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    Carlton to give The Vice fifth outing

    2002-07-31T15:01:10Z

    ITV controller of drama Nick Elliot has commissioned a fifth series of Carlton drugs and prostitution drama The Vice. The series, which goes into production around London later this year, will kick off with a 90-minute special to be followed by a full 6 x ...

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    New presenters for revamped Liquid News

    2002-07-31T15:00:03Z

    Presenter Claudia Winkleman and BBC reporter Colin Paterson are to front a revamped Liquid News, the flagship entertainment show that airs on BBC Choice and BBC 1. The pair take over in October, replacing Christopher Price who died suddenly from a rare condition in April. ...

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    Fox Kids to show Japanese hamster toon

    2002-07-31T14:58:49Z

    Fox Kids Europe (FKE) has secured the TV rights to the Japanese animation series Hamtarofrom Shogakukan Productions. The 52 x 30-minute series is based on the children's books by Ritsuko Kawai and features the adventures of a curious hamster and his friends. The animation was ...

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    Rosencrantz commissions Surprise Wedding for ITV 1

    2002-07-29T15:40:04Z

    Unsuspecting boyfriends could find themselves getting proposed to and then hitched to their girlfriends live on air as part of a new Carlton show for ITV1, writes Jon Rogers

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    BBC to emulate ITV Saturday morning kids format

    2002-07-29T10:42:56Z

    The BBC is to launch a Saturday morning version of music show Top of the Pops in order to try and close the ratings gap with ITV 1's SM:TV Live and CD:UK, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    TX - And the band played on.

    2002-07-25T15:16:53Z

    You might think that doing the sound for the BBC TV coverage of the Proms would

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    TEAM WRITING - Smells like team spirit.

    2002-07-25T15:16:52Z

    After successes with the BBC's Merseybeat and My Family, US-style team-writing is being extended to Holby City. But are the UK and US TV industries too different for the American system to work here?

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    TRADE TALK - Format hunter.

    2002-07-25T15:16:52Z

    Lion TV is hoping for a killer format from its new head of entertainment, Adam Wood, whose credits include In it to Win it, Survivor and Shafted

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    LIVING LINES UP SHOWS FOR TODDLERS' STRAND.

    2002-07-25T15:16:51Z

    Living TV has acquired a number of children's series for its morning pre-school strand Tiny Living

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    Trisha editor promoted to exec position.

    2002-07-25T15:16:51Z

    Jackie Heffer, who as editor of ITV 1's Trisha has seen the Granada-produced daytime show become the highest performing chatshow on TV, has been promoted to executive producer, writes Steve Aston

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    Heggessey gets new docu-soap.

    2002-07-25T15:16:51Z

    BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey's plan to reintroduce a major docu-soap to the channel's peaktime line-up

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    NICKELODEON DRAWS UP REAL CARTOON PLAN.

    2002-07-25T15:16:51Z

    Nickelodeon UK is set to create a new 'reality cartoon', animating the lives and characters of

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    BBC WORLD TO GIVE MIDDLE EAST REGULAR SLOT.

    2002-07-25T15:16:51Z

    BBC World, the BBC's 24-hour international news channel, is to launch a new programme dedicated to

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    C5 COURTS CONTROVERSY WITH POLICE DRAMA.

    2002-07-25T15:16:51Z

    Channel 5 has snapped up the rights to the controversial US drama The Shield, based on

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    Channel 5 finds prison life is a bit rich.

    2002-07-25T15:16:51Z

    Channel 5 has commissioned a one-off documentary from Einstein Entertainment on how members of the upper crust fare when they are thrown in jail, writes Paul Revoir

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    SHINE COOKS UP SHOW FOR C4'S COMEDY LAB.

    2002-07-25T15:16:51Z

    Shine Entertainment has secured a 30-minute commission for Channel 4's Comedy Lab series. Comedians Steve Oram

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    BBC 4 season to home in on architecture.

    2002-07-25T15:16:51Z

    BBC 4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a tranche of programmes for a week-long look at British architecture in the 21st century, writes Jon Rogers

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    C4'S NEW MEN.

    2002-07-25T15:16:51Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, documentaries Danny Cohen has ordered a two-part documentary series that aims to uncover the hidden world of female to male transsexuals, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    LANDMARK PET SHOW IS ITS FIRST BBC 1 ORDER.

    2002-07-25T15:16:51Z

    Oxford-based indie Landmark Films has bagged its first BBC 1 commission as part of a brace

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    DR WHO'S WEB RETURN.

    2002-07-25T15:16:50Z

    Cult sci-fi hero Doctor Who is to star in a new 6 x 10-minute web-based drama