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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Downton Abbey bows out on top of Christmas ratings. P6
Books and documentaries mark anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attacks. P17
Peter Kosminsky: Privatising Channel 4 would be a disaster for risk-taking programmes. P29
Daily Telegraph
Charlie Hebdo publishes hard-hitting commemorative edition. P4
BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire reveals she has worn a wig since cancer treatment. P6
Guardian could abandon new London events venue. Business P1
Matthew Lynn: Netflix and Amazon are proof that good companies can get rich slowly. Business P2
Financial Times
Poland crackdown on media and courts faces probe by Brussels. P6
The Times
BBC bosses go beyond satire with new logo. P5
ITV News hopes to be the ‘Times of broadcasting’. P5
Barrie Humphries: BBC banned my Jeremy Corbyn joke. P5
BBC viewers complain they see the same actors in War and Peace and Dickensian. P21
Charlie Hebdo publishes hard-hitting commemorative edition. P33
The Independent
All-white cast ‘explains Downton Abbey’s US popularity’ says Barry Humphries. P9
Charlie Hebdo points finger at God on attack anniversary. P24
Obituary: television executive Ruth Boswell. P46
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Facebook ‘censors’ Little Mermaid picture. P3
Charlie Hebdo on offensive a year after terror attacks. P4
All-white cast ‘explains Downton Abbey’s US popularity’ says Barry Humphries. P17
BBC3’s new logo mocked. P19
Boston Globe staff step in to deliver paper after glitch. P22
Wall Street Journal
Charlie Hebdo hits raw nerve a year on. A5
Daily Mail
Horse is the real star of the BBC’s War and Peace. P3
BBC3 blows thousands on new logo – weeks before it is scrapped. P13
Barrie Humphries: US loves ‘all-white’ Downton Abbey. P15
Are women drooling over War and Peace hunks guilty of sexist hypocrisy? P22-23
BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire reveals she has worn a wig since cancer treatment. P27
Strictly Come Dancing judges terrify me, says Emilia Fox. P33
Daily Express
Barry Humphries sparks race row over Downton Abbey comment. P3
James Norton becomes TV’s new Mr Darcy. P3
Victoria Derbyshire weeps over her hair loss in cancer video. P4
National TV awards shortlist to be announced. P11
Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P11
The Sun
BBC3 in logo row. P12
Barrie Humphries: BBC banned my Jeremy Corbyn joke. P12
National TV awards nominations. P33
Daily Mirror
Detectives grow increasingly worried about missing Eastenders actor. P1,9
Downton Abbey’s Mrs Patmore to join This Morning. P3
Victoria Derbyshire reveals losing her hair is one of the most difficult aspects of cancer. P7
Viewers blast War and Peace for mumbling lines. P13
Daily Star
Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P1, P7
Boy George has labelled himself the new Simon Cowell on The Voice. P3
War and Peace proves a ratings smash. P26
Ricky Gervais to host the Golden Globes again. P26
Barry Humphries claims Downton is a hit in US as no black characters. P26
BBC3’s new logo. P26
Filming starts on the final series of The Fall. P26
