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NewsBBC1 takes Talpa comedy panel show to series
David Walliams, Frank Skinner and Micky Flanagan are to star in a BBC1 Saturday night comedy entertainment show about patriotic knowledge.
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NewsBauer axes Dave Lee Travis from Magic show
Bauer Media has dropped Dave Lee Travis from his Magic AM show following the DJ’s arrest yesterday over sexual abuse allegations.
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NewsOfcom admits to local TV gaffe
Ofcom has taken back recently awarded local TV licences in Nottingham and Sheffield after it discovered “small errors” in its procedures.
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NewsMillichip to exit Zodiak in 2013
Zodiak Rights London managing director Jane Millichip is leaving the distributor at the end of January 2013.
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NewsFake couples to fool immigration experts in C4 pilot
Channel 4 is piloting a gameshow which will see fake couples try to convince immigration inspectors that they are a genuine item in order to win £10,000.
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NewsAtlantic recruit puts digital centre stage
Atlantic Productions is set to beef up its multiplatform content offering with innovations such as 360-degree interactive image galleries, following the appointment of its first head of new media.
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NewsITV2 picks up Matt Edmondson fronted panel show
ITV2 has snapped up an eight-part run of gameshow Fake Reaction from STV Productions after it was piloted by BBC3.
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NewsSundog in tie-up to develop adfunded content
Factual indie Sundog Pictures and Australian multiplatform specialist Hoodlum have teamed up with Heroes creator Tim Kring to develop the indie’s ad-funded content output.
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NewsSteven Moffat recognised by Writers' Guild
Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Steven Moffat has been awarded the Writers’ Guild Special Award for Outstanding Writing for his contribution to TV writing.
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NewsMcAlpine: 'My reputation can’t be repaired'
Lord McAlpine has said that his reputation “can’t be repaired” after a Newsnight report wrongly implicated him in child abuse allegations.
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NewsCaroline Thomson resurfaces to chair Digital UK
Former BBC chief operating officer Caroline Thomson has been appointed chair of Digital UK and will oversee its merger with Freeview EPG operator DMOL.
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NewsBBC experiments with 3D ‘snorkel’ for Hidden Kingdom
The BBC has commissioned a unique device to capture 3D footage of small creatures in the wild for natural history series Hidden Kingdom.
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NewsEnvy to post-produce The Voice at Windmill Street
Envy has taken over from Evolutions as the picture and audio post-production home for BBC talent show The Voice UK’s second series.
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NewsMcAlpine threatens ITV with legal action over Phillip Schofield stunt
Lord McAlpine has notified ITV he intends to take legal action against it, as John Whittingdale MP has written to Peter Fincham requesting information about Phillip Schofield’s actions on This Morning.
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NewsThe unravelling of a BBC DG
Sympathy for George Entwistle has lessened since the exposure of his frailties and pay-off
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NewsDock10 to host The Voice UK
The blind audition stages of The Voice UK will be recorded at Dock10.
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NewsOfcom probes BBC & ITV over child abuse reports
Ofcom has launched investigations into the BBC and ITV over their handling of broadcasts containing allegations of child abuse.
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NewsMcAlpine poised for Newsnight settlement with BBC
Lord McAlpine is on the brink of reaching an out-of-court settlement with the BBC after Newsnight wrongly implicated him child abuse allegations.
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NewsSplitting DG’s role risks ‘muddying the waters’
The BBC crisis has put the director general’s remit under the spotlight, but calls for the role to be split have met with mixed reaction from the industry.
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NewsBBC4 pulls TOTP repeat after Dave Lee Travis arrest
BBC4 has pulled a re-run of Top of the Pops from 1977 following the arrest of former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis today.