All Broadcast articles in 12 February 1999
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JUST A MINUTE HEADS BRUM BBC 1 COMMISSIONS
BBC network production in Birmingham has chalked up three commissions for BBC 1's daytime schedule, including a TV version of BBC Radio 4 panel game Just A Minute. Executive produced by
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JAILBIRDS BREAKS FREE ON BBC 1 IN EARLY MARCH
Jailbirds, the latest documentary series from Chris Terrill, the director/cameraman behind The Cruise, is due to go out on BBC 1 in a 21.30 slot from Tuesday 9 March. The 10-part
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UK GOLD AND BBC 1 REVIVE ASK THE FAMILY
UK Gold has teamed up with BBC 1 to commission a brand new series of classic BBC quiz show Ask The Family from BBC entertainment. UK Gold head of programming Kathryn
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Sky 1 orders new dating show
Sky 1 has commissioned a new dating show from Talent Television that will see eight single young strangers thrown together each week in a Mediterranean villa, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Russian NTV Plus sets up with 18 channels
A new Russian digital satellite pay-TV platform, NTV Plus, launched last week with a number of established international brands among its 18-channel offering, writes Szilvia Kovacs.
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CLARY BRINGS MR & MRS INTO THE 1990S FOR ITV
Independent producer Action Time will go into production with an up-to-date version of 1970s ITV show Mr & Mrs on 5 March. Presented by Julian Clary and assistant Stacey Young, the
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BBC 2 asks celebs to guess Whose House?
BBC 2 has booked 76 x 30-minute editions of a new daytime gameshow from Mentorn Barraclough Carey Midlands, writes Tim Dams.
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News 24 to fill hole left by ITV
BBC News 24 is to launch an hour-long news programme at 22.00 on the day ITV axes News at Ten, writes Nicola Methven.
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Fox Kids has acquired the first two series of children's animation Dennis and Gnasher from Hit Entertainment, writes Alice Macandrew. Fox Kids director of programming Phil Sissons has bought 26 x
Fox Kids has acquired the first two series of children's animation Dennis and Gnasher from Hit Entertainment, writes Alice Macandrew. Fox Kids director of programming Phil Sissons has bought 26 x
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Joseph Fiennes and Catherine McCormack will star in a 3 x 45-minute dramatisation of Charlotte Bronte's gothic tale, Villette, for BBC Radio 4, writes John Plunkett. Independent Catherine Bailey produ
Joseph Fiennes and Catherine McCormack will star in a 3 x 45-minute dramatisation of Charlotte Bronte's gothic tale, Villette, for BBC Radio 4, writes John Plunkett. Independent Catherine Bailey produced the
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3D price-cut signals mid-market battle
Both Softimage and Alias Wavefront have dramatically cut the price of their 3D software in an attempt to boost sales to mid-market post and animation houses.Although the two manufacturers denied that
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TRISHA GOES DOWN UNDER TO CHANNEL 3 IN NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand commercial broadcaster Channel 3 has bought the first three months of Trisha (right), Anglia Television's daily daytime chat show for ITV. The deal, brokered by Trisha co-producer Universal, is
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C4 boosts budgets as funding formula ends
Channel 4 is to boost its programming budget by£43 million and pump an extra£44 million into digital expansion, marketing and film production, in its first year without the funding
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Halliwell doc adds spice to C4
Channel 4 is preparing to air a fly-on-the-wall documentary about ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, charting her split with the band and reinvention as a solo artist, writes Tim Dams.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Channel 4 scores with Sex and the City
Channel 4's much-hyped Sex and the City justified all those column inches with an average audience of 3.1 million (20 per cent share) for its first two episodes at 22.00 on
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C4 has picked up string of Oscar nominations
Channel 4 has picked up a string of Oscar nominations with 12 projects up for Academy Awards.
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C4 ON COURSE FOR MONICA
Channel 4's interview with Monica Lewinsky is still on course and could take place in the next two or three weeks, despite rumours that the£400,000 deal had come unstuck. Head
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C4 stuffed by Chickens
After being caught out by Daddy's Girl and Rogue Males, Channel 4 is now facing a roasting over another suspect film. Tim Dams asks whether indie producers will bear the brunt of the backlash.
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C4 must bridge credibility gap
Channel 4 does not have a credibility problem of the kind that stalks Carlton. It is therefore tempting to regard its admission that scenes purporting to show rent boys on the
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PAYNE TAKES OVER RUSCOE AFTERNOON SLOT ON 5 LIVE
Sport on 5 presenter Ian Payne is to take over Sybil Ruscoe's afternoon slot on BBC Radio 5 Live. He will present a new magazine-style show, Ian Payne, on weekdays between