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Radio Times special covers
Radio Times took the slightly over-the-top step this week of running a whopping 21 different covers, all in the name of charity. The Comic Relief issue, which paid tribute to 21 years of Red Nose Day, featured celebs such as James McAvoy, Simon Pegg, Davina McCall and Girls Aloud Coming up with one eye-catching cover per week isn't easy, so getting 21 off the printing press deserves due credit and, of course, donations.
Law & Order on ITV1
It's not been the best of weeks for ITV, but we're enjoying its latest drama offering, a UK version of the hit US show Law & Order. With nothing much else showing on Monday nights, Law & Order has been getting good audiences (more than six million for the first episode) and ITV has reproduced the storytelling virtues of the US show well. Hopefully it can keep this up beyond the promise of the first two episodes.
The relaunch of the Club 18-30 brand
While some of us are well past going on a Club 18-30 trip, the brand conjures up some enduring images of fun in the sun. Thomas Cook is trying to reinvent the brand for a modern, more upmarket audience with its first media activity in four years: sponsorship of Kiss Radio's Saturday night Kissalicious show. Negotiated by Arena BLM, this could prove valuable in updating the brand's 'sex on the beach' image, though we're not quite sure it will ever come to represent, in the words of Thomas Cook, 'best ...