All Broadcast articles in 23 July 1999
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CRIME SQUAD GETS NEW ORDERS FROM BBC 1
The Crime Squad has been recommissioned for a 10 x 30-minute BBC 1 run this autumn. Produced by BBC News in Manchester, the reorder follows a five-part pilot series that has
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Historical drama heads for BBC 1
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has commissioned Picture Palace Films and BBC Northern Ireland to make a historical drama series set during the run-up to Irish independence.Rebel Heart, a 4 x
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Illuminations Television has gone into production on a TV adaptation of the Benjamin Britten opera Gloriana (above), which tells the story of the relationship between Queen Elizabeth 1 and the Earl
Illuminations Television has gone into production on a TV adaptation of the Benjamin Britten opera Gloriana (above), which tells the story of the relationship between Queen Elizabeth 1 and the Earl
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Jump Design & Direction created the titles for the new series of Room 101 for Hat Trick Productions. Designed by Kate McNamara, the film mimics the programme's format, which has celebrities
Jump Design & Direction created the titles for the new series of Room 101 for Hat Trick Productions. Designed by Kate McNamara, the film mimics the programme's format, which has celebrities
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Projector Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a£2 million feature-length TV adaptation of Cinderella, to be broadcast over Christmas, writes Wale Azeez. The 90-minute drama, underst
Projector Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a£2 million feature-length TV adaptation of Cinderella, to be broadcast over Christmas, writes Wale Azeez. The 90-minute drama, understood to
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CAMERAS ROLLING FOR BBC 2 VERSION OF MADAME BOVARY
Filming has just begun on the BBC 2 adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's romantic tragedy Madame Bovary. A BBC films and serials co-production with WGBH Boston and BBC Worldwide, it is being
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WISE BUDDAH FIELDING TOM JONES RADIO 2 BIOGRAPHY
BBC Radio 2 is to broadcast a 2 x 60-minute biography of Tom Jones to be produced by indie Wise Buddah. Tom Jones - The Boy from Nowhere will include interviews
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Paladin dances for 2
Indie Paladin Pictures is in pre-production on a new dance series for BBC 2 featuring leading ballerina Deborah Bull, writes Jason Deans.Travels with My Tutu is the working title for a
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The Creative Partnership picked psychedelia as the inspiration behind the animated on-air promotion for Channel 4's Summer of Love season. A 3D/2D rendering of Ken Kesey's love bus journeys through ic
The Creative Partnership picked psychedelia as the inspiration behind the animated on-air promotion for Channel 4's Summer of Love season. A 3D/2D rendering of Ken Kesey's love bus journeys through icons
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ROBINSON TO BE POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT AT NEWS 24
BBC News 24 has appointed Nick Robinson as its new chief political correspondent. Robinson will take over in October and replaces Jon Sopel, who is moving to be BBC Paris correspondent.
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The Rushes Soho Shorts Film festival begins on Saturday (24 July) in the bars, cafes, clubs and cinemas of Soho, where 500 entries will be seen on special monitors. The event
The Rushes Soho Shorts Film festival begins on Saturday (24 July) in the bars, cafes, clubs and cinemas of Soho, where 500 entries will be seen on special monitors. The event
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MEDIA TRUST TAKES 25 VISIONS FOR ONE-MINUTE FILMS
The Media Trust has unveiled a shortlist of 25 from more than 400 entrants to its Visions competition, in which professionals from the TV and advertising industry were set the challenge
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Hughes takes music policy role in review of R3 commissioning
BBC Radio 3 controller Roger Wright has appointed Gwen Hughes to the newly created role of head of music policy as part of an overhaul of the R3 commissioning process, writes
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VTR consolidates 3D divisions into amgFX
VTR is to consolidate its separate 3D divisions into one company, with the new facility aiming to become the UK's largest 3D production base.VTR's 3D subsidiary, amgFX, will merge with VTR's
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C4 in talks with GWR over digital radio bid
Channel 4 has emerged as a surprise candidate to run a new speech-based digital radio station on Digital One, the national commercial digital mulitplex due to be launched at the end
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C4 orders 'family saga'
Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary series from Twenty Twenty Television charting the history of a family through the twentieth-century to mark the new millennium, writes Alice Macandrew.Billed as a 'family
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S4C POACHES HTV'S JONES
S4C has poached HTV Wales head of entertainment and arts Emlyn Penny Jones to be its head of channel management. From September, Jones will oversee S4C's strategy for digital terrestrial and
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C4'S AD HOC INVESTIGATIONS UNIT DISBANDED
Channel 4 has disbanded the investigations unit it set up last year to service ad hoc projects, after a 12-month stint. The unit consisted of journalists from Just TV, placed on
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S4C diverts funds to programming
S4C is to free up an annual minimum of£3.4 million in extra programme funding for 2000 and 2001, by diverting government money that was previously used to cover administration and
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C4 rethinks shorts budget to make extra film a year
Channel 4's short film department has cut the budget available for individual films in a bid to squeeze an extra one each year out of the current funds, writes Wale Azeez.The