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* The cult American TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is to have its British spin-off 08/07/01 B 8 1>6 Photographs * Will and Grace was acclaimed in the states for the perceptive portrayal of its gay protagonist, but Philip Hensher believes the hit sitcom reinforces some of the old stereotypes 15/07/01 R 10 1>5 Photographs * Review of Hot Wax/Reputations: Richard Burton/Speed/Table 12 15/07/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs * Review of The Secret Life of Us/Mersey Beat/Raising Tennis Aces/The New Rulers of the World/Big Brother 22/07/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs * Big Brother is simply great TV says Sean O'Hagan 22/07/01 R 9 1>4 Photographs * Mirada Sawyer meets Steve McFadden to find out what a Rada-trained actor is doing with Phil Mitchell in EastEnders - see McFadden, Steve 29/07/01 * The head of Channel 4 defended his decision to screen a controversial spoof about paedophilia 29/07/01 B 1>2 8 Photograph * The original cast of Only Fools and Horses, Britain's most popular sitcom, will begin filming one of three new BBC episodes in November 29/07/01 B 11 4>8 Photograph * Review of Survivor/Big Brother/Brass Eye Special 29/07/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs * 15 weeks of fame for Brian Dowling, the winner of TV's Big Brother 29/07/01 B 29 1>2 Photograph * Michael Jackson, Channel 4's outgoing chief executive leaves a station reeling from the success of Big Brother while dodging flak for rerunning a satire about paedophiles 29/07/01 B 29 1>5 Photograph * The runner-up in Big Brother lands more instant riches than the winner… but TV and the tabloids gain the most 29/07/01 B 7 1>8 Photographs * The BBC is to be given the green light for a major expansion of its television channels to include a new BBC3 youth channel and an upmarket BBC4 for culture and arts programmes - see BBC 05/08/01 * The Government is poised to scrap the long-standing rule banning ITV from owning its news provider - see ITV 05/08/01 * The Government is poised to scrap the long-standing rule banning ITV from owning its news provider 05/08/01 N 1 1>7 * Review of Men In The Woods/Alpha: Will It Change their Lives? 05/08/01 R 20 1>5 Photographs * The Secret Life of Us is one of Australia's most successful television exports - why has another examination of twentysomething's lives become such a hit? 05/08/01 R 9 1>5 Photograph * The hit show, Big Brother's winner has spent only 30 minutes with his family since filming ended - and friends blame Channel 4 - see Big Brother 12/08/01 * The soaps are awash with brands amid anomalies over product placement - see Media 12/08/01 * TV show Big Brother's winner has spent only 30 minutes with his family since filming ended - and friends blame Channel 4 12/08/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs * Review of Take Me/Celebrity Sleepover/Four Weeks To Find A Girlfriend 12/08/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs * Ronan Bennett's new prison comedy, Lucky Break 12/08/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs * Ricky Gervais has created a finely tuned character in David Brent in The Office, the surprise television hit of the summer OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC 2001 229 12/08/01 R 9 1>4 Photographs * ITV has snatched the Premiership football highlights for more than £180m but how did the new prime time team perform? - see Sport: Football 19/08/01 * Review of Space/Stars and Their Doubles/Pretending to Be Judith/Prince Naseem's Guide to Islam/Home Front: Islam Special/The Office 19/08/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs * Armando Iannucci's dark vision has produced some of the best British TV comedy of the past 10 years, now he's coming out as a performer - see Iannucci, Armando 26/08/01 * Attempts by ITN to hold on to its ITV news contract by fighting off a consortium featuring BSkyB will come under intense fire with the publication of a report - see Business & Industry 26/08/01 * On the of the BBC's most senior figures branded reality TV programmes 'humiliating, manipulative and sick' in an attack on a form of television that draws big ratings 26/08/01 B 1 4>6 * Review of EastEnders/Newsnight 26/08/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs * Dawn Airey, chief executive of Channel 5, defended her decision to screen a documentary series about the mass murders of Fred West 26/08/01 B 5 1>7 Photographs * Behind the scenes of The Sopranos - see Sopranos, The 02/09/01 * Our public service broadcaster has no business chasing ratings through new channels, says Disney TV chief Paul Robinson - see BBC 02/09/01 * The future of TV: it's the biggest revolution in decades at the BBC, with two new channels and a whole new brief to keep Britain entertained and informed 02/09/01 B 13 1>6 Photographs * Review of Absolutely Fabulous/Bedtime/Going Native 02/09/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs * Bob is gay, rose is straight… and they're a loving couple - a new TV series from Queer as Folk writer Russell T. Davies, who reveals his real-life inspiration 02/09/01 R 9 1>4 Photographs * Sky-style imports threaten quality public service TV, Tim Gardam, head of programmes at Channel 4, calls for one regulator to speak up for viewers - see Media 09/09/01 * Review of A Small Summer Party/The Armando Iannucci