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BBC urges staff to ‘give red tape the red card’ as part of simplicity campaign
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This article titled "BBC urges staff to 'give red tape the red card' as part of simplicity campaign" was written by John Plunkett, for The Guardian on Thursday 17th January 2013 18.03 UTC
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke promised in 2002 to "cut the crap", handing out yellow cards for staff to wave at meetings....
BBC1 Breakfast Time: 30 years of cereal TV
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This article titled "BBC1 Breakfast Time: 30 years of cereal TV" was written by John Plunkett, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 17th January 2013 14.27 UTC
It was exactly 30 years ago on 17 January that not a particularly expectant nation sat down to watch its first taste of breakfast television.
BBC1's Breakfast Time,...
Death in Paradise returns with nearly 7 million viewers
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This article titled "Death in Paradise returns with nearly 7 million viewers" was written by John Plunkett, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 9th January 2013 11.12 UTC
BBC1's Ben Miller drama Death in Paradise returned to BBC1 with nearly 7 million viewers on Tuesday, a million up on its first series launch.
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Rageh Omaar joins ITV News
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This article titled "Rageh Omaar joins ITV News" was written by John Plunkett, for guardian.co.uk on Tuesday 8th January 2013 14.44 UTC
Rageh Omaar, the former BBC war reporter who was dubbed the "Scud stud" during the Iraq war, is to become a special correspondent with ITV News.
Omaar joins ITV this week from Qatar-based...
FHM and Nuts hit by sales slump
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This article titled "FHM and Nuts hit by sales slump" was written by Mark Sweney, John Plunkett and Josh Halliday, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 18th August 2011 11.59 UTC
FHM and Nuts saw sales slump by a fifth year on year in the first half of 2011, as a troubled men's sector also saw the previously decline-resilient Men's...
BBC journalists strike for second time over World Service job cuts
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This article titled "BBC journalists strike for second time over World Service job cuts" was written by John Plunkett and Josh Halliday, for The Guardian on Monday 1st August 2011 18.21 UTC
Newsnight and The World at One were among the programmes forced off air yesterday as journalists at the BBC walked out for the second time in...
Defence charities reject News of the World cash windfall over hacking
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This article titled "Defence charities reject News of the World cash windfall over hacking" was written by Lisa O'Carroll, John Plunkett and Mark Sweney, for The Guardian on Tuesday 26th July 2011 19.08 UTC
Defence charities have snubbed the opportunity to make £1m each from the proceeds of the last edition of the News...