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Newsnight to stick with cat stories until further notice

The BBC has announced that for the rest of the year at least, flagship current affairs program Newsnight will solely run stories on politicians’ cats. The feline marathon will kick off with an examination of the mousing ability of Downing Street moggies Larry and Freya, who are both neutered and thus incapable of any sexual indiscretion.

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Posted: Nov 12th, 2012
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Archbishop of Canterbury to deputise as BBC DG

determined to bring unruly flock under controlExcited by the challenge of turning around the fortunes of another national institution floundering in it’s own dithering and regarded as ignorant of the changing needs of its congregation, the newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury has agreed to take on a second job deputising as Director General of the BBC.

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Posted: Nov 11th, 2012
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More allegations of abuse by Santa Claus

many fear he also took advantage of the National Elf Service for his own sordid endsYet more allegations have been flooding in which suggest renowned children’s charity worker Santa Claus was in fact at the heart of a sickening global paedophile ring, possibly spanning many decades.

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Posted: Oct 24th, 2012
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Life on Mars team to ‘retro-solve’ BBC crisis.

The BBC is set to launch a special investigation into events at Television Centre in the 70’s and 80’s, using the tried and tested BBC 1 dramatic formula of time travel.

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Posted: Oct 24th, 2012
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BBC 2 declares war on BBC 1

could signal the end of Gardener's Question TimeFierce hand-to-hand fighting at BBC Television Centre escalated into a mortar battle in the early hours, as BBC 1 responded with heavy rounds of rocket fire, killing four Newsnight producers and prompting an application for voluntary redundancy from a fifth.

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Posted: Oct 23rd, 2012
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