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COX SNIPPED
The axing after eight series of Sarah Cox's Between the Covers on BBC2, a book group with an ever-changing line-up of celebs, is ominous for literary TV.

THE CRAP ON TV
As part of the bloodbath at ITV daytime, production of Good Morning Britain is being merged with ITV News – but at least one presenter will have her own loo.

HIS LOYAL SLYNESS
Few people will go out to bat for Prince Andrew, but Jacob Rees-Mogg remains a loyal subject, giving biographer Andrew Lownie a rough ride on GB News.

THREE'S A CROWD
The BBC's choice of host for the first Match of the Day of the new season shocked the Sun's TV desk, which seemed confused about how TV works.

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