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Virgin's rejected a factual programme (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

newscast

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'a factual programme' is the definition.

'virgin's rejected' is the wordplay.
'virgin's' becomes 'news' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rejected' becomes 'cast' (to cast off or cast away is to reject).
'news'+'cast'='NEWSCAST'

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(Other definitions for newscast that I've seen before include "Source of information" , "Broadcast of recent happenings" , "TV report of recent events" , "Radio or TV current affairs update" , "TV/radio current affairs report" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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