All Broadcast articles in 25 July 2008
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NewsIn pictures: The Office
Following news that there is to be a Russian version of The Office, Broadcast casts its eye around the world at the international branches.
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NewsParthenon picks up Chinese doping doc
Factual indie Parthenon Entertainment has picked up the distribution rights for shock-doc China: Land of Dope and Glory ahead of the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing.
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NewsBrat Camp treks to Poland
DRG-owned companies including C4i and Zeal Entertainment have secured a raft of new sales following last month's Discop market.
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NewsMorton turns director for C4
Actress Samantha Morton is to make her directorial debut next year with a Channel 4 drama about a young girl growing up in a children's home.
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NewsJohn Barrowman on the make
BBC1's new science-based show John Barrowman: The Making of Me may have won its slot but failed to make a convincing debut performance last night at 9pm with a modest audience of 3.8m (18.1%).
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NewsTV critics 25 July ‘08
'For the most part, the programme was an odd mix of the bogus, the misunderstood, and the merely frivolous.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsTV critics 24 July ‘08
“Gripping stuff - if you don't get bogged down in the details.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsBurn Up consumes 2.4m
BBC2's new eco-drama Burn Up got off to a solid start last night (23 July) with 2.4m viewers (11.6%) at 9pm.
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NewsWogan and Moyles take a dip
Rajar: Terry Wogan saw listener numbers drop, but his breakfast show remains the most popular in the country, according to the latest set of Rajar figures.
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NewsCommercial radio gains on BBC
Rajar: Commercial radio has reclaimed a 1.3% share against the BBC according to the latest Rajar figures, taking its overall listening share to 42.4%.
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NewsITV spells out commissioning wishlist
Now new director of television Peter Fincham has briefed his team, Broadcast reveals what ITV's commissioners want, don't want and can't go without.
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C4 Tibet doc sells strongly
Channel 4 documentary Undercover in Tibet has been sold to 15 broadcasters in territories around the world.
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NewsITV: Michaela Hennessy-Vass, commissioning editor, comedy
Sitcoms are the key priority for Hennessy-Vass, who has spent the past year refining what works for ITV in scripted comedy.
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NewsRussia to make local version of The Office
Ricky Gervais has revealed that award-winning comedy The Office is to be remade for a Russian audience.
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NewsITV: Zai Bennett, controller, ITV2
Bennett wants big name celebrities to spearhead a raft of new factual entertainment and comedy shows.
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NewsITV: Laura Mackie, director of drama commissioning
The hunt for returnable 9pm series remains Mackie's top priority, with the emphasis on giving familiar genres an original twist.
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FeaturesCreative Review - House of Saddam
A promo made by Red Bee that depicts Saddam Hussain's family melting.
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Two new faces join Cineflix
London-based distributor Cineflix International has made two major appointments from Nat Geo and the BBC.
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Met Film move to Ealing
Post-production facility Met Film Post and creative agency Met Film Creative have moved to Ealing Studios.
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NewsITV: Adam MacDonald, controller of daytime
Indies can't complain about a lack of clarity from MacDonald: his wish list is perhaps the most precise of the commissioners.