Shows/Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures/Baz Luhrmann: The Show Must Go On 09/09/01 R 20 1>8 Photograph * Television's critics have got is wrong says Peter Bazalgette, creator of Channel 4's The Big Brother 09/09/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs * Review of 'Orrible/Bob and Rose/Blue Planet 16/09/01 R 13 1>7 Photographs * Terror in America: Images that mocked all powers of description 16/09/01 X 19 5>6 Photographs * Channel 4's new weapon in the battle to win back millions of young viewers is a precocious 26-year-old architect whose favourite buildings include McDonald's and Tesco 16/09/01 B 3 1>6 Photograph * Audiences have lot their appetites for hijackings and violence, just as in the years after the war and the JFK assassination, escapist entertainment will dominate TV and the movies - see Film 23/09/01 * The new chairman of the BBC Gavyn Davies, pledges to steer the BBC from house-and-garden obsession - see BBC 23/09/01 * Perfect Match/Would Like To Meet/Armadillo 23/09/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs
* Dominic Savage tells Geraldine Bedell about his new factmeets-fiction drama on a runaway 12 year old girl 23/09/01 R 8 1>4 Photographs * As part of the European Union's Year of Languages, French secondary school children are to watch EastEnders to sharpen their language skills - see Language 30/09/01 * As the South Bank Show enters its twenty-fifth season, Melvyn Bragg argues that rather than killing off the arts, television has widened their appeal - see Arts, The 30/09/01 * Review of Temptation Island/The Most Evil Men in History/Fighting Back: the Michael Watson Story 30/09/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs * Profile on EastEnders - Britain's favourite soap is watched by one in four… with murder, abortion, gay love, underage sex, racial tension… it's the Dickens of our times - see EastEnders 07/10/01 * Review of Band of Brothers/EastEnders/Terror in America: The British Victims and Survivors 07/10/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs * Clichés are swept aside in a radical drama series that gives black actors what they want - a great script 07/10/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs * Review of TV News/Joined: The Secret World of Siamese Twins/Real Life: The Fattest Men in Britain 14/10/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs * The absurdities of war still give ammunition for quick-thinking satirists such as 2DTV - see Satire 21/10/01 * Review of Sweet Revenge/Not All Houses Are Square/Property Latter 21/10/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs * Charities fear a backlash over TV sitcom's Mr Nasty - see Charities 28/10/01 * Rupert Murdoch wins the rights to the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire for his StarTV entertainment channel 28/10/01 B 14 4>5 Photograph * Review of Coolhunters/The Naked Chef/Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story 28/10/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs * In the scramble for primetime ratings, Saturday evening has become TV's graveyard slot 28/10/01 R 8 1>6 Photographs * Review of Jordan: Living Without Fame/Linda Green/My Uncle Silas/Gimme Gimme Gimme 04/11/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs * ITV's cutting-edge new drama Night and Day is no ordinary soap 04/11/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs * Review of Faking It/Omnibus: The Billy Elliot Boy/Night and Day 11/11/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs * Cold Feet, ITV's groundbreaking drama, is back with a darker edge, switching the emphasis from commitment to falling apart 11/11/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs * Cash-strapped ITV Digital is to declare a counterfeiters' amnesty on its smart-cards - see Business & Industry 18/11/01 * It's time to give women a chance as chatshow hosts says Kathryn Flett 18/11/01 R 2 1>6 Photograph * Review of The Kumars at No 42/Dr Terrible's House of Horrible/Mr Charity/Home Front/It's A Girl Thing/The Farmer Wants a Wife 18/11/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs]# * Ken Loach has never been afraid to experiment, his new TV film, The Navigators, is no exception 18/11/01 R 6 1>7 Photographs * Leaving EastEnders will make Tamzin Outhwaite one of the BBC's highest paid stars - see Outhwaite, Tamzin 25/11/01 * Profile of husband and wife team Richard Madeley and Judy OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC 2001 230 Finnigan, who were one of ITV's hottest properties before they fell out with a new producer and switched to Channel 4 - see Madeley, Richard 25/11/01 * Review of Being Mick/Omnibus: Syd Barrett/Cold Feet 25/11/01 R 18 1>8 Photographs * The new Othello stands out as a bold ITV commission 25/11/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs * Jon Snow, the award-winning Channel 4 newscaster and one of Britain's most respected journalists, has launched a furious attack on ITV for 'reducing its commitment' to news - see Media 02/12/01 * Review of Richard and Judy/Kenyon Confronts/Linda Green/Bridge 02/12/01 R 15 1>8 Photograph * With its merciless satires of British TV shows, the website tvgohome has become essential, but how will it survive the transition to its new home - television? 