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NewsBravo to screen Life on Mars
Flextech-owned Bravo has bought the pay-TV rights to BBC hit drama Life on Mars to lead the channel's push into drama.
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Pilkington handed C4 slot
Karl Pilkington, the radio producer who gained cult status after appearing alongside Ricky Gervais in the most popular podcast ever, has landed his first TV commission for Channel 4.
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Sky Sports originator joins Setanta
Roger Moody, one of the original architects of the Sky Sports network, has been drafted in as a consultant to Setanta Sports, the Irish broadcaster which secured two packages of live Premiership rights in May this year.
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UBC and Sky offer national radio news
UBC Media Group and BSkyB have created a national news service for commercial radio stations in a bid to take on news provider Independent Radio News (IRN).
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Top Gear defended
The BBC has taken the unusual step of issuing a general defence of Top Gearafter receiving more than 500 complaints about the show. Viewers have criticised the near-the-knuckle style of the BBC2 show's presenters, particularly Jeremy Clarkson. Last month Clarkson described a 'quintessentially German' car ...
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Apace hires Carsey
Steve Carsey has joined Apace Media's new TV division, Steadfast Television, as deputy chief executive. Carsey, who joins from Endemol UK production company Initial, will also be creative director and head a new intellectual property and content creation division working across the entire group.
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Gypsy radio on BBC
The BBC has rolled out a radio show for travellers and gypsies across the east of England. Rokker Radio, hosted by Romani journalist Jake Bowers, is to broadcast every week between 7pm and 9pm, across six local radio stations in the BBC East region, including BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, BBC Radio ...
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Classic FM shake-up
Blackadder actor Tony Robinson will join Classic FM in the station's biggest schedule shake-up in its 14-year history. Robinson will host the Friendly Guide to Music, a programme that will span the history of classical music, on Sundays at 4pm.
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ITV gives Britton and Kyle two-year deals
ITV has signed daytime presenters Fern Britton and Jeremy Kyle for another two years, after recently tying down Phillip Schofield for the next couple of years.
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Webb is favourite for Five job
Jonathan Webb, director of programmes, Bravo, Trouble and Challenge, has emerged as the favourite to head Five's new multichannel offerings.
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Warwick takes ITV entertainment role
ITV has hired Granada International format consultant Paula Warwick to take on the role of editor of entertainment.
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Reporting duo to quit Panorama
BBC Panoramareporters Andy Davies and Sarah Barclay are taking voluntary redundancy as part of the corporation's three-year programme of job cuts.
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Chandos takes stake in Splash Media
Former Television Corporation chairman Tom Chandos and hedge fund chief Stuart Fiertz have taken a stake of around 50% in Splash Media, the company set up by former BBC entertainment executives Jane Lush and Fenia Vardanis.
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Comment: Fighting to tell the truth
David Mannion asks if we can expect war reporters on the ground to be balanced
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Comment: The last laugh for comedy
Will the split of comedy from entertainment spur an exciting new era for the BBC?
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NewsEnd of term reports for controllers
Broadcastdelivers its end-of-term reports on the terrestrial programme bosses
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On the box - A Restoration folly?
Eloise Tooke wonders if ITV's Cruises Undercovermissed the big story and if Restoration Village was wise to spend£1.9m on a tearoom at Massey's Folley