All Broadcast articles in 26 February 1999
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Three new BBC 1 dramas for ICG
Three new BBC 1 dramas have gone into production, commissioned through the independent commissioning group (ICG), writes Tim Dams.Twenty Twenty Television is behind Second Sight, a thriller by Paula Milne with
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C4 GRANTS BBC 1 RIGHTS FOR COMIC RELIEF TFI FRIDAY
Channel 4 has agreed to allow BBC 1 to air a one-off edition of TFI Friday (right) for Comic Relief night. The unusual deal will see Chris Evans host a live
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XTV has produced a series of 6 x 30-minute and 1 x 10-minute promos for the launch of Nokia and CNN's forthcoming news notification service, which provides mobile phone users with
XTV has produced a series of 6 x 30-minute and 1 x 10-minute promos for the launch of Nokia and CNN's forthcoming news notification service, which provides mobile phone users with
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Former Animal Magic presenter Johnny Morris is returning to children's TV to front a strand in the ITV series Wild Thing. The 7 x 15-minute Tyne Tees Television series will run
Former Animal Magic presenter Johnny Morris is returning to children's TV to front a strand in the ITV series Wild Thing. The 7 x 15-minute Tyne Tees Television series will run
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ADVENT PUMPS£2 MILLION INTO POST IMPRESSIONS
Venture capitalists Advent has invested£2 million in Post Impressions, the hardware manufacturing and development company set up last April by MC Patel, Discreet Logic's former director of engineering. Patel said
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ATLANTIC 252 LAUNCHES NEW-LOOK BREAKFAST SHOW
Atlantic 252 launches a new breakfast show on Monday (1 March), hosted by newcomer Marc Brow. Executive producer Rowan Somerville said the show, aimed at 15 to 25-year-olds, would provide an
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BBC Radio 3 has commissioned Festival Productions to make what is believed to be the first documentary profile featuring Yoko Ono as an artist rather than the wife of John Lennon,
BBC Radio 3 has commissioned Festival Productions to make what is believed to be the first documentary profile featuring Yoko Ono as an artist rather than the wife of John Lennon,
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ICS spins off 3D graphics
Intergraph Computer Systems (ICS) is planning to spin off its graphics division, Intense 3D, into a new company in an attempt to bolster its position in the market for add-on professional
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C4 to get first-ever fine for Chickens
Channel 4 is heading for its first-ever fine following the recent admission that key scenes in a documentary purporting to show rent boys plying their trade were faked.Members of the Independent
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C4 CHOOSES CHANNEL X TO MAKE ONE-HOUR COMEDY SHOW
Channel 4 has commissioned independent Channel X to produce a one-hour special featuring comedian Paul Zenon. The show, as yet unnamed, will screen over Easter and will feature Zenon trawling the
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First Circle to chronicle Deaf Century for Channel 4
Channel 4 has commissioned First Circle to produce a 3 x 60-minute series chronicling the experiences of deaf people over the last 100 years, writes Tim Dams.The Deaf Century is based
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Radio 4 lines up disabled comedy first
BBC Radio 4 has lined up a new four-part comedy series it hopes will become the disabled equivalent of successful R4 and BBC 2 series, Goodness Gracious Me, writes John Plunkett.Drop
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R4 Commons review brought forward by BBC
BBC chairman Christopher Bland is bringing forward his consultation with MPs and the public over last year's controversial changes to BBC Radio 4's parliamentary coverage.The move of R4's Yesterday in Parliament
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C4 cashes in on Lewinsky scoop
Channel 4 has more than recouped the£400,000 it paid for the Monica Lewinsky interview in international sales, writes Tim Dams.The broadcaster revealed this week that it had sold the footage
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MELINDA MESSENGER TO HOST NEW C5 GAMESHOW
Melinda Messenger is to present Channel 5's new comedy gameshow, Can We Still Be Friends?, from LWT. The 15 x 30-minute programme, which starts in the spring, is described as a
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Unilever finances Bazal's C5 series
GMG Endemol Entertainment production subsidiary Bazal is making a popular factual series about a US marine theme park for Channel 5, funded by Unilever.The 13 x 30-minute series, Animal Alert, is
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PILGER FILMS ABORIGINES
Veteran documentary-maker John Pilger is to make a third film for ITV about the Aboriginal struggle. Airing in the spring, the programme investigates how, as the country prepares to host the
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OPINION - Salmon must act to halt the decline
It was not an original observation but Christopher Bland, speaking at a Royal Television Society dinner on Tuesday, was right when he said that a strong BBC is important to ITV,
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Ferreira recruited for key role at ACU
Wayne Garvie, head of BBC entertainment and features, has recruited Angela Ferreira to be executive producer of the Manchester-based department's African-Caribbean unit (ACU), writes Jason Deans.Ferreira, who is a producer on
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TALK'S MELLOR AD BANNED
A controversial advertisement for Talk Radio depicting David Mellor as a giant breast has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority.The ad for Talk Radio's Saturday afternoon sport programme, 5.05, shows