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Bet's off ill two weeks after Corrie return
Actress Julie Goodyear has collapsed with exhaustion after two and a half weeks of her Coronation Street comeback.
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He's staying
Shamed Angus Deayton will escape disciplinary action by the BBC, it emergeed yesterday.
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HIT in talks to cement merger with rival Gullane
HIT Entertainment, the owner of children's favourite Bob the Builder, is trying to engineer a nerger with Gullane, the company behind Thomas the Tank Engine.Express, page 76
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A bleak picture for ITV giants
The fiasco surrounding the collapse of ITV Digital will leave its mark on joint owners Granada and Carlton Communications this week.Express, page 77
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NewsChannel 5 goes high-brow with new historical series
Channel 5 is re-affirming its commitment to move away from tacky programming with a new major 12-part documentary on the history of British Kings and Queens, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsHIT makes£150m approach for Gullane
Bob the Builder creator HIT Entertainment is in preliminary talks with rival kids' producer Gullane Entertainment over a possible takeover, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsITV in£25m ratings drive
ITV has launched a new salvo in the ratings war with BBC 1 by confirming a£25m boost to its programming budget while unveiling a new framework for regional programming, writes Steve Aston
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RatingsBBC 1 makes it five Sunday night peaktime wins on the trot
BBC 1's Auf Wiedersehen, Petshowed no sign of running out of steam on Sunday night as the series gained its second highest audience yet, leaving ITV 1 to wonder what has happened to its traditional Sunday night dominance, writes Jon ...
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Freeco gears up to bid for DTT licences.
The prospect of the terrestrial broadcasters' much-vaunted Freeco consortium taking over the former ITV Digital licences
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BBC 1 scheduler quits for new role at Lion TV.
A key architect of BBC 1's victory over ITV 1 in the ratings war has dealt a blow to the corporation by announcing he is quitting to join the independent sector, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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ITV hands cash to drama.
ITV drama producers are to be the beneficiaries of an influx of cash to ITV's programming budget, write Steve Aston and Peter Keighron
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C5 to show up worst drivers.
Channel 5 is hosting its own talent competition, billed as Pop Idol for drivers, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Production show - Call for indies to consolidate.
RDF Media managing director David Frank has called for a drastic reduction in the number of UK independent production companies, writes Peter Keighron
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Kaufman raps bill as 'unimaginative'.
Gerald Kaufman MP, chair of the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee, has
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BBC head says C4 must keep to remit.
BBC Director of public policy Caroline Thomson has criticised some of Channel 4's recent programming decisions,
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BBC to up foreign coverage.
The BBC is to increase its commitment to primetime foreign affairs programming as media secretary Tessa
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Pepsi Chart Show axed.
Channel 5 has dropped one of the last remaining original entertainment shows of its launch era as it continues to distance itself from its old image, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC turns to Mast Media for new quiz format.
The BBC has commissioned a new, long-running daytime quiz series which is being billed as 'the new Weakest Link', writes Penny Hughes
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BBC hires former Artsworld chief.#
The BBC has appointed former deputy channel director of digital station Artsworld Kim Thomas as its new editor of arts series, writes Leigh Holmwood