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Alchemy plans£15m Hur
London and LA-based drama distributor Alchemy Television is going into production on its first original mini-series, a£15m adaptation of the Biblical epic Ben Hur.
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NewsKeating orders medical examination
BBC 4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a rare one-off drama which aims to explore medical ethics and lift the lid on the NHS' treatment of children with leukaemia, writes Leigh Homwood
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Kirch rejects BSkyB's attempt to exercise put option
Kirch rejects BSkyB's attempt to exercise put option
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NewsChannel 5 to launch interactive daytime gameshow
Channel 5 is launching a new salvo in the lunchtime ratings war with a daily interactive game show, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Winton's a winner on Lotto
TV star Dale Winton's new lottery show has trounced rival Cilla Black in the ratings.Mirror, page 7
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Flyaway Angus will return for TV grilling over vice girl nights
TV star Angus Deayton has flown to Italy with his girlfriend and their year-old son to patch up their relationship after revelatios of his cocaine-fuelled nights with a prostitute.Express, page 30
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Have I got viewers for you!
The BBC was secretly celebrating Angus Deayton's sex shame last night, as bosses predicted Have I got News For You will shaft Big Brother in Friday's ratings.Sun, page 7
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NewsMPs to examine Ofcom and the BBC
Parliament is to reopen the controversy of whether the BBC should be brought under the control of Ofcom like other broadcasters as the joint committee of peers and MPs this week began their three-month-long examination of the draft Communications Bill, writes David Rose
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Ratings'Spooks' loses 1 million but ;Helen West' still flounders
BBC 1's glamorous take on the world of MI5 lost over 1 million viewers last night (Monday 20 May) but still triumphed over its ITV 1 opposition , writes Jon Rogers
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NewsProduction Show news: RDF's Frank calls for fewer indies
David Frank, Managing Director of RDF Media, has called for a drastic reduction in the number of independent production companies in UK TV, writes Peter Keighron
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NewsSky reacts angrily to criticism of RTS Sports no-show
Sky has reacted furiously to criticism of its decision not to participate in the Royal Television Society Television Sports Awards last night, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsITC extends deadline for DTT applications
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has extended the deadline for tender applications for the multiplex digital terrestrial licences freed up by the collapse of ITV Digital, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsProduction Show news: BBC's Thomson says Channel 4 acquisitions are 'hard to justify'
BBC director of public policy Caroline Thomson has criticised some of Channel 4's recent programming decisions, writes Peter Keighron
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NewsProduction Show news: Kaufman slams Communications Bill
Gerald Kaufman MP, Chair of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has attacked the new Communications Bill, writes Peter Keighron