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Clarkson disembowelling ‘in jest’, insist public sector workers

A group of striking public sector workers was forced to apologise yesterday after they conceded that their disembowelling of Jeremy Clarkson live on the BBC’s The One Show ‘may have offended some viewers’.

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Posted: Dec 1st, 2011
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Out-of-control BBC admits it has ‘no idea’ how to finish EastEnders

After a tense meeting between scriptwriters and chief executives, the BBC today conceded it still had ‘no workable plan’ for concluding Eastenders. The programme was commissioned in 1985 as a twelve-episode crime drama focusing on the murder of Reg Cox. That was doubled after the first six episodes had been broadcast, when it became apparent [...]

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Posted: Nov 2nd, 2011
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Robert Peston’s smugness growing as world nears economic meltdown

models his voice on fluctuations in the stock market - currently very deep‘Inflation of Robert’s ego is running at an all-time high and rising interest rates among viewers only seem to be making the problem worse.’

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Posted: Nov 1st, 2011
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Sir Terry Wogan given UNESCO World Heritage status

Evergreen television presenter Sir Terry Wogan has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, becoming the 28th presenter currently employed by the BBC to be awarded the status.

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Posted: Nov 1st, 2011
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Ecclestone denies that F1 is becoming ‘institutionally racey’

With speculation growing that Grand Prix motor racing might evolve into an interesting and competitive sport, the diminutive 80 year old multi-billionaire F1 finance chief ‘Little Bernie’ Ecclestone has chosen to speak out in a BBC interview to address the concerns of the nation’s napping sports fans.

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Posted: Oct 20th, 2011
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