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ITV could air Robert Peston’s weekly politics show on a Sunday evening
Broadcaster considering slot of either 5pm or 10pm to allow politicians to return from constituencies in evening instead of early morning for Andrew Marr show
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Latest news cuts put BBC in a pickle
Steve Hewlett: Slashing funding is fraught with genuine difficulty as all the components of the BBC News machine interrelate
Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Idris Elba hits out at lack of black actors on TV. P7
ITV ponders evening slot for Robert Peston show. P7
The Guardian readers’ editor on language in covering complex legal cases. P26
Robert Peston: ‘Now I’m here, I want ITV to humiliate BBC news’ P30
Why Tracey Ullman’s late-night return to UK Tv is no laughing matter. P31
Steve Hewlett: BBC in a pickle over news cuts. P31
Daily Telegraph
Eurovision fans upset as BBC demotes UK selection show to BBC4. P3
Adverts for chocolate-flavoured e-cigarettes ‘tempting children’. P6
Missing Hong Kong publisher appears weeping on Chinese TV. P11
Bill Cosby pleads immunity to sex attack charges. P12
Review of the BBC’s War and Peace. P22
Financial Times
China’s Baidu attacked by watchdog over false ads, pornography and data leaks. P17
Sky and six Hollywood studios go to EU this week to argue case for ‘geoblocking’. P18
The Times
Met police ‘blamed media for Lord Bramall ordeal’. P7
The Independent
Mogul’s African channel Arise TV goes off air – leaving UK staff unpaid. P9
Journalist killed in missile strike on Yemeni capital. P27
Will Gore: Was David Bowie’s life and work worthy of all the media tributes? P31
Ian Burrell: If Britain’s creative industries are to stay world beaters, the culture secretary must fight for them. P38-39
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Idris Elba to confront MPs over TV diversity. P2
Wallace and Gromit creators take on dementia awareness. P11
Department of Culture, Media and Sport has serious challenges ahead. P41
The devil and the great British press. P41
PR and advertising: Pre-Christmas spending that has paid off. P41
Wall Street Journal
Netflix faces new hurdles as rivals team up to bid for big shows. A1,A7
Daily Mail
Jan Leeming: I hate the histrionics of today’s TV news. P3
BBC lets public pick its own Eurovision entry again. P5
Call the Midwife review. P9
Campaigners attack ‘abominable’ animal hire firm used by the BBC. P17
Daily Express
Jerry Hall fell for Rupert Murdoch because ‘he stands up for his beliefs’. P5
Ruth Wilson slams the number of period dramas on TV. P17
Hickey: Lily James got to grips with Tolstoy while filming Downton Abbey. P19
The Sun
Ross Kemp to return as Grant Mitchell in EastEnders. P3
Kelvin MacKenzie: BBC’s new Top Gear is looking like a car crash. P13
Wikipedia reaches 15th birthday. P28
Strictly Come Dancing’s wish list of new professional dancers. P35
Daily Mirror
Ross Kemp to return to EastEnders. P1, P7
BBC sells the rights to EastEnders repeats to UKTV. P7
Daily Star
Chris Evans at war with BBC bosses over Top Gear. P1, P3
Coronation Street needs to rewrite scripts due to pregnancy. P1, P11
Ross Kemp to return to EastEnders. P5
Ant and Dec to host live event for Queen’s 90th birthday. P6
Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P7
Two new BBC flagship shows flop in the ratings. P11
BBC bosses to launch a ‘search for a Euro star’ contest. P26
