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NewsJowell concern over BBC indie quota
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has written to BBC chairman Gavyn Davies to complain about the corporation missing its 25% indie quota for the third year running.
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Ratings4.6m explore The Abyss
BBC1's The Abyss - Livebegan its second series of live broadcasts from the depths of the ocean yesterday (2 November) afternoon and managed to secure an average 4.6 million viewers over four programmes between 15.15 and 23.55.
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NewsBBC dominance of Promax ended
Changes to the way the Promax UK awards are judged have brought an end to the BBC's dominance of the design and branding ceremony.
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Hollyoaks (C4) - Fiona Sturges, Independent
'Hollyoaks is another soap from the Phil Redmond stockpile, one that bridges the gap between daytime pap and the mo...
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Looking for Victoria (BBC1) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Looking for Victoria was an hour in desperate need of editing.'...
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NewsSky board backs Murdoch CEO role
BSkyB has ended weeks of speculation over its new leadership by confirming James Murdoch - the 30-year old youngest son of Sky chairman Rupert Murdoch - as its new chief executive.
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Lifer - Living With Murder (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Bloomstein's series has been a reminder that it is the simple formulae that often work the best.'...
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Room 101 (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'Merton made him mime a song he recorded with Lulu, We've Got Tonight - and Keating promptly forgot the words. Magi...
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Room 101 (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'The quickfire wit that week after week manages to salvage the scandal hit remnants of Have I Got News For You was ...
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NewsCoupling cancelled
US network NBC has finally put its British comedy import Couplingout of its misery, confirming the show has been cancelled mid-way through its first run.
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NewsZeal sets up music arm
Zeal Television is attempting to bolster its international music business by setting up a new division to push shows like CD:UK.
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NewsJames Murdoch: what the papers say
The consensus amongst the daily newspapers this morning (4 November) appears to have a dim view on Rupert Murdoch's son, James Murdoch, taking over the helm at BSkyB.
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RatingsLooking for Victoria ends with 4.2m
BBC1's concluding episode of Looking for Victoriafound itself also looking for an audience as only 4.2 million (18.2%) bothered last night (3 November).
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NewsITC clears Corrie's gay kiss
Coronation Street's first gay kiss has been passed by TV watchdogs despite a barrage of complaints from viewers.
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Beckham's Body Parts (ITV1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'This was a programme that was chronicling the ability of David Beckham to sell anything - while itself using David...
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Brookside (C4) - Paul Vallely, Independent
'The episode was compelling, and in places moving. But it managed to be gritty yet hammy; like all soaps it was not...
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Brookside (C4) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'Brookside, a wonderful old tusker of 21 years, went mad last night? It was a dreadfully disturbing sight.'...
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The Victoria Cross: For Valour (BBC2) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'For once his [Clarkson] enthusiasm and passion for the subject overrode his usual bombast and macho pretension.' ...
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The Victoria Cross: For Valour (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Last night he [Clarkson] brought a heart warming, almost jingoistic fervour to the subject of the nation's top awa...