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‘Kumars at No. 42’ in BBC’s 2003 TV moments nominees list
MUMBAI: The sitcom The Kumars at Number 42 is one of the shows that has been nominated for BBC One’s annual show that looks at the best moments in British television. In India The Kumars at Number 42 airs on Star World.
The show puts a nice twist to the chat show genre. In it Sanjeev Bhaskar plays talk show host Sanjeev Kumar. He hosts his show in his family’s backyard and has aspirations of being the next David Frost. In the nominated moment the guest is Channel 4 anchor Johnny Vaughn. He describes the time when Harvey his bulldog drove his car. It has been nominated in the Best Entertainment Moment section.
2003 TV Moments will bring together a host of celebrities in a celebration of the dramatic, poignant, tense and funniest moments from a year of telly. In the Best Reality Moment category ITV’s Pop Idol gets a mention. In the side spltting segment a young man who is just finishing his PHD sings Great Balls of Fire. Unfortunately he doesn’t seem to be clever enough to realise he has no chance of going through.
Competing for the Best Sporting Moment are BBC’s Boat Race, London Marathon and ITV’s coverage of the final of The Rugby World Cup.
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Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
