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RatingsSM:TV replacement fails to shine
Ministry of Mayhem , ITV1's Saturday morning replacement for SM:TV Live , got off to a disastrous start at the weekend with just 500,000 (8.8%) viewers.
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NewsITV merger set for rubberstamp
Carlton and Granada shareholders are due to rubber-stamp the£5.3bn merger in two separate extraordinary general meetings of the companies today.
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Spitfire Ace (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
?Watching someone else flying a spitfire - with a grin almost as wide as the wingspan - is a thrill of a limited ki...
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Spitfire Ace (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
?Spitfire Ace combines a straight historical documentary with a heavy dose of the game show. Oddly enough it's a co...
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Wall of Silence (ITV1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
?This drama was both powerful and powerfully distressing. Even after two hours you hadn't stopped pinching yourself...
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Wall of Silence (ITV1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
?When he (Nesbitt) and Davis were together, Davis' visceral energy blew him off the screen.?...
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Wall of Silence (ITV1) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
?As well as being confidently directed Wall of Silence was cast perfectly.?...
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RatingsWall of Silence brings 8.3m to ITV1
Wall of Silence , ITV1's dramatisation of Jamie Robe's murder in 1997 and subsequent investigation was a runaway success with 8.3 million (37.7%).
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RatingsFX fails to impress
Fox Television's new UK entertainment channel FX launched on Monday (12 January) to general indifference, with its most watched show Penn and Teller: Bullshit attracting just 22,100 (0.2%) in multichannel homes.
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NewsBBC hits out at Kilroy probe critics
The BBC has hit back at accusations that it is inhibiting freedom of speech by suspending daytime presenter Robert Kilroy-Silk.
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NewsC4 recommissions Peep Show
Peep Show , the acclaimed Channel 4 comedy from Objective Productions, has been re-commissioned for a second series.
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Reynolds takes BBC Middle East brief
The BBC has appointed 30-year-old reporter James Reynolds to the high-pressure role of Middle East correspondent.
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NewsSnell launches dedicated iCR company
Basingstoke-based manufacturer Snell and Wilcox has launched a spin-off company that will concentrate on developing and marketing the company's iCR repurposing technology.
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Shameless (C4) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
?The setting is different - Manchester instead of Liverpool - but it seemed the Eighties hit show Bread had been re...
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Shameless (C4) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
?It fizzes with fun and warmth and in an exuberant, in-your-face celebration of family life.?...
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Shameless (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
?The action began immediately and continued at a cracking pace.?...
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Shameless (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Shameless is exhilarating to watch: the TV equivalent of being on a big dipper, twisting and diving until it depos...
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Shameless (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'You got an image of Abbott working his way through a checklist of ignition buttons: gay sex, tick; underage gay se...
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Shameless (C4) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'Shameless is Paul Abbott on fire and, as such, is unmissable.'...
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RatingsC4's Shameless launches with 2.3m
Channel 4's new drama, Shameless , penned by Paul Abbott got off to a solid start last night (13 January), averaging 2.3 million (12.1%).