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CBBC orders internet radio drama
Indie Darral MacQueen has been commissioned by the BBC to make a children's drama about an internet radio station, as part of CBBC controller Nigel Pickard's last slate, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Five orders raft of kids shows
Five controller of children's programming Nick Wilson has made a range of commissions including an Australian drama, writes Jon Rogers
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Five lines up Rod Stewart for New Year's Eve
Veteran rock star Rod Stewart is to take centre stage on Five on New Year's Eve. The channel will air a concert performed in New York as part of a 120-minute programme on the star. Ordered by Five controller of youth, music and interactive Sham Sandhu, the concert features tracks ...
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Zoe Ball comes back with sky movie show
Former The Priorypresenter Zoe Ball is to make her TV presenting comeback with a one-off magazine show for Sky Movies. Zoe Ball on Filmis a 45-minute special looking at the big movie releases for 2003 such as ...
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Carlton orders boost west country indies
Carlton Westcountry director of programmes Jane McCloskey has ordered a selection of 6 x 30-minute series from regional indies for the franchise's winter 2003 schedule. Plymouth-based Infinite Pictures is to produce three series: Boys' Toys, a guide to gadgets and activities for men, ...
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Wark Clements to film sleepover club for ITV
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has ordered a 26 x 30-minute series based on Rose Impey's The Sleepover Club books from Scottish indie Wark Clements. The series, to be co-produced with Australian producer Burberry Productions, will be executive produced by Wark Clements ...
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Murder in small town X to come to BBC 1
The BBC's version of US reality game show Murder in Small Town Xhas finally gone into production after months of development, quashing speculation that it would never make it to the screen. The murder mystery reality show, which flopped in the US, was a key ...
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Nickelodeon gives kids chance of a lifetime
Plymouth-based indie Twofourtv has been commissioned to produce an 8 x 30-minute series, Dare U?, for Nickelodeon. The series challenges kids from around the UK to perform dares in order to win the day out of their dreams - from flying in a fighter jet ...
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NewsDiscovery bets on genes
The Discovery Channel is getting into genetically modified programme making with a brace of programmes about the brave new world of DNA, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsLush says 'entertain me?'
Indies are not putting forward enough quality entertainment ideas, casting a dark cloud over how the BBC will fill the soon-to-be-vacant BBC 2 Simpsons slot, according to BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Diverse's Minhas urges development focus
Diverse joint head of programmes Narinder Minhas has called on indies to invest more in development in order to generate better ideas and secure commissions, writes Steve Aston
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NewsFlextech slams indies for multichannel knowledge gap
Executive vice president of Flextech channels Lisa Opie has criticised indies for their poor understanding of the multi-channel TV market, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsDocumentaries need edge not numbers
Channel 4 commissioning editor, documentaries Danny Cohen said that broadcasters should not transmit too many big, large-scale projects as factual programming would lose its 'edge and distinctiveness,' writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsC4 boss says UK TV not in touch with reality
C4 director of television Tim Gardam attacked British television for failing to get to the heart of contemporary society writes Penny Hughes
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NewsBBC1 gets new arts strand
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Hegessey has pledged to pump£1m into a new 12-part arts strand, Imagine, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsThompson to plug Brookside gap with anything but soap
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has confirmed that he is not looking for a new soap to replace Brookside , writes Jane Marlow
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Betty unites with Five for website doc
Betty, the indie founded by former Channel 4 commissioning editor, features Liz Warner, is making a film for Five based on the cult website Friends Reunited, writes Penny Hughes
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Gardam steps in to save Rise
Channel 4 director of television Tim Gardam has taken direct control of troubled breakfast show Rise, amid rumours ...
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NewsGranada seeks to rescue London's Burning
The future of long-running drama London's Burning could go up in smoke following an ITV ultimatum to Granada executives that they must refresh the ailing show to halt its ratings slide or else see it dropped, writes Luke Satchell
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BBC 2 to look at black America
Wall to Wall has boosted its coffers by£3.5m after securing a slate of commissions from the UK and abroad, writes Jon Rogers