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    Radar sets sights on the next Banzai

    2003-01-08T17:29:15Z

    RDF Media-backed indie Radar, the producer of Channel 4 hit show Banzai, has bagged a raft of fresh commissions including Experimental, a new C4 entertainment series that executives are hailing as the 'next Banzai', writes Penny Hughes.

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    ITV pins hopes on new sitcoms

    2003-01-08T14:33:52Z

    ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam is hoping to improve the channel's flagging comedy reputation with two new sitcoms, writes Jon Rogers.

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    BBC 3 launch offers ?radical' drama

    2003-01-08T14:33:07Z

    A ?radical and edgy' film about a man sucked into the Leeds underworld written by the winner of a BBC new writing initiative is to be one of the key dramas on digital youth channel BBC 3, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Groovy looks at trend for overseas brides

    2003-01-08T14:32:14Z

    Newcastle-based indie Groovy Films is to shed light on the growing number of British men looking to other countries to find a wife, with a series jointly commissioned by Bravo and Tyne Tees, writes Steve Aston.

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    Dambusters fly again on C4

    2003-01-08T14:31:19Z

    Channel 4 is marking the 60th anniversary of the Dambuster raids with a two-part recreation from Tiger Aspect's sister company, Tigress Productions, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Somethin' Else wins second R2 soul series

    2003-01-08T14:30:38Z

    BBC Radio 2 controller Jim Moir has commissioned indie Somethin' Else to produce a further 12 x 60-minute run of music show Soul Solutions. Presented by singer Mica Paris, the series will feature the best in soul music and feature interviews, guests and exclusive sessions. The series, which is produced ...

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    Sky One picks up Transformers Armada

    2003-01-08T14:29:53Z

    Sky One has acquired animation Transformers Armada- starring the Autobots and Decepticons - from Entertainment Rights. The 52 x 30-minute episodes will run at 08.00, seven days a week, with second screenings scheduled on Animix, the daily block on time-shift channel Sky One Mix.

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    Wales' Avanti to make another Cable TV

    2003-01-08T14:28:52Z

    Welsh indie Avanti Television has been recommissioned to make music show Cable TVfor BBC 2 and BBC 1 Wales. The 6 x 30-minute show, hosted by Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable, will launch in April and run for six weeks, airing on Friday nights. It may ...

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    The BBC remembers the holocaust

    2003-01-08T14:27:55Z

    The BBC is to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January with a series of programmes including a week-long drama on BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour. Thea's Diarytells the story of a teenager's struggle to understand her war-torn homeland of ...

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    Wise Buddah wins raft of commissions

    2003-01-08T14:26:28Z

    Indie Wise Buddah has been commissioned to make a string of programmes for the BBC and GWR radio networks, including two 6 x 30-minute series for BBC Radio 2 featuring saxophonist Courtney Pine and jazz legend Billie Holliday. The station has also ordered 2 x 60-minute documentaries on David Gray ...

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    BBC writing initiative drama to air on BBC 3

    2003-01-07T09:35:47Z

    A 'radical and edgy' film about a man sucked into the Leeds underworld written by the winner of a BBC new writing initiative is to be one of the key new dramas on BBC digital youth channel BBC 3, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Chart Show progs fill Rise gap

    2003-01-06T15:43:46Z

    Channel 4 has replaced its ailing breakfast show Rise with a raft of music programmes from the makers of the Chart Show, as Rise undergoes a major face-lift before its re-launch later this month, writes Paul Revoir

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    Tomorrow's World axed

    2003-01-03T10:54:39Z

    BBC 1's futuristic technology show Tomorrow's World, a 38-year old fixture in the channel's weekly schedules, has been axed, writes Luke Satchell

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    EastEnders to be premiered on BBC 3

    2003-01-02T10:44:46Z

    The BBC is to launch its new digital entertainment channel BBC 3 with a week of EastEnders episodes - before they are broadcast on BBC 1, writes Luke Satchell

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    TX - Going to X-tremes.

    2002-12-20T12:39:36Z

    Hey, we've all been there. You know how it is, you're grinding a noseslide on the

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    Trade Talk - One Sice fits all.

    2002-12-20T12:39:26Z

    Chris Sice has blazed a trail for MTV in interactivity; but can he keep the channel ahead of the game when it comes to programming?

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    THOMAS ARRIVES ON ITV.

    2002-12-20T12:39:25Z

    Stop-frame animation pre-school show Thomas the Tank Engine is returning to ITV with a new series

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    BBC 2 studies causes of accidents.

    2002-12-20T12:39:25Z

    BBC 2 is to examine the reasons why vehicle crashes occur and the impact they have

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    ITV 1 revisits Alpha course.

    2002-12-20T12:39:25Z

    ITV 1 has ordered a second series of its controversial religious series charting the phenomenon of

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    CHANNEL 4 TO AIR LAST FRIENDS NEXT MONTH.

    2002-12-20T12:39:16Z

    Channel 4 is bringing forward transmission of what is expected to be the last series of