REPLAY IT..AGAIN; TV slammed for hols repeats.(News)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: April 9, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: NICOLA METHVEN, TV Editor

RESURRECTION gets another meaning this Easter as TV companies go for four days jam packed with repeats.

A total of 283 re-runs will be shown on the main channels over the the holidays - 110 of them on the BBC's two terrestrial stations.

From today until Monday, Channel 5 is showing the highest number of repeats with 81 - a full 60 per cent of its ...

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