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Ex-Asda boss faces daunting trial in ITV jungle

18.11.09
So Archie Norman is going to sumbit himself to the Bushtucker Trial that is chairing ITV. Formerly an MP, Tory chief executive and Asda chairman, he says the challenge of overseeing the I’m A Celebrity and X-Factor broadcaster is “irresistible” ... more

Perfect choice of chairman to end the sorry saga at ITV

15.10.09
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Watchdog's refusal to scrap rules on ads is a turn-off for ITV shares

15.09.09
Shares in Coronation Street broadcaster ITV dropped 2.7p to 49.8p after the Competition Commission said it won't scrap advertising rules put in place when Carlton and Granada merged six years ago... more

High kicks in Colombia

02.09.09
Reckon you can salsa? Jane Cornwell did, before she tried to cut it on the dance floors of Cali, where being a salsero is a way out of the ghetto... more

Mick Jagger fights to save cinema where Stones played

08.06.09
Rolling Stone Mick Jagger has given his backing to a campaign to save a historic art deco cinema in London... more

Win for Grade as watchdog calls for review of ad rules

29.05.09
Michael Grade appeared to have won a major victory today as the Office of Fair Trading told the Competition Commission that it must take another look at the rules it set up to protect advertisers when ITV was formed through the merger of Granada and Carlton in 2003 ... more

Gordon has got private jet bug

12.05.09
Air Partner, the listed aircraft-charter company that has hitherto been famous for supply the Boeing jetliners to transport guests of Sir Philip Green to his various Indian Ocean parties, has signed up two new clients: Gordon Brown and David Miliband ... more

The rules? BBC gets starter for 10

04.03.09
The BBC is under increasing pressure to clarify University Challenge rules after it emerged that four out of the last nine winning teams should have been disqualified... more

Grade uses Elastoplast when drastic surgery is required

04.03.09
The rebirth of ITV is gaining all the hallmarks of one of those tired television programmes that have seen better days but come back for a new season, usually with a new element attached... more

Grade scraps targets as ITV dives into red

04.03.09
ITV boss Michael Grade tore up the promises he made after he was parachuted into the Coronation Street broadcaster two years ago... more

Ross faces new calls to quit over sex jokes about woman, 86

26.01.09
Jonathan Ross faces new calls to resign after the family of an Alzheimer’s sufferer reacted with horror at his “jokey” sex claims... more

Three get the seven-year itch in Lucky Seven

05.11.08
Anthony Clark's production of Lucky Seven struggles with the fact that the actors look oddly unbelievable at all the ages they're meant to be portraying.... more

Brideshead is hurriedly revisited

30.09.08
After more than 60 years, Brideshead Revisited has finally made it to the big screen in a thoughtful and handsomely mounted adaptation. ... more

Chat's all folks! Richard and Judy say a cheeky goodbye in their final show on mainstream TV

22.08.08
As Richard and Judy quit terrestrial TV,we look back on the finest and funniest moments of daytime telly's most enduring couple. ... more

What Not To Watch? Out-of-fashion Trinny and Susannah facing the axe

18.08.08
They are famously brisk and direct with the brave women who dare to come to them for style advice. But Trinny and Susannah face harsh truth themselves.... more

Revisited Brideshead is no match for TV ancestor

07.08.08
Much-anticipated new interpretation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited becomes consumed with nostalgia for the Granada series.... more

Grade wields axe as ITV slumps to record £1.5bn loss

06.08.08
ITV has made a record loss of more than £1.5 billion and warned that advertising revenues are set to take a nose-dive in the autumn... more

ITV to axe jobs after warning on ad revenues

06.08.08
The broadcaster's September advertising revenues will be “way down”, chairman Michael Grade warned ... more

Cipriani's on the mend but misses Wasps trip

29.07.08
London Wasps, the reigning English champions, have started their two week pre-season training camp in Granada without Danny Cipriani... more

'Countdown WILL go on without £17,000-a-day Carol Vorderman,' insists Channel 4

28.07.08
Channel 4 today moved to quash rumours that the future of Countdown is in doubt. ... more

Countdown meltdown as Carol Vorderman quits in row over pay

25.07.08
Carol Vorderman unexpectedly quit as co-host of Countdown yesterday. She had been with the Channel 4 quiz show since it started in 1982.... more

Renaissance at Hampstead Theatre after funding boost

26.06.08
The Hampstead Theatre unveils a raft of new work, thanks to an Arts Council funding boost... more

House of Fraser boss gives £1m to Marsden in tribute to his wife

09.05.08
The chairman of House of Fraser gives £1 million to the Royal Marsden Hospital in memory of his wife... more

Alarm bells should be ringing about the future of TV news

07.05.08
Accepting that impartiality is impossible does not negate the effort of trying to achieve it... more

Why it will be tough to make the Grade at ITV

06.03.08
Michael Grade is charismatic, highly regarded in the media industry and articulate, but he's either a rotten businessman or an unlucky one... more

Invasion of the Telly Panellists

17.08.07
Jason Manford is a likeable and talented scamp, it's just a shame so much of his patter treads well-trodden ground, says Bruce Dessau.... more

Get on down, way up high

27.07.07
Drink, dance and dine on a glitzy night out at the revamped roof gardens.... more

Autopilot Carreras battles with overhead Boeings

06.06.07
Once of the famous Three Tenors, Jose Carreras battled aircraft noise as he sang outdoors to open the Hampton Court Palace Festival... more

Pick up some Spanish steps

31.01.07
The passion and drama of Andalusian dance returns to Sadler's Wells in the fourth annual Flamenco Festival.... more

Dame Vera's first stage is transformed

13.12.06
The art deco picture palace in Stepney where Dame Vera Lynn learned her trade is being restored to its former glory.... more

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