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Estate of play
From Media Guardian. Posted July 11 2008, 11.03pm
How did Paul Abbott escape his dysfunctional family to become the most sought-after writer in British TV? Decca Aitkenhead finds out (more)

Advertising Standards Authority clears TV ad for school bully computer game
From Media Guardian. Posted July 9 2008, 10.13am
A TV ad for a computer game where players control a school bully has escaped a ban from the advertising regulator despite 31 complaints. By Mark Sweney (more)

Scot's 'C' word escapes Kyle censors
From Digital Spy. Posted July 7 2008, 12.42pm
ITV1 aired a Scotsman using the 'C' word to Jeremy Kyle because censors could not understand his accent. (more)

Television: Top Gear in hot water over G&T on ice
From Media Guardian. Posted July 2 2008, 11.08pm
Clarkson and co escape censure after polar special criticised for 'glamorising the misuse of alcohol' (more)

Record Escapes Censure Over Rowling Complaint
From allmediascotland - Spike. Posted June 27 2008, 1.29am
The Daily Record, along with two other newspapers, has escaped censure, following a complaint from novelist, JK Rowling. The author of the Harry Potter series had claimed to the Press Complaints Commission that her privacy had been breached following an article about her purchasing a new... (more)

Celebs sign up for Channel Five's Rough Guide to Ultimate Escapes
From Media Guardian. Posted May 29 2008, 6.36am
Channel Five is to launch a spin-off of its Rough Guides series in which celebrities including comedian Dom Joly and Green Wing actor Stephen Mangan will undertake adrenaline-fuelled adventures. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Comedy Awards fine limited by 'loophole'
From Digital Spy. Posted May 19 2008, 7.39pm
ITV appears set to escape a seven-figure fine over the fixing of the 2005 British Comedy Awards. (more)

News Corp technology firm NDS escapes $1bn hacking lawsuit
From Media Guardian. Posted May 16 2008, 12.04pm
News Corporation-owned technology company NDS has seen off a $1bn lawsuit alleging piracy and hacking charges. By Mark Sweney (more)

Newspaper buy-out to escape scrutiny by Competition Commission
From Hold the Front Page. Posted May 8 2008, 10.20am
Office of Fair Trading is satisfied that competition has been restored after Berkshire sales (more)

Kellogg's cereal ads cleared by ASA
From Media Guardian. Posted April 23 2008, 6.15am
Kellogg's has escaped censure from the advertising watchdog despite almost 70 complaints about two TV campaigns. By Mark Sweney (more)

Catherine Tate escapes Ofcom warning
From Digital Spy. Posted April 14 2008, 3.45pm
Ofcom has rejected complaints regarding the Christmas Day episode of The Catherine Tate Show. (more)

ITV cleared by watchdog over swearing on Brits
From Media Guardian. Posted March 31 2008, 1.31pm
ITV1 has escaped censure from Ofcom over Sharon Osbourne's four-letter outburst at last month's Brit Awards. By John Plunkett (more)

GMTV escapes fraud investigation
From Media Guardian. Posted March 10 2008, 12.03pm
The Serious Fraud Office has said it will not investigate the GMTV phone-in scandal, which cost viewers £35m. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

It’s just semantics, Auntie, when it comes to sponsors
From The Times. Posted March 5 2008, 11.55pm
The first rule of television - and the only one that everybody knows - is that there are no adverts on the BBC. Commercials are, of course, the wretched business of ITV, Channel 4 and the rest - the kind of broadcasters who, apparently, entice us to engorge ourselves with the occasional display of “junk” food advertising. Those who dislike the commercial message, and have no need to visit the bathroom in the middle of their favourite programmes, can escape to the haven of the BBC's output, where, of course, there is no sort of insidious advertising. Right? (more)

Radio Video: The Duct Tape Escape
From radio.about.com. Posted March 4 2008, 12.20pm
The Wild 95.5/West Palm Beach morning show wanted to know if their stunt boy, Jason, could escape from shackles made of duct tape in two minutes or less. Watch and... (more)

Virgin broadband ad escapes ban
From Media Guardian. Posted February 6 2008, 7.12am
An ad campaign for Virgin Media's high speed broadband service has been cleared by the ASA despite a string of complaints from rivals. By Mark Sweney (more)

ITV escapes rap for Davidson remarks
From Media Guardian. Posted January 14 2008, 2.10pm
Ofcom has cleared Hell's Kitchen of breaching the broadcasting code after receiving nearly 200 complaints about alleged homophobic bullying. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Evening News reporter escapes missile attack in former Taliban town
From Hold the Front Page. Posted January 10 2008, 12.00am
One of first reporters into tricky territory witnesses Christmas Day mortar attack (more)

British journalist escapes injury in fatal car park shoot-out
From Press Gazette. Posted January 2 2008, 12.00am
A former British n nfight outside his office in the Bahamas this Christmas in which a policeman was shot dead. (more)

Sky Sports News cleared over Ricky Hatton swearing
From Press Gazette. Posted December 17 2007, 12.00am
Sky Sports News has escaped censure from Ofcom after it broadcast offensive language during a live press conference with boxers Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather. (more)

