All Broadcast articles in 27 August 1999 – Page 3
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Root brings Python back
The surviving members of Monty Python will be reunited for the first time since 1983 for a BBC 2 night of programmes to mark their 30th anniversary, writes Tim Dams.
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YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED! BACK WITH NEW WEEKLY PRIZE
Granada Television home video show You've Been Framed! returns for its tenth year on Sunday 19 September at 20.00. The show, hosted by Emmerdale actress Lisa Riley, is booked for an
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EDINBURGH: WHAT'S ON - The good, the bad and the worthy
Too many sessions, too little time. But which events will be worth leaving the comfort of The George bar for? Broadcast assesses the pulling power and star quality of key speakers at this weekend's TV gabfest.
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BAFTA LINES UP WALMSLEY FOR MANAGEMENT CLASS
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has lined up Carlton Communications executive director Nigel Walmsley (right) to present one of its management masterclasses. The session will be chaired
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Bafta picks Berry for job
Bafta has named Amanda Berry as its deputy executive director as part of an internal restructure, writes Wale Azeez.
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ITN Factual bags Discovery Today deal
Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has lined up ITN Factual to produce one show in a new thrice-weekly magazine strand Discovery Today, writes Alice Macandrew.
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OWEN ON SIDE FOR BBC CHILDREN'S HERO TO ZERO
BBC Broadcast head of children's commissioning Roy Thompson has greenlit a new football drama that will feature England and Liverpool striker Michael Owen. Produced in-house by BBC Production's children's department, Hero
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BBC strikes co-pro deal with Harvest
BBC films has signed a co-production deal with new film finance company Harvest Pictures to invest an initial£6 million in BBC film projects, writes Tim Dams.
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WITTE TO HEAD UP MARKETING FOR BBC DIGITAL SERVICES
The BBC has appointed a new head of marketing for its digital services.Gilda Witte, marketing controller at Hogshead Pub Company, will take responsibility for marketing across all of the BBC public
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Brown to head merged BBC Resources unit
BBC Resources is to merge its post-production and graphic design business with its studio and location group in an attempt to improve efficiency.The newly merged unit will be headed by current
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DYSLEXIA BEATS RECORD
Channel 4's Dyslexia season, produced by indie Twenty Twenty Television and broadcast last month, has generated more helpline calls than any previous education campaign on the channel. To date more than
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DOC ON BECKHAMS PLANNED
ITV has confirmed that it is in advanced negotiations with David and Victoria Beckham about a documentary profile of the couple that would be made by Carlton Television. The announcement follows
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Belluzzo in sudden departure from SGI
SGI chief executive Richard Belluzzo has unexpectedly quit the company.His sudden exit comes less than two weeks after SGI announced its third major restructure in as many years.Belluzzo, who joined SGI
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Bianca's tears lead to joy for EastEnders
A torrid storyline in EastEnders had the nation enthralled with a massive 59 per cent share and 11.4 million viewers tuning in on Thursday (19 August), writes Wale Azeez.
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Bids in for DT cable TV
Bidders including German media giant Bertelsmann and cable group United Pan-European Communications have sub-mitted offers for Deutsche Telekom's (DT) extensive cable TV interests.The closing date for initial bids for DT's nine
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New blood at Shearman
Shearman Productions has recruited a new senior producer and a production manager as part of a move to expand beyond its existing focus on popular factual programming, writes Jason Deans.
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Knockout blow
Alan Nixon has proved himself a risk-taker as controller of entertainment at C5, but will he come up trumps with It's A Knockout? Tina Mistry reports.
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UK Play bolsters line-up with raft of new series
UK Play channel editor Stuart Murphy has commissioned six new series for the autumn including a show from Avalon starring comedian Richard Herring, writes Alice Macandrew.
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SMOKE & MIRRORS TO SUPPLY BOND DIGITAL EFFECTS TITLES
Smoke & Mirrors has won the contract to supply digital effects for the title sequence to new James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough. Directed for the third consecutive time
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TALK BOSS SIGNS HATTON
Talk Radio has poached Derek Hatton from Border Radio-owned Century 105 in the north-west. Hatton will replace Scott Chisholm in the high-profile weekday morning slot between 09.00 and 12.00, competing against