ITV's daytime recovery plan

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ITV is fighting to win back daytime television market share, after the BBC's new soap "Doctors" took over the afternoon ratings. ITV's morning line-up, including "This Morning" and "Trisha," is still leading in the morning, but BBC is introducing its new "Crimewatch" program to compete with the ITV programming. ITV's new controller of daytime, Maureen Duffy, is developing a plan to win back market share in the afternoon, including showing repeats of some long-running primetime shows and developing new programming, such as soap operas.

Independent Television (United Kingdom)

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Lorraine Heggessy, controller for BBC 1, is said to want to update current long-running shows, and "Top of the Pops" is being considered by the BBC for reformatting. Several other shows have done well with format updates, but the producers of "Top of the Pops" are worried that its audience will not support the show if it undergoes a radical change.

Column, Heggessy, Lorraine

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Yentob spearheads BBC 1 health check

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Alan Yentob, the television director of BBC Broadcast, has been appointed to lead a review of BBC 1's entire schedule. The review comes as concerns about the main channel moving away from its public service remit arose.

Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Abstract, Yentob, Alan

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