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Why Jamie Oliver's campaign against junk food in schools plunged children's TV into a crisis

Top executive predicts catastrophic effect of 'knee jerk' ban on unhealthy meals for pupils By Peter John Meiklem

BRITISH children's television will be subsumed by American imports in five years unless the BBC starts doing "unpalatable" deals with certain corporations, according to the head of children's entertainment in Scotland.