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NewsLittle Britain dominates Comedy Awards
Matt Lucas and David Walliams' cult sketch show Little Britain beat The Office to become the best British TV comedy last night.
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NewsStrictly Come Dancing special gains 9.4m
The return of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing in a special champion of champions edition was the inevitable ratings blockbuster with a high of 9.4 million (39%) at 8.45pm.
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NewsUnsworth steps up at BBC News
BBC director of news Helen Boaden has appointed head of political programmes Fran Unsworth as the new head of newsgathering.
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NewsHomeChoice launches VOD advert channel
The advertising agency that sparked a national dance craze with its Lynx ?I like to party' campaign, is backing the UK's first video-on-demand advertising channel.
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NewsGWR pumps£1m into traffic service
GWR, the radio group that owns Classic FM, has ploughed£1m into enhancing its traffic and travel news service.
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NewsTV Corp offloads Visions for£16.8m
The Television Corporation is to offload outside broadcast business, Visions, to American company NEP for£16.8m, marking its withdrawal from the facilities market.
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NewsFive presenter sets up indie
Lifestyle TV presenter Tris Payne, who has presented on ITV's This Morning and Hot Property for Five, has set up his own independent production company called Liverpool Street Productions.
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News'Fight night' draws the most TV complaints in 2004
Big Brother's infamous 'fight night', which saw contestants on the Channel 4 reality show take part in a violent confrontation, drew the most number of complaints of any UK television programme in 2004, Ofcom has confirmed.
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NewsChristmas message
Broadcast would like to wish its readers a happy Christmas and prosperous new year. Our first issue back after the festive break will be dated Friday 7 January. But broadcastnow.co.uk will resume on Tuesday 4 January.
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NewsHit appoints Burdick as new head
Former managing director of Telewest Charles Burdick has been appointed as the new chief executive of children's television producer Hit Entertainment, makers of Bob the Builder , with immediate effect.
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NewsMine All Mine concludes with 2.2m
ITV1's final part of its comedy drama Mine All Mine ended with a whimper with just 2.2 million (10%) at 9pm.
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NewsC4 to launch alternate reality game
Channel 4 is to unveil its first alternate reality game to tie in with cult US sci-fi animation Afterworld.
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NewsC4 falls to new weekly low
Channel 4's slump in the ratings continued last week with the broadcaster hitting a new low across the week of just 7.19%.
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NewsTV critics 10 April '08
'... never really picked up Howerd's character by the scruff of its neck.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsMoyles and Brand in line for Sony
Chris Moyles and Russell Brand have been short-listed for gongs at this year's radio industry 'Oscars'.
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Clocking Off writer pens BBC cop show.
Clocking off writer Bill Gallagher is penning a cop series for BBC1 and BBC3, writes Jane Marlow.
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Hustle set to be 'a huge international hit'
The BBC is predicting its glossy con-artist drama Hustle will become a worldwide hit after it completed deals with a number of European broadcasters, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Bravo buys Guns 'n' Roses inspired sitcom
Bravo has bought an animated sitcom staring guitarist Slash from rock band Guns 'n' Roses. The 8 x 30-minute Kid Notorious , from Comedy Central, is voiced by Robert Evans, the Hollywood producer behind The Godfather, Chinatown and ...
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Trouble has inked a deal with Decode Entertainment to screen MTV Animation series Undergrads
Trouble has inked a deal with Decode Entertainment to screen MTV Animation series Undergrads. The 13 x 30-minute series follows the misadventures of a group of friends in their first year at college. It will begin its run on Trouble next month.
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Wong on Hit 40 UK
Radio indie Somethin' Else has hired Katherine Wong as producer of weekly chart show Hit 40 UK. She will handle a revamped version of the show, which will launch this Sunday with new presenters Katy Hill and Simon Hirst. The chart, broadcast every Sunday, ...