Vodka ad cleared of anti-Welsh spirit
From Media Guardian. Posted December 12 2007, 7.01am
A TV ad accused of portraying Welsh people as having 'low intelligence' has escaped a ban from the advertising watchdog. By Mark Sweney (more)

October ABCs: Observer escapes Sundays' slide
From Media Guardian. Posted November 9 2007, 2.47pm
The Observer bucked the downward sales trend in the Sunday quality market, increasing circulation by 0.15% year on year. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Prime TV gears up for three new shows
From Biz Asia. Posted October 19 2007, 12.32am
Prime TV has announced the addition of three new shows in the coming days. A top ten music chart show called 'Prime Asian Music' will occupy the Monday to Friday 17:30 slot to target young British Asians. There's also the launch of a new drama called 'Meher', which follows on from the success of Prime TV's current Pak-Indo series 'Pyar Ho Janay Do'. 'Meher' is the story of a Muslim girl who enters a world of deceit and conspiracy after she gets married. The show will air daily at 19:00. Viewers who are looking for an escape from hard-hitting news and drama can watch a new sitcom called 'Kunwarey Becharay', which is about four bachelors who are unlucky in finding love. Their failed attempts to impress the opposite sex lead to exceptionally comical situations. 'Kunwarey Becharay' will air Wednesday evenings at 18:30. (more)

The BBC: How many more heads will roll?
From Media Guardian. Posted October 8 2007, 1.00am
The boss of BBC1 has quit over 'Crowngate', but can director general Mark Thompson escape, asks Owen Gibson. (more)

No escape for Sky: The curse of The Prisoner
From The Independent. Posted September 25 2007, 12.30pm
"I am not a number, I am a free man": Patrick McGoohan's famous cri de coeur from the Sixties television drama The Prisoner possibly affords the 79-year-old actor a bitter chuckle these days. I have no idea how McGoohan, living in retirement in Los Angeles, privately views his career since he last uttered the line, but I hope it's with a sense of irony, because for millions of TV viewers across the globe McGoohan will forever be a number. Number Six, of course. The American-born Irish actor has been imprisoned by the role as subtly and as surely as his renegade government agent was held captive in The Village. (more)

BBC Newsreader Fears Stalker
From Merry Media. Posted September 9 2007, 1.21pm
BBC newsreader Emily Maitlis had 24 hour protection from BBC bodyguards in the past few days after a stalker escaped from a mental hospital.. (more)

RNW Bonaire escapes damage by Hurricane Felix
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 3 2007, 10.29am
We are relieved to report that Hurricane Felix, which passed close to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba yesterday, spared the Dutch islands from serious damage. The eye of the hurricane passed by about 100 km to the north of the islands, sparing them from the worst effects. The islands were well prepared, and our relay [...] (more)

Channel 4 News 'gooser' escapes fine
From Media Guardian. Posted August 2 2007, 1.00am
The man who 'goosed' a Channel 4 News reporter live on air has escaped an £80 fixed-penalty notice. By Stephen Brook. (more)

C4 News 'gooser' escapes fine
From Media Guardian. Posted August 2 2007, 1.00am
The man who 'goosed' a Channel 4 News reporter live on air has escaped an £80 fixed-penalty notice. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Rebrand for the CBBC Channel
From Merry Media. Posted July 16 2007, 11.27am
The CBBC channel will be rebranded with the new look and logo to be unveiled at the end of the summer which will see new programmes air on the channel including Escape From Scorpion Island and The Sarah Jane Adventures.. (more)

Osbourne had lucky elephant escape
From Digital Spy. Posted July 3 2007, 4.03pm
Jack Osbourne reveals that he had a frightening encounter with an elephant while filming for the BBC. (more)

Venezuelan opposition channel warns against closure
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 25 2007, 4.51pm
Closing down Venezuela’s last remaining  opposition television station would be “the beginning of the end” of President Hugo Chávez’s rule, the channel’s head said in comments published today. ”It would be the beginning of the end because it would close the escape valve available to Venezuelans. Globovision is the only media where the opposition can take [...] (more)

ITV escapes 'X Factor' fine
From Digital Spy. Posted April 23 2007, 10.20am
The broadcaster will not be fined for overcharging viewers in a phone-in competition, with Icstis accepting the matter as "human error". (more)

ITV escapes fine over X Factor phone blunder
From Media Guardian. Posted April 20 2007, 1.00am
2.15pm: ITV has been formally reprimanded for overcharging viewers who voted on The X Factor to the tune of £200,000. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Fire engulfs TV HQ building in Bangladesh
From Media Network Weblog. Posted February 26 2007, 9.12am
At least three people died and dozens were injured today in a fire that raged through a multi-storied building in the Bangladesh capital housing two private television channels and a newspaper office. Two of the victims died of burn injuries in hospital while another died after leaping from the sixth floor of the building to escape [...] (more)

