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    Programming - C5 to air daily lunchtime quiz.

    2002-05-27T13:39:23Z

    Channel 5 is launching a new salvo in the lunchtime ratings war with a live, daily

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    BBC youth pitch to exclude politicians.

    2002-05-27T13:39:23Z

    The BBC's planned new youth politics programme could become a politician-free zone.Bob Geldof's indie Ten Alps,

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    US BUYS UK QUIZ SHOW.

    2002-05-27T13:39:23Z

    ITV daytime gameshow King of the Castle is to air in primetime on US Network CBS

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    Programming - FAST SHOW'S SWISS TONI GETS HIS OWN SHOW.

    2002-05-27T13:39:23Z

    Swiss Toni, the smooth-talking ladies' man played by Charlie Higson in the BBC comedy The Fast

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    BBC to up foreign coverage.

    2002-05-27T13:39:21Z

    The BBC is to increase its commitment to primetime foreign affairs programming as media secretary Tessa

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    BBC turns to Mast Media for new quiz format.

    2002-05-27T13:39:21Z

    The BBC has commissioned a new, long-running daytime quiz series which is being billed as 'the new Weakest Link', writes Penny Hughes

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    ITV hands cash to drama.

    2002-05-27T13:39:21Z

    ITV drama producers are to be the beneficiaries of an influx of cash to ITV's programming budget, write Steve Aston and Peter Keighron

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    ITV in£25m ratings drive

    2002-05-27T12:59:34Z

    ITV has launched a new salvo in the ratings war with BBC 1 by confirming a£25m boost to its programming budget while unveiling a new framework for regional programming, writes Steve Aston

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    Channel 5 goes high-brow with new historical series

    2002-05-27T10:15:28Z

    Channel 5 is re-affirming its commitment to move away from tacky programming with a new major 12-part documentary on the history of British Kings and Queens, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    BBC 4 to look at NHS treatment of leukemia

    2002-05-24T11:48:12Z

    BBC 4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a one-off drama, which aims to explore medical ethics and lift the lid on the NHS treatment of children with leukaemia, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Fulmar wins C4 and BBC 2 orders

    2002-05-24T11:44:41Z

    Cardiff-based indie Fulmar West is set to take a behind-the-scenes look at one of Britain's best-loved soaps with a 50-minute film for Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes

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    BBC to screen '66 World Cup final

    2002-05-24T11:34:47Z

    England's 1966 World Cup triumph over Germany is to be screened on the BBC's huge TV screens, being set up around the UK, hours before England's crunch match against Argentina in this year's tournament, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    BBC youth pitch to exclude politicians

    2002-05-24T11:27:47Z

    The BBC's planned new youth politics programme could become a politician-free zone, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    September to make one-off From Hell film

    2002-05-23T14:48:51Z

    September Films has made a foray into ITV's From Hell franchise by winning its first commission for the strand, writes Steve Aston

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    Indies 'fed up' with C4 review

    2002-05-23T14:45:26Z

    Indies specialising in educational programmes are being threatened by the budget freeze for next year on Channel 4's schools programming that has still not been lifted after more than eight months, writes Penny Hughes

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    Small indies not hard done by, say commissioning editors

    2002-05-23T14:29:12Z

    Speaking to a packed audience of producers and would be producers, commissioning editors of factual programming from BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have denied that smaller and unknown indies are being unfairly treated, writes Peter Keighron

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    BBC asks indies for more interactive programming

    2002-05-23T11:18:05Z

    The BBC has called on independent producers to submit more interactive programming ideas, writes David Wood

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    Red launches comedy shop

    2002-05-23T10:41:45Z

    Manchester-based drama indie Red Production Company, the producer behind award-winning series such as Clocking Off and Queer as Folk, is moving into entertainment by launching a new indie with Multimedia Arts (MMA), writes Penny Hughes

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    Production Show news: Commissioning editors give kids' programming wish-list

    2002-05-23T09:46:05Z

    Commissioning editors for children's TV on Channel 5 and BBC gave independent producers a programming wish list today, writes Peter Keighron

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    Pepsi Chart Show axed

    2002-05-22T16:54:16Z

    Channel 5 has dropped one of the last remaining original entertainment shows of its launch era as it continues to distance itself from its old image, writes Georgina Lipscomb