All Broadcast articles in 07 January 2000 – Page 3
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Birt called up to the Lords
Sir John Birt has become the first BBC director general to receive a peerage since Lord Reith, writes Tim Dams.
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BIG BROTHER CORNERS MARKET SHARE FOR FINAL EPISODE
Big Brother, the Endemol-produced interactive show that asks viewers to vote on which contestants should be thrown out of a household of strangers, scored a 73 per cent share (3.5 million
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Salmon lets loose Nye's Beast for second run
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has recommissioned new Simon Nye comedy Beast from Pearson Television's new transatlantic independent, Little Pond Television, writes Tara Conlan.
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Lichtenstein leaves BBC documentaries
Award-winning Inside Story editor Olivia Lichtenstein is quitting BBC Production's documentaries and history department after 16 years to move to BBC drama, writes Tim Dams.
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SILVER FOX TO PRODUCE BBC KIDS' CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Silver Fox Films is working on a children's animated special for BBC 1's Christmas 2000 schedule. The 30-minute special - which has the working title Polly's Present - is being produced
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Dyke to lead BBC review
BBC director general Sir John Birt's decision to step down early will allow Greg Dyke to take full control of the BBC's annual performance review, writes Tim Dams.
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BBC catches the millennium mood
ITV broadcast the highest rating Christmas programme for 15 years this season, while BBC 1 hit back by clocking up a 63 per cent share at the turn of the millennium.According
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BBC Resources Birmingham has produced the titles for the new series of Gardening Neighbours. Designed by Clym Sutcliffe and Tony Fisher, the sequence features a montage of the people and houses
BBC Resources Birmingham has produced the titles for the new series of Gardening Neighbours. Designed by Clym Sutcliffe and Tony Fisher, the sequence features a montage of the people and houses
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OPINION - The BBC must get extra digital cash
The new millennium offered up two abiding images which will stay with Broadcast for the rest of the year. Sir John Birt's whispered withdrawal from office two months early, announced just
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IRN SEALS NEW BATCH OF RADIO NEWS SUPPLY DEALS
Independent Radio News (IRN) has signed new four-year contracts to supply news to four major UK radio groups - GWR, Emap Radio, Capital Radio and Scottish Radio. The news supplier has
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BAFTA SPLITS TV AWARDS
Bafta is splitting its TV awards into craft and performance, arguing the system did not give enough recognition to craft.It also felt the combined ceremony was too long. The first separate
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PUBLIC SERVICE TV - Auntie, the great survivor
The BBC has demonstrated chameleon-like qualities in making it to the end of the twentieth century. But with its funding under attack, how will it adapt to the twenty-first? Steven Barnett kicks off a two-parter on public service TV.
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Attenborough turns focus on mammals
BBC 1 has commissioned what could be Sir David Attenborough's last major natural history series, writes Steve Clarke.
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ITV BUYS CINAR/VIVENDI ANIMATION THE BASKERVILLES
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Nigel Pickard has acquired Cinar/Vivendi animation co-production The Baskervilles. The 26 x 30-minute series follows the Baskerville family as they attempt to escape Underworld
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VICTORIA MEDIA AND EM.TV SEAL CO-PRO ANIMATION DEAL
German film fund Victory Media Group and rights trader and merchandiser EM.TV & Merchandising have signed a co-production deal to become leading international players in children's animation. The two are planning
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OFF THE RECORD - 'Andy Harries? My arse'
Cast your mind back, if you will, to the British Comedy Awards last month, where Caroline Aherne's The Royle Family swept the board.Jim Royle-style couch potatoes must have been bemused by
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BRITT ALLCROFT LANDS WORLDWIDE RIGHTS TO SOOTY
The Britt Allcroft Company has taken on the worldwide merchandising and distribution rights to Sooty (left), following the puppet's tele-visual comeback via Sooty Heights on Children's ITV last year. The company's
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ALLAN JOINS JURY FOR MONTE CARLO TV PRODUCER AWARD
Former Carlton Television director of programmes Andy Allan is to be the UK member of the international jury judging the second European television producer award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.
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SCHRODER ALIGHTS AT ILLUMINATIONS
Illuminations has appointed former RDF Television producer Anna-Claire Schroder as development co-ordinator for terrestrial television. Schroder had been with RDF since graduating from Goldsmiths in 1996. Her most recent credits include
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Pact airs United/Carlton fears
Producers' alliance Pact has called on the competition authorities to investigate the merger of Carlton Communications and United News & Media, because it fears indies could lose out as a result of the deal, writes Tim Dams.