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BBC4 invites tenders for media show
The tender document for BBC4's new media show is expected to be sent out to indies next week. Written pitches for the show, which will be overseen by former Newsnight editor George Entwistle, are due by the end of May with shortlisting and the choosing ...
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Report into BBC online to come out in May
Former Trinity Mirror chief executive Philip Graf is expected to hand his report on the BBC's online services to the government on Friday (30 April). Media secretary Tessa Jowell commissioned Graf to review the BBC's internet services in August last year. Jowell is expected to publish Graf's report by mid-May. ...
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NewsBBC pledge on arts and current affairs
The BBC this week revealed plans to put greater focus on arts and current affairs programmes on its main services over the next year, as it gears up for its Charter review battle.
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NewsSmaller indies join forces
The growth of 'super-indies' such as RDF and Wall to Wall has sparked a wave of collaboration among smaller indies desperate to improve their profit margins and negotiating power.
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NewsBBC and ITV to bid for live Premier matches
The BBC and ITV are set to go head to head for the rights to six to eight Premiership football matches after NTL, Telewest and Irish pay-tv company Setanta dropped out of the running.
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NewsFive to dig for WWII hero's fighter plane
Five will bring central London to a standstill with a live event, in which a team of archaeologists attempt to dig up a second world war Hurricane fighter plane from underneath a main road by Buckingham Palace.
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NewsBBC pulls plug on politics for ?yoof'
The BBC has abandoned its high-minded Saturday morning youth politics slot, amid claims it was never interested in it in the first place.
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Parky boss stays at BBC
Parkinson executive producer Bea Ballard has ruled out a move to ITV despite Michael Parkinson asking her to join him when he defects from the BBC later this year.
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At It opens in Bristol
At It Productions - the indie behind Channel 4's T4 strand - is to launch a Bristol office on the back of a rare joint commission from T4 and 4 Learning.
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Field widens for BBC2 job
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has emerged as a surprise contender for the BBC2 controllership.
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C4 follows Operatunity with ?ballet idol'
Channel 4 is to follow up its 'opera idol' series Operatunity with another minority arts talent trawl - this time set in the world of ballet.
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Jackson rules out return to UK television
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson has ruled out a return to the UK when he leaves his chairman post at Universal Television Group (UTG), effectively scotching rumours that he could become the next BBC director general.
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Teachers' writers do battle in Broadcast Young Talent Awards
Two writers who worked on the Tiger Aspect series Teachers will go head to head in the battle to win the coveted young writer of the year award at this year's Broadcast Young Talent Awards.
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NewsBravo to scout for Euro 2004 'Three Lions'
Bravo has responded to a challenge from XFM DJ Christian O'Connell to film his search for a 'Three Lions'-style song for Euro 2004, composed by ordinary members of the public.
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Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (C4) - Alun Plamer, Daily Mirror
'Ramsay was an average footballer, then a superb chef but this was that rare dining treat - Michelin three-star tel...
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New website offers global indie pitches
Indies will now be able to get their programme proposals seen by commissioners all around the world through a new web service.
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Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Ramsay's punchy vocal performance makes an already mesmerising show twice as hypnotic.'...
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NewsBBC triumphs at Wildlife awards
The BBC has landed a hatful of awards at the 27 thInternational Wildlife Film Festival, taking over 20 gongs.
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NewsKlinghoffer composer starts new C4 opera
John Adams, the composer behind Channel 4's award-winning The Death Of Klinghoffer , is making another opera for the channel.
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Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The honours belong to nastiness - with Ramsay's show having the vigour and dark comedy that Diarmuid's (Big Advent...