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	<title>Current.org &#187; BBC</title>
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		<title>PBS taps BBC’s Midwife to boost Sunday viewership</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/09/pbs-taps-bbcs-midwife-to-boost-sunday-viewership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/09/pbs-taps-bbcs-midwife-to-boost-sunday-viewership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Call the Midwife]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PBS’s yearlong effort to build more audience flow in its primetime schedule moves into new territory with the Sept. 30 U.S. broadcast premiere of Call the Midwife, a limited-run BBC drama that will attempt to draw in Masterpiece fans and keep them watching an hour longer on Sunday nights. <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/09/pbs-taps-bbcs-midwife-to-boost-sunday-viewership/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Al Rose, 70</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2010/06/al-rose-70/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Albert E. Rose, former program director of New Jersey Network and later the program distributor who brought nightly British news programs to U.S. public TV, died of lung cancer June 16, 2010, at a hospice in Newtown, Pa. <a href="http://www.current.org/2010/06/al-rose-70/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>KCET to rep BBC newscast, WLIW creating competitor</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2008/05/kcet-to-rep-bbc-newscast-wliw-creating-competitor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2008/05/kcet-to-rep-bbc-newscast-wliw-creating-competitor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC has signed a new distributor for the nightly half-hour BBC World News newscast for public TV stations — KCET in Los Angeles. New York’s WLIW, which has syndicated the show for nearly 10 years, will produce a new &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2008/05/kcet-to-rep-bbc-newscast-wliw-creating-competitor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Return of the Pythons: their PBS premiere</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2005/12/return-of-the-pythons-their-pbs-premiere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2005/12/return-of-the-pythons-their-pbs-premiere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 07:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Television programs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Comedy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monty Python]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Devillier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Something completely different]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bring out your dead, practice your silly walks, and steel yourselves for something completely different, yet strangely familiar. PBS is launching a video onslaught of Monty Python humor—the classics as well as the humorists’ annotated favorites and an acclaimed sequel &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2005/12/return-of-the-pythons-their-pbs-premiere/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alistair Cooke, 95</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2004/04/obituary-alistair-cooke-95/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2004/04/obituary-alistair-cooke-95/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just five weeks after filing his last <em>Letter from America</em> for the BBC, Alistair Cooke died March 30 [2004] at his home in Manhattan. He was 95 and had heart disease. Cooke had delivered the <em>Letter</em> for 58 years, far exceeding his 26 years as a U.S. correspondent for Britain's <em>Guardian</em> newspaper or the mere 22 years he hosted <em>Masterpiece Theatre.</em> <a href="http://www.current.org/2004/04/obituary-alistair-cooke-95/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Age of Kings: an import becomes public TV’s first hit</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1998/12/an-age-of-kings-an-import-becomes-public-tvs-first-hit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1998/12/an-age-of-kings-an-import-becomes-public-tvs-first-hit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 1998 00:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History of public media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was public TV's first unqualified national success, a smash hit. Before Masterpiece Theatre, American Playhouse or Hollywood Television Theatre, there was An Age of Kings, Shakespeare's history plays in 15 parts, a chronicle of Britain's monarchs from Richard II (1399) to Richard III (1484). <a href="http://www.current.org/1998/12/an-age-of-kings-an-import-becomes-public-tvs-first-hit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Master of talks: Cooke, in his Letter from America</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1998/10/master-of-talks-cooke-in-his-letter-from-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1998/10/master-of-talks-cooke-in-his-letter-from-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 1998 02:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People in Public Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Masterpiece Theatre]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://current.org/?p=15662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Masterpiece Theatre was a relatively short run for Alistair Cooke, and his intros mere appetizers. For more of Cooke, as he turns 90, sample some of his half-century of BBC essays. Some journalists make reporting seem easy, almost effortless. They &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1998/10/master-of-talks-cooke-in-his-letter-from-america/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Eh-oh!</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1998/02/eh-oh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1998/02/eh-oh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 1998 01:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education/Engagement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anne Wood]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://current.org/?p=14924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the hills and far away, Teletubbies come to play. In Teletubbyland, a lush green landscape of undulating hills spotted with clumps of bright flowers, the world is safe and fun — a place to explore and learn through play. &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1998/02/eh-oh/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teletubbies in Britain: craze, controversy and consumer frenzy</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1997/12/teletubbies-britain-craze-controversy-consumer-frenzy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1997/12/teletubbies-britain-craze-controversy-consumer-frenzy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 1997 14:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Television programs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://current.org/?p=14944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Teletubbies haven&#8217;t officially landed in the U.S. public TV schedule yet, but they&#8217;ve already roused controversy in Britain and landed a great big licensing deal over here. Hasbro, makers of Playskool Baby and other major toy brands, will introduce a &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1997/12/teletubbies-britain-craze-controversy-consumer-frenzy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How should public TV follow up the Forsyte Saga success?</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1997/04/how-should-public-tv-follow-up-the-forsyte-saga-success-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1997/04/how-should-public-tv-follow-up-the-forsyte-saga-success-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 1997 12:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Television programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Sarson]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://current.org/?p=13974</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of PBS&#8217;s best-known programs remains a major asset for viewers and something of an embarrassment for U.S. producers because it&#8217;s made largely in Britain. Near the end of June 1970, Stanford Calderwood and his wife, Norma Jean, were comfortably &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1997/04/how-should-public-tv-follow-up-the-forsyte-saga-success-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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