Entertainment 26-05-2005 who: Billie Piper what: Quits Dr Who when: This week snippet: "It has been claimed Billie could appear in just three episodes of the second series," says Sara Nathan in The Sun, reporting the "blow" to the producers who have already had to find a replacement for leading man Christopher Eccleston this spring, "but programme bosses hope she will stay for around seven." In other telly news, Ofcom set a new precedent this week by a publishing a "117-word definition of `context` that broadcasters can use to justify the depiction of sex or violence and the use of bad language, including the time the programme was shown, the channel on which it was broadcast, the size of the audience and whether viewers were warned about the content," says The Guardian. The Times says the code "was drawn up after a year of consultation and comes into force in July". Elsewhere, The Telegraph looks ahead to a new made-for-TV romantic comedy by Four Weddings creator Richard Curtis, showing on BBC1 next month, which "is aiming not only to entertain but to highlight the extreme poverty in Africa". [... more]

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