radio groups, have forecast gloomy results in their latest trading updates, writes Michael Rosser.
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Cutting Edge: Tale of Two Alis (C4) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'The result was extremely unsettling, morally ambiguous and emotionally complicated.'...
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Cutting Edge: Tale of Two Alis (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The film was ultimately about the disgusting process by which a mutilated boy gets turned into a valuable media co...
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Canterbury Tales: The Knight's Tale (BBC1) - Gerard O' Donovan, Daily Telegraph
'Of the six stories in the BBC's current series of Chaucer adaptations, Canterbury Tales: The Knights Tale was alwa...