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The King James Bible bashers

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Peter Sissons blasts BBC for 'humiliating' royal wedding snub to David Dimbleby

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Sky challenges BBC's crown with own shows and £150m HBO deal

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Sky’s the limit for Melvyn Bragg as South Bank Show is given new lease of life

19.07.10
Broadcaster Melvyn Bragg is to revive the most famous arts programme on television by taking it to a new home... more

Ant and Dec bag first TV Bafta while Simon Cowell is honoured with Special Award

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Melvyn Bragg reveals he was 'heartbroken' as South Bank Show got axed

27.05.10
Melvyn Bragg said he found it "heartbreaking" that the South Bank Show lost a regular time slot, as he introduced the last programme.... more

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Outstanding achievement award for Melvyn Bragg

26.01.10
Melvyn Bragg was presented with an Outstanding Achievement award as he prepared to sign off from his long-running ITV programme The South Bank Show... more

Greats gather for Sir John Mortimer

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Why Radio 4 soars as TV hits rock bottom

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Not so grand designs

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I was wrong, Charles – you have done us all a service

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Don't mourn arts TV - it's done better on radio anyway

08.05.09
The demise of the South Bank Show and the retreat of 69-year-old Melvyn Bragg from ITV are being treated in some quarters as some kind of cultural calamity. Almost entirely mistakenly, I think... more

ITV to axe South Bank Show after three decades as Bragg steps down

06.05.09
The South Bank Show is to be axed by ITV after more than 30 years as the channel’s flagship arts programme, it was announced... more

Rumpole's creator John Mortimer is dead at 85

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Paxman and co tread the boards in Blair musical

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Director who puts himself in the frame

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