Talent shows set up fresh battle

The Voice is set for a 75-minute head-to-head clash with the finale of rival Britain’s Got Talent (BGT), escalating tensions between ITV and BBC1.

By The Newsroom

Published 3rd May 2012, 03:21 BST

ITV moved the audition heats of BGT to a later slot, but as both sides revealed their schedules for Saturday 13 May, it emerged that ITV had moved BGT forward, to start at 6:30pm.

ITV said the timing was comparable to previous slots for the final. But BBC bosses are understood to be angered by the move

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