All Broadcast articles in 28 January 2000 – Page 2
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Sex in the shower comes to the Archers
Radio 4 farming soap the Archers is to broadcast a steamy sex-in-the-shower romp later this week, reports the Sunday Telegraph.
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John Sergeant on leaving the BBC for ITN
'I didn't see how they'd want someone so identified with the BBC,' reveals John Sergeant, who is leaving the BBC to become ITN's political editor in April.Sergeant told the
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BBC trawls for talent
Would-be TV presenters could do worse than visit the BBC's touring FutureWorld exhibition, which opens in Bradford in February. People will have the chance to audition as presenters at
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Development hell - just how hard is it to get your idea commissioned?
Development? isn't that the agonising purgatory programmes have to go through before they are made? Only the strongest ideas and formats make it to commission heaven. Weaker ones can
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Is Losing Friends costing Sky dear?
The first fall-out from Channel 4's $140 million capture of Sky's pay-TV rights to Friends and ER emerged last week, with news that Sky executives were considering ditching their
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Talk your way out of that, Kelvin
Kelvin MacKenzie may have a way with words, says the Independenton Tuesday 25 January, but his broadcasting career has
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Turning the tables on Dawn Airey
The desk of Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey underwent the scrutiny of the Desk Therapist in the Guardianon Wednesda
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Channel 4's Barker to use the F Word
Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video Adam Barker is waiting to schedule a 1 x 60-minute documentary called A Brief History of the F Word. Made by
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Anglia to make Trisha vehicle for ITV peaktime slot
Anglia Television has secured a one-off peaktime commission from ITV for a celebrity-based show starring daytime presenter Trisha Goddard.Celebrity Heartbreaker will focus on the difficulties encountered by media
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BBC drama writers take up residence
BBC drama has signed up its first ever writers in residence. Diane McInerney and Sebastian Baczkiewicz will work with established scriptwriters in radio and TV for the next
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Lion beats BBC Production to Vanessa daytime show
Lion Television has won the contract to make Vanessa Feltz's new daytime show, 10 x 30-minute series Talking Television.The indie won the contract despite the fact that BBC Production's
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Carlton delivers triplets doc to ITV
Carlton Television is putting the finishing touches to a 1 x 60-minute documentary for ITV about a Nottinghamshire school that has five sets of triplets aged between 12 and
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Smith deep in thought
Media secretary Chris Smith is said to be at an 'advanced stage of thinking' about the funding of the BBC, reports the Financial Times on Thursday 20 February.
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Brilliant lands Timmy Towers series commission for CITV
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Nigel Pickard has ordered a first series run of Timmy Mallett comedy drama vehicle Timmy Towers. To be made by Mallett's indie,