Small MPU – Page 2003

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    Ratings

    17m see return of 'Dirty' Den

    2003-09-30T11:36:19Z

    The return of 'Dirty' Den to BBC1's EastEndersbrought the channel its highest ratings of the year so far with a peak of 17.2 million (63.8%) last night, writes Jon Rogers.

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    Wife Swap (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent

    2003-10-01T09:17:00Z

    'I think it might be pushing it to describe Wife Swap (Channel 4) as Socratic television, but it has certainly brou...

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    Wife Swap (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times

    2003-10-01T09:31:00Z

    'It makes your spirits sag just a little that we need television to show us not, say, how Brunel built the Clifton ...

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    Wife Swap (C4) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror

    2003-10-01T09:35:00Z

    'Probably as close as British television gets to Jerry Springer, Wife Swap (Channel 4) returned as gloriously voyeu...

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    Wife Swap (C4) - Gareth McLean, Guardian

    2003-10-01T09:36:00Z

    'Wife Swap (Channel 4) is pleasing on many levels and horrendous on many others. Observing the exploits of people y...

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    Wife Swap (C4) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express

    2003-10-01T09:37:00Z

    'There was more human drama, laughter and tears in one hour of Wife Swap (C4) than you'd see in a month of soaps.'...

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    Wife Swap (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph

    2003-10-01T09:39:00Z

    'Last night's episode was not only warm-hearted and entertaining, it also appeared genuinely helpful to the couples...

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    News

    ITV picks up Turkey game

    2003-10-01T10:19:38Z

    ITV has bought the rights to show exclusive terrestrial coverage of England's vital Euro 2004 qualifying match against Turkey on Saturday 11 October, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Fox: 'I'm staying at Capital'

    2003-10-01T10:21:21Z

    Capital FM's drivetime presenter Neil Fox has cemented his commitment to the station following rumours that he would quit after losing Chris Tarrant's breakfast slot to Johnny Vaughan, writes Michael Rosser.

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    Sky hits 7m subscriber target

    2003-10-01T10:23:00Z

    Sky Digital today announced it has reached its 7 million subscriber target three months ahead of schedule on the day of the fifth anniversary of the service's launch, writes Rosemary Gallagher.

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    Wife Swap is viewers' favourite with 5.6m

    2003-10-01T11:36:53Z

    Channel 4's second series of Wife Swapmaintained its standing with viewers last night (30 September) as it attracted 5.6 million (23.5%), writes Jon Rogers.

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    Animal Hospital is put to sleep

    2003-10-01T16:27:09Z

    The last full series of Animal Hospitalwith Rolf Harris will begin tonight (Wednesday) on BBC1 after 10 years, writes Sam Matthews.

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    BBC2 to trace celebrity family trees

    2003-10-02T08:25:00Z

    A group of celebrities are to trace their family ancestry for a major BBC2 interactive series, which is being billed as next year's Restoration, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    TWI wins BBC darts contract

    2003-10-02T08:26:00Z

    Indie TWI has picked up the contract to produce the BBC's darts coverage for the next year, as part of the corporation's bid to meet its 25% independent production quota, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC digital curriculum gets green light for 2006 launch

    2003-10-02T08:26:00Z

    The BBC's controversial£150m digital curriculum project will finally launch in September 2006, after getting the go-ahead from the European Commission (EC) this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    C4 follows up Operatunity

    2003-10-02T08:27:00Z

    Channel 4 is to follow up its successful Operatunityseries with a search for a West End musical star, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Chrysalis exec takes flight to C4

    2003-10-02T08:30:00Z

    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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    BBC secures Italian reprieve for TOTP

    2003-10-02T08:30:00Z

    BBC worldwide has secured a three-year deal with Italian broadcaster Mediaset to screen a regional version of chart show Top of the Popsafter losing its deal with RAI, writes Michael Rosser.

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    Fremantle feeds hungarian humor

    2003-10-02T08:30:00Z

    Fremantle International Distribution has sold more than 200 hours of comedy programming to Hungary, including a raft of series from Men Behaving Badlywriter Simon Nye. The Humor Channel will screen Nye's new series Hardwareand Beastas ...

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    TV corp takes celeb formats abroad

    2003-10-02T08:30:00Z

    The Television Corporation has sold a brace of celebrity-based formats to Poland and Canada, originally made for BBC1 by indie Mentorn. Polish public broadcaster TVP1 has commissioned Do Us a Favourfor a primetime slot and Radio Canada has commissioned 20-part series ...