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OFF THE RECORD - Lost for words
Poor old Caryn Mandabach. Not only was her Worldview Address received, er, somewhat unenthusiastically, but she was also among the 60 or so passengers whose luggage was temporarily misplaced on her
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NewsOctober Films defends Nazi doc
October Films has defended its documentary Weekend Nazisfrom accusations of misleading editing. [ALL]
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OFF THE RECORD - Behind the mainstream
Pop quiz: which channel's lacklustre Bank Holiday Monday primetime schedule featured a 60-minute promo for the Spice Girls, a movie repeat, a wildlife documentary, a five-minute news bulletin and an hour
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MPs attack Carlton's regional rebranding
Regional MPs this week protested angrily that Carlton's decision to drop its regional brands, Central and Westcountry, may breach its licence conditions.Robin Corbett, chairman of the Birmingham Group of Labour MPs
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BBC consultancy spend tops£28m
The BBC spent£28.1 million on management consultants in the 1997-98 financial year, with£15 million alone attributed to the Corporate Centre, according to figures leaked to Broadcast.The statistics, understood to
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NewsMajor shake-up at The Media Trust
The Media Trust is combining its production arm Media Trust Productions with its digital channel Community Channel and has appointed Peter Weil to lead the new combined operation. [ALL]
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United Wildlife MD Broughton departs
United Wildlife managing director Mark Broughton has left the company, writes Tim Dams.
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Big names face axe in LBC revamp
ITN is understood to be putting the finishing touches to its wide-ranging overhaul of LBC 1152 AM and has confirmed that the editor of its sister outfit, News Direct 97.3 FM,
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Channel 5 clocked up its best ever audience figures this week with the terrestrial TV premiere of Independence Day pulling in an average 4.98 million viewers (24 per cent share) on
Channel 5 clocked up its best ever audience figures this week with the terrestrial TV premiere of Independence Day pulling in an average 4.98 million viewers (24 per cent share) on
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ABC ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO S4C/BBC MIRACLE FILM
S4C and BBC Wales have struck a deal with the Disney-owned ABC network to broadcast their co-produced animated film on the life of Jesus on Easter Sunday next year. ABC has
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LWT TO MAKE THEME NIGHT ON ROCK BAND QUEEN FOR C4
The LWT entertainment department has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a theme night paying tribute to rock band Queen. The line-up for the evening, Queen for a Night, will
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NewsGrade: video games exist in 'moral vacuum'
RTS Convention:ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has criticised video games for existing in a 'moral vacuum' compared to TV drama. [ALL]
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NEWSNIGHT GRANTED INSIDE VIEW OF PRISON LIFE
BBC 2's Newsnight has been given exclusive access to Wormwood Scrubs to follow the prison's attempts to improve its reputation. The current affairs show will film governor Stephen Moore, prison officers
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ITV FINDS RELIGIOUS PARADISE WITH MOORE TV
ITV has commissionedindependent Moore TV to make two new religious series. Paradise Found is a 10 x 30-minute Moore TV/Action Time co-production inviting top celebrities to spend a week at a
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READ TO HOST JAZZ FM BREAKFAST SHOW IN NORTH-WEST
Jazz FM has named former BBC Radio 1 and Classic FM DJ Mike Read as the new breakfast show host for its north-west station. Read replaces journalist Martin Kelner, who also
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BBC PANDAEMONIUM BREAKS OUT AS SHOOTING STARTS
BBC films feature Pandaemonium, a story about the creative friendship between Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, has gone into production (Broadcast, 27.8.99).Directed by Julien Temple (The Filth and the Fury,
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CARLTON BUILDS WOMEN'S SPORTS SHACK FOR ITV2
ITV2 has ordered a broadcast pilot of a sports show for women from Carlton Productions. Sports Shack is a 30-minute programme that claims to be the antithesis of existing sports programmes
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Ideal lands movie for FilmFour
Ideal World Productions has secured a commission and funding from FilmFour to produce the independent's first feature film, writes Wale Azeez.Produced through its Ideal World Films offshoot, Late Night Shopping will
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Murray signs for Sky in£2.9m deal
Sky One has signed up 1999 Perrier Award winner Al Murray to co-write and star in a 13-part sitcom, Time Gentlemen Please.The£2.93 million deal, which includes fees and production costs,
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NewsR5 Live shakes up schedule
Gabby Logan has been given a new two hour Sunday morning news slot on BBC Radio 5 Live as part of a shake up of the station's schedule. [ALL]