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    EastEnders crisis

    2002-11-21T10:15:07Z

    Soap hunk Dean Gaffney has told how top stars are living in fear of getting the axe from EastEnders. ...

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    I wish that Big Brother woud curl up and die

    2002-11-21T10:13:18Z

    He won the last one - but it's not something he's proud of. In fact Jack Dee says he wishes Celebrity Big Brother a...

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    Archer & Maggie in TV romp

    2002-11-21T10:10:21Z

    Margaret Thatcher, dressed in stockings and high heels, is to be seen seducing Jeffrey Archer in a new BBC comedy....

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    Born to be warriors

    2002-11-21T10:05:41Z

    They were the world's most formidable fighters. But as a new TV series makes clear, Sparta's military regime was ma...

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    Celebs seek Big brother career boost

    2002-11-21T10:03:25Z

    They have been dismissed as D-list rather than C-list by critics. But the incarceration of six celebrities inside t...

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    Archer - saint, sex god, statesman

    2002-11-21T10:00:29Z

    (Well, at least that's how he'll be seen in a fantasy TV show).Mail, page 9...

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    Good Lord, Archer

    2002-11-21T09:57:50Z

    Margaret Thatcher is to be depicted in a naked sex romp with Jeffrey Archer in a new TV satire. ...

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    Outrage as Doctor Frankenstein cuts up human for ITV

    2002-11-21T09:56:22Z

    Maverick ignores jail threat to hold aloft heart for crowd. ...

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    Celeb six enter the world of Big Bruv

    2002-11-21T09:55:09Z

    Famous faces go into the house for ten days of fun and frolics. ...

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    BSkyB under attack in 'must carry' row

    2002-11-21T09:11:27Z

    ITV is to lead a campaign against BSkyB in the run-up to voting on the Communications Bill in a bid to force down the price the satellite giant charges public service broadcasters for access to its platform, write David Rose & Conor Dignam

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    Men & Motors takes nudity down a gear

    2002-11-21T09:06:18Z

    Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has toned down the sexual content of its Men & Motors channel after concerns that it was becoming too racy, writes Paul Revoir

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    ITV lines up big-budget version of Dracula

    2002-11-21T09:00:51Z

    ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has strengthened his penchant for big-budget adaptations of classic texts, giving Granada the go-ahead for a multimillion pound adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, writes David Wood

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    NHU chief set for new role

    2002-11-20T17:15:02Z

    The head of the BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU), Keith Scholey, is poised to leave his job to become full-time controller of the BBC's specialist factual department, sparking fears that the traditionally independent Bristol unit could be brought under tighter control from London, writes Leigh ...

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    BBC's general factual review delayed again

    2002-11-20T17:14:14Z

    The long-awaited review of the BBC's general factual commissioning system has been delayed again, leaving staff increasingly frustrated and fearing that it may never be published, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    UKTV plans to refresh Gold with drama and LE

    2002-11-20T17:13:30Z

    UKTV is planning to refocus its 10-year-old channel UK Gold and is exploring the introduction of key BBC quiz shows, writes Paul Revoir

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    24-hour newscasts 'lack quality foreign news'

    2002-11-20T17:12:42Z

    Broadcasters risk diluting the quality of their international news coverage by attempting to satisfy the demands for fresh content on 24-hour news channels, according to some of the UK's most senior reporters, writes Steve Aston

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    Capital fears metropolitan focus is costing listeners

    2002-11-20T17:12:08Z

    Capital 95.8 FM has begun a major study of its audience following concerns that its dramatic loss of listeners was prompted by the station becoming too metropolitan, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Figures herald broadband gain

    2002-11-20T17:11:14Z

    Interactive producers received a much-needed shot in the arm this week after it emerged that the rate of high-speed internet take-up could soon outstrip demand for digital television, writes David Wood

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    BBC restructures entertainment

    2002-11-20T16:49:56Z

    The BBC's in-house entertainment production department is to be reorganised into four new groups overseen by separate creative heads to give it more focus and cut down competition between its two bases in Manchester and London, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    'Boys toys' obsession marred war coverage, says Damazer

    2002-11-20T14:56:58Z

    News organisations produced too many reports on 'boys toys' issues such as the type of weapons being used in the coverage of the Afghanistan conflict according to BBC News deputy director Mark Damazer, writes Steve Aston