''News at Twelve'' is a 1988 British television comedy for children, written by Cliff Francis and Jeremy Sinclair under the pseudonym of Francis Sinclair. The series followed 12-year-old Kevin Doyle (Ewan Phillips) and his nightly "news bulletins" about the events in his life (and some events from his imagination). The name of the TV series came from Kevin's age rather than the time the show itself aired, or of Kevin's news updates, which commonly featured his comical

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Baxter. ''News at Twelve'' featured

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(credited as "Lisa Brice") and

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. This series was aired on

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and made by Central TV. A US pilot version was made in 1991 by

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starring, amongst others,

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and Sarah Melici, but it was never screened.

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0844792, title=News at Twelve
Comedy Guide - ''News at Twelve''
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