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Police to probe presenter's mercy killing confession
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
BBC's Ray Gosling said that he had smothered the unnamed partner as he lay in hospital "in terrible pain".
Top chef Raymond Blanc slams 'TV sensationalism'
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc has criticised the TV industry for "sensationalising" food.
Radio 2 told to tune in to listeners over 65
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
BBC Radio 2 has been told it must do more to appeal to older listeners – particularly over-65s. In a major review of the station, the BBC Trust said Britain's biggest network should find a "more varied and challenging selection of programmes", even if this meant losing some of its audience.
Teaching Roger Ailes' Fox News a lesson and upholding the spirit of Pulitzer
Monday, 15 February 2010
The world’s most famous academy of journalism reacts to claims it is elitist and out of touch. Stephen Foley reports
A treasure trove of film from the BBC archives goes online
Monday, 15 February 2010
From early documentaries to comedy gold, the BBC’s vast archives are finally being made instantly accessible
The Likely Lads fall out as Bolam refuses to sanction TV repeats
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Former co-stars' simmering 35-year feud boils over
Berlusconi silences TV critics ahead of elections
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Programmes investigating Italy's PM hit after changes to rules for broadcasters
Church concern over religious broadcast hours
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
The Church of England today voted to express "deep concern" about a reduction in religious broadcasting across British television - but drew back from singling out the BBC for criticism.
BBC pays £229m a year in salaries for stars
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
The BBC spent £54m on its top-earning stars but their salaries accounted for just 1.6 per cent of the £3.6bn annual licence fee income, according to figures released yesterday.
BBC's top stars paid £54 million
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
The BBC spends £54 million on its top-earning stars, according to figures out today.
TV product placement ban to be lifted
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Product placement will be allowed on British TV programmes under new legislation announced by the Government today.
Old habits die hard for early riser Sir Terry Wogan
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Old habits die hard for Sir Terry Wogan - he still wakes up early despite hanging up his breakfast show headphones.
Sky drops ITV court fight as it cuts stake
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
BSkyB, the pay TV group, yesterday dropped the protracted legal battle over its 17.9 per cent stake in ITV and agreed to sell down to less than 7.5 per cent.
ITV fined over 'I'm a celebrity' rat killing
Monday, 8 February 2010
ITV was fined for animal cruelty after contestants on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! killed and ate a rat, the Australian RSPCA said today.
Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky sues over Alexander Litvinenko poison link
Monday, 8 February 2010
Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky today sued over a "savage libel" that he was behind the terrible murder of Alexander Litvinenko by radioactive poisoning.
Adam Boulton: ‘I want to see Brown and Cameron going at each other'
Monday, 8 February 2010
Sky News’s political editor is keen to stamp his channel’s personality, if not his own ego, on the pre-election debates, he tells Ian Burrell
Campbell at loggerheads with BBC for grilling over Iraq Inquiry
Monday, 8 February 2010
Alastair Campbell was embroiled in another row with the BBC last night after breaking down on television as he answered questions about the Iraq war.
The return of the werewolf
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Suddenly, they are everywhere, in bookshops, on television and in the cinema.Kate Youde offers the IoS bluffer's guide to the lycanthrope.
Sport on TV: Green grabs all the best lines as his fishing boat comes in
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Once upon a time, actors used to act and sportsmen played sport. We knew where we were. Very occasionally, as in the case of C Aubrey Smith, who captained England at cricket (once) before tucking his bat under his arm and heading off to Hollywood, appearing in such classics as 'Rebecca' and 'The Prisoner of Zenda', someone jumped the dividing line, but that was very much the exception.
How Jim Carrey stole show
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Isabella Enock: The actor turned France's most watched TV news programme into a comedy show
BBC 'could learn about drama from HBO'
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Call for Corporation to copy US channel's 'high-quality, high-risk' attitude
An insult to Asians
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: C4’s Indian Winter is all too typical of British TV, from panel games to detective dramas
Virgin Media on demand view figures rise by 50 per cent
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
The appetite of viewers for watching their favourite shows when they want helped lift by 50 per cent hits at Virgin Media's on demand service last year.
So long Big Brother, and welcome to the revolution on Channel 4
Monday, 1 February 2010
The most radical revamp in the network’s history is underway. Head of programmes Julian Bellamy tells Ian Burrell what will fill the void after reality TV
Jonathan Ross may return to Channel 4
Monday, 1 February 2010
Channel 4 has been in talks with Jonathan Ross with a view to the presenter returning to the station where he began his broadcasting career after his contract with the BBC ends in July.
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