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Chris Evans might buy us, we don't care
Is Chris Evans going to buy south London football club Millwall? Reports say that he was spotted being shown around the club recently with Danny Baker. With the club
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Quote of the Day
'It's no fun to be attacked in that kind of way.'Outgoing director general Sir John Birt tells BBC Breakfast News his feelings on being described as a 'croak-voiced
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NewsBrogan set to launch indie Kindle
Former ITV Productions' kids controller Anne Brogan is to set up her own indie, Kindle Entertainment, with her former development colleague Melanie Stokes.
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C4I strikes co-pro deal with NBC at Natpe in New Orleans
Distributor joins US network for documentary project
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BBC swings with primates series
EXCLUSIVE - The BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU) is making a series about primates that will let viewers make up their own minds about the similarities and differences between
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BBC mulls extra EastEnders
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon is discussing proposals to screen an additional weekly episode of ratings-pulling Queen Vic soap
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Indies challenge C4 over tax breaks
Six leading independent production companies have banded together to challenge Channel 4 over its refusal to allow them to use a tax break for programme-making.The unnamed group of drama producers have
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C4 delays Iraqi abuse drama
Channel 4 has rescheduled its controversial new drama The Mark of Cain - about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers - to avoid clashes with real-life court cases.
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Carlton sees ITV slate drop
The total value of Carlton-made shows for ITV dropped nearly 14 per cent, from£80 million in 1998 to just£69 million in 1999.Carlton Productions managing director Waheed Alli, told Broadcast
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Broadcast news launches on produxion.com
Broadcast went online on Thursday (27 January) as part of the launch of a web portal for television producers and broadcasters.Broadcast will provide both a daily news service and details of
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BBC mulls EastEnders expansion
BBC 1 is working on plans for a fourth weekly episode of EastEnders, writes Tim Dams.The proposals have been under discussion for some time between BBC drama executives and BBC 1
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Whizz Kid in Tough Cookie takeover
Bafta producer Whizz Kid Entertainment has acquired digital content specialists Tough Cookie for an undisclosed sum.
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Grade back in TV world
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Grade is to dip his toe back into the world of television for the first time since leaving Horseferry Road in 1997, writes Tim Dams.Grade
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ANGLIA'S TRISHA LANDS PEAKTIME ONE-OFF
Anglia Television has secured a one-off peaktime commission from ITV for a celebrity-based show starring daytime presenter Trisha Goddard.Celebrity Heartbreaker will focus on the difficulties encountered by high-profile media celebrities when
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C4'S BARKER ORDERS F WORD AND 'REAL' BEACH SHOWS
Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video, Adam Barker is waiting to schedule a 1 x 60-minute documentary called A Brief History of the F Word, made by Oxford Films.
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VANESSA FELTZ TO TALK TELEVISION WITH LION TV
Lion Television has won the contract to make Vanessa Feltz's new daytime show, 10 x 30-minute series Talking Television - despite the fact that BBC Production's features and events department made
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Geldof backs plans for 'peace' channel
Not content with campaigning to end poverty and starvation in Africa, Bob Geldof is to launch a channel aimed at promoting world peace.