Desmond comes to the rescue of Five with £104m deal

The media tycoon Richard Desmond last night sealed his takeover of Five, the channel whose hit shows include CSI and Neighbours, in a deal worth £103.5m.

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Brian Cox: ‘If they pay me a lot of money, I’ll do the film, and if they don’t, I won’t’

Brian Cox seems to have made a career out of being everywhere at once, popping up in Hollywood blockbusters next to Brad, Jake, Matt and friends one minute and lending his actorly weight to a low-key television drama or a play at London’s Royal Court the next. In the past seven months alone, he’s been a scientist with a death-wish in the BBC’s re-make of The Day of the Triffids, the beleaguered …

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