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Passer By (BBC1) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Passer By rapidly turned into a suburban reworking of Albert Camus' La Chute.'...
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Passer By (BBC1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'So far it is a powerful morality fable that will strike bells in many heads.'...
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Murder in Suburbia (ITV1) - Robert Gore-Langton, Daily Star and Daily Express
'A mock tudor version of Cagney and Lacey, it's a show that makes even Casualty look plausible.'...
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NewsC4 launches comedy hunt
Channel 4 has launched a two-pronged hunt for new comedy talent with a new series of its Comedy Lab strand and a scheme designed to uncover budding writers in the Glasgow area.
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NewsEurope convinced by BBC1's Hustle
Hustle , BBC1's glossy drama about a group of con-artists, has been sold to a raft of European countries.
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RatingsBritain's Best Sitcom appeals to over 5m
The final of BBC2's Britain's Best Sitcom tickled the viewers' fancy with 5.4 million (29.8%) making it the most watched channel at the time.
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Ratings7m stop for BBC1's Passer By
Passer By , BBC1's new two-part dark drama from writer Tony Marchant got off on the right track with 6.9 million (28.9%).
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NewsHewitt to make debut as radio host
The smooth talking skills of James Hewitt are to be put to the test when he makes his debut as a phone-in host on LBC 97.3 FM.
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NewsRoot confirms Discovery role in US
The BBC has confirmed that BBC2 controller Jane Root is to leave to take control of the Discovery Channel in the US in mid-May.
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Amnesia (ITV1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'You might have wondered if the makers of Amnesia plumped for so brazen a cliché as casting John Hannah as a moody,...
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Amnesia (ITV1) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'It settled down to a piece of entertaining storytelling that made some demands on the audience's intelligence.'...
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Amnesia (ITV1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'If it were possible for a TV drama to wear a T-Shirt, Amnesia's would surely read: 'Conventional Thriller - and Pr...
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Amnesia (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The longer it went on the less plausible Amnesia became.'...
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NewsC4I signs Aussie deals
Channel 4 International (C4I) has signed two major package deals with Australian Pay TV channels at this year's MIPTV.
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RatingsPasser By overtakes Amnesia
BBC1's concluding part of Passer By saw off ITV1's own drama challenge with 6.7 million (28.3%).
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NewsLudos in partnership deal with DITG
Format house Ludos, the company set up by Action Time founders Stephen Leahy and Trish Kinane in 2002, has signed a partnership deal with technology company The Digital Interactive Television Group (DITG).
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NewsPressure grows against ITV centralisation
Presure is mounting on Ofcom and the government to act to halt what MPs fear is an increasing trend by ITV to concentrate its television production in London and one or two regional centres.
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NewsCRCA: bring BBC under external regulation
The Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) has added its voice to calls for the BBC to be brought under independent external regulation as the deadline for submissions to the government's charter renewal consultation closed yesterday today (Wednesday).
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Holidays in the Danger Zone (BBC4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Such bleakness hasn't prevented these programmes from being gripping.'...
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Hustle (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Hustle came to the end of its first run showing signs that it had reached the bottom of the plot barrel.' ...