All Broadcast articles in 18 November 2011 – Page 4
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News
CLAC crash could affect clients under HMRC probe
TV freelancers rushing to make disclosures as part of the Christopher Lunn & Company (CLAC) investigation could face delays in securing records after the accountancy firm’s IT systems crashed.
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Shooting Stars’ Angelos wins full C4 series
Channel 4 has ordered a sitcom from new talent Terry Mynott and a studio-based comedy from Dan Skinner playing his comic character Angelos Epithemiou.
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BBC4 orders drama about Dispatches kidnap
BBC4 has ordered a single drama telling the story of the Taliban’s kidnap of award-winning journalist Sean Langan while he was making a Channel 4 Dispatches in Pakistan.
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Shine TV hires C4 commissioner
Shine Group has made another high-profile appointment, poaching a Channel 4 commissioner to head a new division at Shine TV.
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C4 appoints Jay Hunt strategy advisor
Channel 4 has appointed former Question Time editor Edward Havard to the newly created role of channel executive, to support chief creative officer Jay Hunt.
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C4 gives True Stories original order boost
Channel 4 will commission 10 True Stories documentaries from next year, more than double the number when the international documentary strand aired on More 4.
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Prime Suspect US on hold
NBC has pulled the US adaptation of Prime Suspect from its mid-season schedule following a run of low ratings.
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Behind The Scenes
Shaun Ryder on UFOs, History
Having won a legion of new fans on I’m A Celebrity, the Happy Mondays frontman is off to explore his passion for all things UFO. Is he twisting our melons? Paul Whitelaw finds out.
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Features
Irish Dancing Tweens, TLC
Broadcast takes to the floor with a new doc series about the world of Irish dancing.
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Comment
Off Cuts: Morph matures
Good to see plasticine favourite Morph doing his bit for charity and joining in with the Movember movement.
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Comment
Brands are fast becoming the new broadcasters
Television is losing the battle for people’s hearts and minds, says James Kirkham.
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BBC needs to deliver clarity
Suppliers have a right to know much is being spent across genres.
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Comment
Junior Bake Off / Ian Hislop – When Bankers Were Good / James Martin’s Mediterranean
Current Sponge’s Sam Branson and Current TV’s Tom Barbor-Might on mini bakers, do-gooders and rustic food.
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Bafta must recognise wordsmiths
New award for reality shows is an insult to writers, says James Moran.
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News
Lack of knowledge led to breaches, says BBC exec
A senior executive at BBC Global News has admitted “a lack of knowledge, or genuine confusion” over editorial guidelines could have contributed to a series of breaches of code.
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Dooley to front CBBC doc
CBBC has commissioned a new doc series in which five children travel the world to find out how everyday items are produced.
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Chello reveals 2012 shows
CBS Chello Zone UK Channels has unveiled several new acquisitions that it will air next year.
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BBC orders Stephen Lawrence Panorama
BBC current affairs strand Panorama is to consider the Stephen Lawrence murder case.
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Whose Line gets Indian remake
Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the comedy improv show that ran on Channel 4 throughout the Ninties, is to be adapted for audiences in India.
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Manchester to sign film charter
BVE NORTH: Greater Manchester Councils is to up its support for the TV and film industry by signing a charter – branding it a ‘filming friendly’ county.