All Broadcast articles in 28 May 1999
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THE SUN AND C4 RACING SIGN£100,000 DERBY PROMOTION
Channel 4 Racing has signed a promotional deal with The Sun newspaper for a£100,000 Derby promotion called the World's Greatest Sweepstake.A group of Sun readers will go to the Derby
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SCHOFIELD TO FRONT ANIMAL TALES FOR BBC 1 SPECIAL
Philip Schofield is set to host a BBC 1 special provisionally titled Schofield's Animal Tales. Caroline Van Den Brul will executive produce the one-off programme which will feature 'high-tech vets' at
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ETHNIC AWARDS FOR 1 JUNE
Carlton is to screen the inaugural Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards on Tuesday (1 June) at 23.30. The awards will be hosted by TV comedy actors Felix Dexter and Mina Anwar from
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TF1 'DEFINITELY INTERESTED' IN TAKING STAKE IN CLT-UFA
Sources at leading French commercial TV outfit TF1 have indicated that the broadcaster is 'definitely interested' in acquiring a stake in CLT-Ufa, which is 50/50 jointly owned by Audio-fina and Bertelsmann.TF1
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UK distributor Itel has sold high-profile ITV costume drama Hornblower to Japan's public service broadcaster NHK, writes Annie Dare. The 4 x 120-minute nautical epic, produced by United Productions in
UK distributor Itel has sold high-profile ITV costume drama Hornblower to Japan's public service broadcaster NHK, writes Annie Dare. The 4 x 120-minute nautical epic, produced by United Productions in association
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WRIGHT AND ROSS TO PRESENT NEW R2 SHOWS
Steve Wright is to present a new weekday show on BBC Radio 2, as predicted in Broadcast (16.4.99). Jonathan Ross has also been signed by R2 controller Jim Moir to host
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SKILLSET HIRES FT2
Film & Television Freelance Training (FT2) has been chosen to research and develop new training models for freelance PA/gallery, vision mixers and production managers on behalf of the Skillset London Forum.
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20 CHASE LONDON LICENCE
Twenty groups are bidding to run the independent local radio licence in north and north-west London. They include Fan FM, a 24-hour sports and music channel backed by former News Direct
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Jobs axed in R3 overhaul
Three senior executives at BBC Radio 3 are to lose their jobs in a radical management overhaul by controller Roger Wright, writes John Plunkett.Commissioning editor, music policy Hilary Boulding, commissioning editor,
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Treves says no to sale of Channel 4
Channel 4 chairman Vanni Treves has publicly spelt out his opposition to any government attempts to privatise the station, writes Tim Dams.When Treves joined C4 in January 1998, he said he
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SCARY SPICE INTERVIEW ADDS FLAVA TO C4 SPECIAL
Channel 4 has secured an exclusive interview with Scary Spice (left), aka Mel G, for a 30-minute special edition of its long-running music show, Flava. Series producer Brighter Pictures is filming
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TESTBED TO QUIZ GUESTS ON RADIO KNOWLEDGE FOR R4
Radio indie Testbed Productions has been commissioned to make a new 6 x 30-minute quiz for BBC Radio 4. Wireless Wise will quiz celebrities on their knowledge of radio with the
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Johnny Vaughan's production company, World's End, is developing a new current affairs show for Channel 4, writes Tim Dams. Called The Kitchen Cabinet, the proposed show will be hosted by the
Johnny Vaughan's production company, World's End, is developing a new current affairs show for Channel 4, writes Tim Dams. Called The Kitchen Cabinet, the proposed show will be hosted by the
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R4 overhauls scheduling operation
BBC Radio 4 controller James Boyle has asked producers to 'eliminate any non-essential business' as the station begins an overhaul of its scheduling operation over the next two months, writes John
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C4 tells Horse Tales over summer
Channel 4 has snapped up the first series of Transatlantic Films' Horse Tales to air in the daytime schedule this summer, writes Alice Macandrew.The 10 x 30-minute series, which examines the
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RIVERSIDE STUDIOS TO HOST C4 SITCOM FESTIVAL
The fifth Channel 4 Sitcom Festival - a showcase of the work of nine up-and-coming situation comedy writers - is taking place between 30 June and 17 July at the Riverside
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Dickens leads R4 new drama slate
BBC Radio drama has been commissioned to make a slate of new productions for BBC Radio 4, including a 30 x 15-minute adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby and a dramatisation of the
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Hadlow plans changes for C4 history
Channel 4's new commissioning editor for history religion and features, Janice Hadlow, is planning to experiment with new formats for history shows when she starts in the autumn, writes Ashley Davies.Hadlow,
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AGENDA GOES ALL-DIGITAL WITH D-9 FORMAT
Agenda, one of the UK's largest regional production companies, has converted almost entirely to JVC's D-9 tape format. The company, one of the key programme-makers for S4C, recently moved to new
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LNN PRESENTS ANIMAL ACTION TO LWT
London News Network (LNN) is making an 8 x 30-minute children's factual series based around Croydon's wildlife hospital, the Wandle Valley Wildlife Hospital. Animal Action is fronted by former Blue Peter