02/12/01 R 8 1>5 Photograph * Interview with Kenneth Branagh who is starring as Antarctic hero Shackleton in a C4 TV drama - see Branagh, Kenneth 09/12/01 * Review of The Navigators/Swallow/The Way We Live Now/Band of Brothers 09/12/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs * Profile on Mark Thompson who may one day run the BBC but meanwhile in the new head of Channel 4 - see Thompson, Mark 16/12/01 * The critically-acclaimed ITV comedy romance Cold Feet failed to win a single award at last night's British Comedy Awards - see Comedy 16/12/01 * Review of The BBC Sports Personality of the Year/The Turner Prize/When Louis Met The Hamilton's/Bigamy 16/12/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs * Television of the Year: Kathryn Flett 23/12/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs * Review of Trouble at the Top/Battle Centre/So That Was Christmas 23/12/01 R 24 1>8 Photographs * Actor James Nesbitt has undertaken his most daunting professional challenge yet appearing as a Protestant in Bloody Sunday - see Nesbitt, James 30/12/01 * The Lost World/Hamilton Mattress/Ivor the Invisible/The Private Dirk Bogarde/Othello 30/12/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs * Television 2002: Akin Ojumu 30/12/01 R 8 1>8 Photographs TELL NO ONE * See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 29/07/01 TEN KEY THINGS ABOUT… * Revenge 07/01/01 B 25 5 * Identical twins 14/01/01 B 29 5 * Queen Victoria 21/01/01 B 29 4 * The Mitfords 04/02/01 B 29 5 * Orgasms 11/02/01 B 29 5 * Bigamy 18/02/01 B 29 5 * Lent 25/02/01 B 29 5 * UFOs 04/03/01 B 29 5 * Chocolate 15/03/01 B 25 5 * Spring 18/03/01 B 29 6 * Motherhood 25/03/01 B 29 5 * April Fool's Day 01/04/01 B 29 5
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THE OBSERVER INDEX JANUARY-DECEMBER
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* Interview with Jake Arnott, autho
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* See Book Reviews - Lee, Hermione
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* How long can the cut-price bonanz
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* The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi b
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* Books for 11 to 18 year olds 28/1
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BOOK REVIEWS - KINSELLA, JOHN * Sel
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BOOK REVIEWS - MOSS, STEPHEN * War,
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* Taschen Icons: Encyclopedia Anato
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Snowman - see Briggs, Raymond 04/11
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* Industry news 25/02/01 N 2 1 Phot
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month after two years of poor perfo
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* Millions of pre-school children w
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* Profile on former Olympic champio
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successful at persuading their pare
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people… why did no one stop him?
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* Historian Simon Schama's TV trial
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* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford,
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Graph * Rises in house prices are e
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* Scientists have discovered the wh
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lack and white makes sense 06/05/01
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* Review of Vertical Limit/Bounce/R
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* Policies sold to Jews in pre-war
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* Mercury Asset Management (MAM) wi
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* Finest food wines 22/04/01 M 47 1
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* My roots: a week in Monty's garde
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* See Book Reviews - Bayley, Stephe
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* After three unexplained miscarria
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album, a clothing range, toys, a tr
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* Homeless families are being threa
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* See Music: Classical 17/06/01 IAN
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* Norman Harris 03/06/01 S 4 1>7 *
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* Sue Withers and Andrew Moller's h
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of Venezuela, have broken their par
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* Italian police were questioning a
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* Japan needs another miracle to su
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in the same way that football clubs
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* Report on revelations over the ex
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* Negotiations in Bonn are optimist
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* Letters to the Editor 29/04/01 B
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* Review of Carmen/Orfeo ed Euridic
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* Interview with actress Joan Plowr
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* Endless revelations about stars'
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