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CHANNEL 5 COMMISSIONS BITCHIEST BABES.
World of Wonder has made a 40-minute archive-based documentary for Channel 5 called Britain's Bitchiest Babes. The programme will air next month and is produced by Annette Gordon, directed by Deane
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NEW DETECTIVE SERIES FOR BBC SCOTLAND.
BBC Scotland head of drama Barbara McKissack and BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey have commissioned Skyline productions to produce Rose's Patch, a 60-minute comedy drama for BBC 1. Starring Denis Lawson
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CHANNEL 4 SIGNS DEAL TO AIR WORLD RALLY.
Channel 4 has signed a three-year contract for the UK broadcast rights to all 14 rounds of the World Rally Championship with rights holder International Sportsworld Communications. Chrysalis Television will produce
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MERIDIAN TO MAKE FILM ABOUT VOLUNTEERING.
Meridian is poised to begin filming a government-funded series on volunteering for the Community Channel. The 60 x 9-minute series will be screened daily from May and is executive produced by
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MURPHY ORDERS GAY MAGAZINE SHOW.
BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned That Gay Show, a 13 x 30-minute weekly magazine show for gay men. The show is filmed on location around the country and looks
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C4 ON HUNT FOR NEW LITERARY SHOW IDEAS.
Channel 4 head of arts, history and religion Janice Hadlow is looking for ideas for a new series about the written word. The plan coincides with the channel's decision to end
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PIONEER COSMOLOGY PROGRAMME FOR C4.
Science specialist Pioneer Productions has started work on a new 3 x 50-minute cosmology series for Channel 4 as a follow-up to its award-winning show Universe. Working-titled Mysterious Universe/Planets from Hell,
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RADIO FIVE LIVE HOLDS ONTO FORMULA 1 RIGHTS.
BBC Radio 5 Live has secured exclusive radio rights to Formula 1 for a further four years. The new contract, which runs from 2002, will see the BBC providing commentary to
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TOUR TO BBC?
Tour de France producer Venner Television has begun exclusive negotiations with the BBC over rights to screen this year's Tour de France, after the programme was axed by Channel 4, writes
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New Paramount game show.
Paramount Comedy Channel director of programming Sally Habbershaw has commissioned a new 20 x 30-minute game show from Open Mike Productions, writes Jon Rogers.
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BBC factual lines up indie orders.
BBC controller of factual commissioning Nicola Moody has turned her sights to the independent sector, ordering a raft of commissions to run across BBC 1, 2 and BBC Choice. Moody, who earlier
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Rosencrantz backs show without Wright.
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has ordered a full series of Granada Television's talent show format This Is My Moment, despite the defection of its presenter Ian Wright to the BBC, writes Colin Robertson.
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OMNEON SIGNS SKY DEAL.
Sky News has bought two network and storage systems from Omneon Video Networks in what is the technology company's biggest deal since its inception three years ago. Omneon president Larry Kaplan
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RUSHES ARTIST POACHED.
The Hive has persuaded Rushes senior animator Dave Child to join its 15-strong animation team. Child joined Rushes three years ago from Cinesite (Broadcast, 29.5.98) where he worked on films such
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OSCAR NOMINATIONS.
Mill Film's Tim Burke and Lola Post Production co-director Rob Harvey have been nominated for an Oscar for their work on Gladiator. Burke and Harvey were visual effects supervisors on the
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SHORT FILM INVITATION.
Rushes is inviting entries for this year's Soho Shorts Festival which takes place from 28 July to 3 August. The closing date for submissions is 7 May 2001 and entries should
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BBC FACES WRIT.
The BBC was due to receive a writ on Wednesday (21 February) from a security firm that claims it is owed£1.9m by the corporation. AC Control won a tender in
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BBC Resources chief to retire.
BBC resources chief executive Margaret Salmon is to take early retirement after less than two years heading the corporation's facility group. Although no firm date has been set, Salmon is understood to
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OmniBus launches standalone products.
Broadcast automation firm OmniBus Systems has created a new division to develop stand-alone products from its core technology and systems businesses, writes Barbara Marshall.
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3sixtymedia backs virtual studio with.
The BBC/Granada joint-venture 3sixtymedia is pushing its virtual studio as part of the new company's launch on 1 March, writes Barbara Marshall.