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    PROGRAMMING - BBC RECOMMISSIONS RELIABLE DRAMA SERIES.

    2002-07-19T11:38:07Z

    BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have ordered new runs

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    PROGRAMMING - PRINCIPAL MAKES SHORT ABOUT DOLL AFFAIR.

    2002-07-19T11:38:07Z

    Principal Media Group is making a five-minute short for Channel 4 about a man's affair with

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    PROGRAMMING - EVANS RETURNS TO CHANNEL 4 ON NEW TERMS.

    2002-07-19T11:38:07Z

    Channel 4 has cut a deal with Chris Evans for two weekly entertainment strands believed to

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    PROGRAMMING - Granada and WGBH tackle UK role in US war.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    Granada Bristol and WGBH Boston are to co-produce a BBC 2 historical series making a 'radical reappraisal of the British role in the American war of independence', writes Jon Rogers

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    YOUNG SOAP FOR DIGITAL.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    Young Asian people in Bradford taking part in a BBC-sponsored writing initiative are to see 2

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    PROGRAMMING - BBC poaches ITV pop pundit.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    Pop plugger turned TV face Nikki Chapman is to front three new BBC daytime shows after signing a deal with the corporation, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    PROGRAMMING - ITV to air Blake's glacial odyssey.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    ITV has bought the rights to screen TWI's ambitious self-funded documentary based on the last Antarctic

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    PROGRAMMING - C5's unique talent show.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    A woman with no brain who went on to gain three A levels is just one of the unique people lined up for a new Channel 5 science-based primetime strand, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    ITV turns to short-run drama to lift ratings.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    ITV is looking to order more shorter-run mainstream drama series to reclaim its dominance in peaktime, writes Steve Aston

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    COUNTDOWN SECURE.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    Channel 4 has confirmed the future of its daily quizshow Countdown by giving it a permanent

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    Choice gives drama a boost.

    2002-07-19T11:38:05Z

    BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has ordered two dramas, described as his 'most ambitious' yet, which will form the centrepiece of BBC 3 if it is approved by the government later this month, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Cartoon Network ready to grow up

    2002-07-18T10:50:40Z

    Cartoon Network is understood to be hatching plans to launch a grown-up version of its main channel, writes Steve Aston

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    Extra Doctors 'will keep ITV on its toes'

    2002-07-18T10:43:15Z

    In her first major move since becoming BBC daytime controller in March, Alison Sharman has ordered a number of 60-minute specials of lunchtime soap Doctors as part of a wider strategy to 'keep ITV on its toes', writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Six Nations rights lead BBC sport revival

    2002-07-18T10:36:12Z

    The BBC has inched further along the path to a resurgent sport department, snapping up exclusive broadcast rights to the Six Nations rugby union championship in a three-year deal worth around£70m, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    ITV turns to short-run drama to lift ratings

    2002-07-17T17:13:05Z

    ITV is looking to order more shorter-run mainstream drama series to reclaim its dominance in peaktime, writes Steve Aston

  • News

    Choice gives drama a boost

    2002-07-17T17:10:23Z

    BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has ordered two dramas, described as his 'most ambitious' yet, which will form the centrepiece of BBC 3 if it is approved by the government later this month, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BBC to celebrate life of Attenborough

    2002-07-17T17:08:52Z

    The BBC is to screen a special programme marking the golden anniversary of David Attenborough's television career as part of a raft of new specialist factual programmes paid for by a doubling in investment in the genre over the next three years, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    ITV to air Blake's glacial odyssey

    2002-07-17T15:40:22Z

    ITV has bought the rights to screen TWI's ambitious self-funded documentary based on the last Antarctic expedition of late explorer Sir Peter Blake, writes Steve Aston

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    Granada and WGBH tackle UK role in US war

    2002-07-17T15:39:17Z

    Granada Bristol and WGBH Boston are to co-produce a BBC 2 historical series making a 'radical reappraisal of the British role in the American war of independence', writes Jon Rogers

  • News

    C5's unique talent show

    2002-07-17T15:37:52Z

    A woman with no brain who went on to gain three A levels is just one of the unique people lined up for a new Channel 5 science-based primetime strand, writes Georgina Lipscomb