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  • 1948 calls BBC One – wants its ‘hidden camera show’ concept back

    1948 calls BBC One – wants its ‘hidden camera show’ concept back

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    If you ever needed evidence of the paucity of good ideas at the modern BBC this announcement should satisfy: The BBC announces that Danny Cohen, Controller, BBC One and Mark Linsey, Controller, Entertainment Commissioning have commissioned Initial (an Endemol company), to produce Secret Service, a new six-part comedy series for Saturday evenings on BBC One.…

  • Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock launches for PlayStation 3

    Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock launches for PlayStation 3

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    Console game Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock is now available for global download on PlayStation Network on PlayStation 3.  Announced towards the end of last year, the game allows players to take on the roles of the Doctor (Matt Smith) and River Song (Alex Kingston) as they travel across time and space to save the…

  • Mock The Week returns in June

    Mock The Week returns in June

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    Mock The Week returns with a brand new series on Thursday 14 June. Joining regulars Dara O’Briain, Andy Parsons, Hugh Dennis and Chris Addison in the first show are guests Micky Flanagan, Nathan Caton and Greg Davies. Other performers due to feature include Milton Jones, Carl Donnelly, Zoe Lyons, Gary Delaney, Miles Jupp, Ava Vidal,…

  • BBC bosses charge households for taxis, wines, lunches and BAFTA memberships

    BBC bosses charge households for taxis, wines, lunches and BAFTA memberships

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    Despite enforcing huge cutbacks on programme budgets and axing thousands of lower paid jobs, top managers at the BBC have cut their expenses by just 9%. In the face of a less than generous licence fee settlement budgets are being slashed by 20% with valued services such as local radio being dramatically scaled back. Meanwhile…

  • Tor unveils cover for Paul Cornell’s London Falling

    Tor unveils cover for Paul Cornell’s London Falling

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    Publishers Tor have unveiled the cover for London Falling, the latest novel from Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell. Cornell was responsible for TV stories Father’s Day, Human Nature and The Family of Blood as well as a number of ‘classic series’ novels in which he introduced companion Bernice Summerfield. He has also written Doctor Who…

  • Doctor Who writer Moffat slams “stupid” critics

    Doctor Who writer Moffat slams “stupid” critics

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    Sherlock and Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat has slammed “stupid” critics of his shows. Since the writer took over Doctor Who from Russell T Davies there have been complaints that the plots have become too complicated. However Moffat used an interview with BAFTA’s Guru site to slam his detractors, accusing them of “a weird backlash”…