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PD James, Val McDermid, Ruth Rendell, Lynda La Plante, Ian Rankin and Colin Dexter are battling it out, but, just in case you weren’t excited enough, Dame Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and PD herself have to be initiated into the International Crimewriting Hall of Fame first, before . . . eventually . . . Dame Helen announces that the winner is . . . Colin Dexter. Colin, of course, can’t be there, so relays his delight by video, ensuring the whole thing ends up as dead as a Morse character played by a bit-part actor.

FreemantleMedia launches comedy classics download site.

ITV sitcom starring Penelope Keith and George Baker now available to download from lovefilm.com.