Derby paper forces police to release pics of escaped killer
From Press Gazette. Posted January 12 2007, 8.00am
8am: The Derby Evening Telegraph has forced police to release pictures of two murderers on the run. (more)

Sunday Mirror escapes PCC rap over Moss and Doherty story
From Press Gazette. Posted January 3 2007, 1.55pm
The Sunday Mirror has escaped censure by the Press Complaints Commission after falsely claiming that supermodel Kate Moss was pregnant with Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty’s baby. (more)

ITV1 lonely hearts ad for Afterlife show escapes ban
From Brand Republic. Posted December 6 2006, 8.12am
LONDON - ITV has escaped punishment for its campaign for the supernatural drama 'Afterlife', which featured a lonely hearts style ad with messages, not from singletons, but from the dead, despite 30 complaints to the advertising watchdog. (more)

Cameraman tells Lloyd inquest of dramatic escape
From Media Guardian. Posted October 9 2006, 1.00am
11.15am: The cameraman who survived the gunfight that killed ITN reporter Terry Lloyd today gave a harrowing account of his dramatic escape. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Johansson to play Boleyn who escaped Henry's wrath
From Media Guardian. Posted July 20 2006, 9.25am
Scarlett Johansson is to play Anne Boleyn's younger sister in a first feature film by the director of the BBC's Bleak House. By Charlotte Higgins. (more)

'Botticelli' ad escapes TV ban
From Media Guardian. Posted July 5 2006, 8.30am
8am: A TV ad for laser cosmetic surgery has avoided a ban, despite complaints that the nudity was 'too explicit' for transmission. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Xfm Manchester escapes ad ban
From Radio Today. Posted June 15 2006, 6.00am
Xfm Manchester's launch campaign has escaped a ban for causing offence in the city. The ads were placed on billboards and bus shelters, and featured babies dressed up and posing as iconic music characters, with the strapline "a new music station is born". The poster which generated 23 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority showed two babies posing as the Gallagher brothers, the Liam baby giving a V sign to the passing public. "I imagine these are the same sort of people who don't go to zoo as baboons have exposed bottoms," Ande Macpherson, Programme Director for GCap North told Radiojam, "the reality is that the creative execution connected with anyone who would interested in Xfm Manchester and the amount of positive feedback dwarves the offended voices." (more)

ITV2 escapes ban for sexy Supernatural ad campaign
From Brand Republic. Posted May 3 2006, 8.05am
LONDON – ITV2 has escaped censure from the advertising watchdog for a press campaign for the TV programme 'Supernatural', after complaints that the ads glorified violence and connected it with sex. (more)

Scotland escapes Mail price rise
From Press Gazette. Posted April 27 2006, 12.00am
The Daily Mail upped its price this week — but not in Scotland. (more)

Johnny Vaughan: Tarrant was a shadow I had to escape
From The Independent. Posted April 24 2006, 12.00am
When I joined Capital Radio two years ago this month, I was introduced to my new co-workers by Chris Tarrant, the legendary presenter who had hosted the breakfast show for the previous 17 years and whose headphones I would have to fill. (more)

ITV let off for daytime swearing
From Media Guardian. Posted April 3 2006, 1.38pm
12.45pm: ITV has escaped reprimand over actor Charles Dance swearing on Paul O'Grady's daytime chatshow. By Julia Day. (more)

Newspapers escape PCC censure over lawyer suicide pics
From Press Gazette. Posted March 31 2006, 11.58am
Three national newspapers which published pictures of a lawyer leaping to her death from a London hotel were not in breach of the Press Complaints Commission code. (more)

Coronation Street cleared of racist 'white trash' comment
From Brand Republic. Posted February 21 2006, 11.02am
LONDON – ITV's 'Coronation Street' escaped the wrath of TV regulators despite 502 viewers complaining about a scene where an Asian character suggested living in the UK would be equivalent to living like 'poor white trash'. (more)

The golden age of grunt'n'groan
From The Independent. Posted February 18 2006, 12.00am
The wrestler Jackie Pallo this week found himself in a half-Nelson from which there was no escape, not even by pretending to bite. It was the Big C that got him, an opponent even more formidable than Big Daddy. And with time-travelling to the 1970s conveniently in vogue thanks to the BBC's acclaimed Monday-night drama Life on Mars, many of us read his obituaries and were propelled directly back to those Saturday tea-times in front of a gas fire three decades ago, for Jackie Pallo was a name as powerfully evocative of the kipper-tie decade as Lord Lucan, Red Rum and Gilbert O'Sullivan. (more)

Freelance fury as alleged attacker escapes charges
From Press Gazette. Posted February 16 2006, 12.00am
A Brighton photographer is outraged after a former policeman he claims assaulted him avoided criminal charges because the Crown Prosecution Service said there was insufficient evidence. (more)

Three Nigerian broadcasters escape suspension
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 22 2006, 12.46pm
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Lucky escape for British reporter snatched in Iraq
From Press Gazette. Posted January 19 2006, 12.00am
A third British newspaper journalist has been kidnapped while on assignment in Iraq after deciding to try his luck on a non-embedded assignment. (more)