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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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TV execs bullied by 10-year-olds

Further word from the TV executives' Edinburgh programming specials, and Monkey hears things didn't go too well for those who took on the children in a version of Sky1's Are You Smarter Than a 10-Year-Old? Apparently the trinity of Richard Klein, head of independent commissioning at BBC Knowledge, ITV2 controller Zai Bennett and Channel Five's Steve Gowans found themselves weeping at the hands of the little blighters. One stunned executive whimpered: "Those kids were just freaky."

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