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  • Sarah Jane Adventures Ratings

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    The opening episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures attracted 2.9 million viewers yesterday – a 14% share of the available audience – according to overnight figures. The show aired opposite Channel 4’s Deal or No Deal which attracted 4.1 million viewers and the classic movie version of Ian Fleming’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which drew…

  • Spooks Gets Spin-Off

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    BBC One’s hit drama Spooks is to follow Doctor Who and spawn a BBC Three spin-off. Speaking at the launch of the channel’s winter and spring schedule BBC Three controller Julian Bellamy revealed plans for ‘Rogue Spooks’ which will follow a group of young recruits who “;follow a different rule book”. Mr Bellamy said there…

  • This Life +10 Cast Interview

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    The cast of This Life return next week for a one-off 90 minute special entitled This Life + 10 which finally reveals what happened after that final explosive installment which left a devoted audience begging for more. Miles (Jack Davenport), Milly (Amita Dhiri), Warren (Jason Hughes), Egg (Andrew Lincoln) and Anna (Daniela Nardini) all return…

  • Vicar Of Dibley Holds Final Mass

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    Dawn French dons her cassock and collar once more for a final two-part outing of The Vicar Of Dibley due to be screened over the holiday season.

  • This Life + 10

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    A decade ago, This Life premièred on BBC Two and changed the face of television drama.

  • Rumpole and the Reign of Terror

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    The Old Bailey’s finest comes up against New Labour’s world of control orders, house arrest, jury-less trials and SIAC in Rumpole and the Reign of Terror (John Mortimer, Penguin). What starts as yet another trip to court with a member of the Timson clan soon places Rumpole at the centre of a trial of national…