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Commissioning - Commissioner's Q&A - Jon Plowman.
The head of comedy entertainment at the BBC explains his pride about The Office, his envy over The West Wing and why he is looking forward to a long massage and a rejuvenating bath in yak's milk.
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COMMISSIONS - WAKING THE DEAD GETS TWO MORE SERIES.
BBC1 crime drama Waking the Dead has been commissioned for a further two series by controller
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COMMISSIONS - BBC AND HBO TEAM UP FOR EPIC ROME DRAMA.
The BBC and US network HBO are to undertake their first series co-production with an epic
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COMMISSIONS - ITV1 WALES TUNES UP POP AWARD SPECIAL.
ITV1 Wales is to screen a 60-minute special based on The Coca Cola Pop Factory Music
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COMMISSIONS - ITV2 TO SCREEN COMEDY AWARDS PARTY.
Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Mark Durden Smith have been lined up to present ITV2's post-awards show
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Radio - Clear Channel says Capital is vulnerable.
Roger Parry, chief executive of US media giant Clear Channel's international division, has described Capital, the
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FORMAT FOCUS: THE BLOCK.
A show which has taken Australia by storm looks set to do the same here by combining property with reality, writes Michael Rosser.
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FORMATS & DEALS - BRITISH SERIES IN GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIONS.
Distributor Minotaur International has made a raft of sales to broadcasters across the globe, including selling
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FORMATS & DEALS - TINY PLANETS TO BE SEEN IN SCANDINAVIA.
Animation house Pepper's Ghost Productions is poised to sign deals with stations in Scandinavia to air
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FORMATS & DEALS - TWI TAKES RACE TO THE ALTAR TO EUROPE.
TWI Entertainment has sealed a brace of deals that will see dating format Race to the
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FORMATS & DEALS - RDFI ACQUIRES IDEAL WORLD PROGRAMMES.
RDF International has acquired the distribution rights to a trio of documentaries from Glasgow-based indie Ideal
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FORMATS & DEALS - DISCOVERY WANTS THUNDER RACES FOR US.
Leopard Films has been commissioned by Discovery Channel US to produce a 60-minute special based on
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Analysis - Profile - Finding the Parfitt fit at Radio 1.
After disappointing, if not disastrous, ratings, is it time for Andy Parfitt to do more than just tweak the line-up at Radio 1, but rather usher in some major changes?
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Analysis - On the box - Television at its best.
Harry Bell salutes Harmony Korine's inspired documentary about David Blaine's Thames-side stunt and Mark Daly's brave exposure of racism in the police force.
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Analysis - A bloody battle for ITV's throne.
How will Michael Green's humiliating public betrayal affect the proposed Carlton and Granada merger, asks Conor Dignam.
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Opinion - In my view - Women on top in TV?
Women may dominate the top jobs and, increasingly, the schedules, but balancing family and career is as hard as ever, writes John Willis.
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Opinion - Comment - Telling fact from fiction.
It's time people stopped confusing innovative documentary-making with gameshows and reality shows, just because they are both shot in a 'realistic' way, says Penny Woolcock.
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Opinion - Shooting the messenger.
While the BBC already seems to have learnt from Hutton, the government's kneejerk reaction to uncomfortable truths in the media shows it hasn't.
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Interview - Brooksidecloses its doors.
As we bid farewell to Brookside, the soap which revolutionised TV drama and brought us some of the most memorable moments in small-screen history, Peter Keighron talks to Phil Redmond about the series' genesis, its impact and the future for Mersey TV.
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Brookside - R.I.P. Brookie (1982-2003).
Brookside might have been best known by viewers for its cults, crashes and crazy husbands, but what impact has it had on the industry?