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Liquid creates celeb ancestors
Liquid TV has created the branding and graphics for the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?. The Wall-to-Wall-produced show explores the ancestors of among others Meera Syal, Vic Reeves and David Baddiel. The celebrities were shot on blue-screen and then composited into traditional ...
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Trisha: why I've switched to Five
Chat show queen Trisha Goddard, who defected from ITV to Five last week in what is thought to be a£3m deal, has said her decision to move was creative, rather than financial, and that the negotiations were 'done in days'.
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Cleese fronts UK film list
Monty Python star John Cleese is to front a countdown of the UK's 100 most successful films in a six-hour Channel 4 marathon for later this year.
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Kemp to make Sky gangs doc
Ross Kemp, ITV's former star signing, is talking to Sky One about following up his recent one-off documentary on America's gun culture with a series on the world's most dangerous gangs.
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Five's world drivers
Manic motorists from around the world are to be put under the spotlight in a new show for Five to complement its hit series Britain's Worst Driver. The 2 x 60- minute World's Worst Driver will include clips ...
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Filmfour tests DVD
FilmFour is considering the launch of its own branded online DVD rental service. Channel 4's pay-TV movie channel is currently running a trial scheme in Scotland with specialist online DVD rental group Lovefilm to test take-up rates. If successful the service, which offers about 23,000 films for delivery by post, ...
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Seacole biopic for C4
Channel 4 editor of history Ralph Lee has commissioned October Films to make a
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Watts in BBC return
One of the major BBC players in the Hutton affair, Newsnight science editor Susan Watts, has returned to work following maternity leave. Watts, who stepped back into her post last week, recorded the voice of Dr David Kelly, which was later used by the BBC ...
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Girls invade Sky mix
Sky Mix is to be taken over for a day by a live eight-hour event for girls made by Endemol-owned Initial Productions. Sponsored by Barbie, It's a Girl Thing! will feature fashion, makeovers, music, gossip, celebrities and extreme sports for girls aged nine to 11. ...
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Regional hours cut sparks row
Ofcom's decision to allow ITV to cut its non-news regional hours by half could kill off the birth of new independents in the regions and limit the growth of new talent from outside London, it has been claimed.
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Sky rejigs news team in readiness for Five
Sky News has reshuffled its executive team in preparation for its takeover of the Five News contract in January, appointing the launch managing editor of Sky News Ireland as the channel's head of newsgathering.
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Living launches reality channel
Flextech is pursuing its strategy of making Living TV the country's sixth channel with the launch of a service devoted to reality and real-life entertainment.
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Hilary to take BBC America to ?next level'
Former BBC executive Bill Hilary has been confirmed as the new head of BBC America.
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Cannes keeps MIP
Reed Midem, organiser of the Mip television festivals, has secured a new 10-year deal with the city of Cannes. The deal will see the company host the international markets, which include Mipcom, MipTV and MipDoc, in the Palais des Festivals on the Cote d'Azur until at least 2014. Over 10,000 ...
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Discovery/BBC deal
The Discovery channel has signed an output deal with the BBC that will give it first-look access to 12 new episodes of BBC2 history strand Timewatch over the next two years. The programmes will be delivered in mini-series of three, the first of which, The ...
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CBC buys Dr Who
Canadian public broadcaster CBC Television has become the first channel to buy the new series of Doctor Who , months before it is due to air in the UK. The deal was completed at Mipcom by BBC Worldwide. Doctor Who ...
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Twofour AFP head
Twofour Productions has appointed Jason Langley to its board as commercial director. He will be responsible for international programme distribution, secondary rights exploitation, advertiser-funded programming (AFP) and its home video business. He first joined Twofour in 2001 from Shout Television to look after the indie's AFP content, which includes ...
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NewsBBC3 Buys Dead Bodies film at Mipcom
BBC3 is to show Irish thriller Dead Bodies after snapping up the title at the Mipcom programme market.
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Tory MP calls for end to Yentob Inquiry
Conservative media spokesman John Whittingdale has called on the BBC to bring the ongoing inquiry into its creative...