diff --git a/grab/uk_freeview/tv_grab_uk_freeview b/grab/uk_freeview/tv_grab_uk_freeview
index 90306678..ce9202b1 100755
--- a/grab/uk_freeview/tv_grab_uk_freeview
+++ b/grab/uk_freeview/tv_grab_uk_freeview
@@ -486,7 +486,11 @@ sub fix_utf8( $ ) {
 	$_[0] =~ s/\x{2039}/\xE2\x80\x98/og;      # open single quote
 	$_[0] =~ s/\x{203a}/\xE2\x80\x99/og;      # close single quote
 
+	# invalid control codes
 	$_[0] =~ s/\x{0019}/\x27/og;              # apostrophe (#239 dodgy character in AlJazeera data - "Greece\u0019s state-owned broadcaster")
+	$_[0] =~ s/\x{0018}\x{0018}/\x22/og;      # (#244 dodgy character in Newsmax data - "\u0018\u0018Prime News\u0022 delivers comprehensive")
+	$_[0] =~ s/\x{0018}/\x20/og;              # (#244  -- ditto --)
+	$_[0] =~ s/\x{001C}//og;                  # (#244)
 
 	return $_[0];
 }