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Gifted (ITV1) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'She may be good at storytelling, but Gifted suggests that Kay Mellor doesn't have the precision to tackle a subjec...
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Re:covered axed for TOTP spin-off
BBC3 is to axe its music show Re:coveredafter just two series and replace it with a Top of the Pops spin-off for BBC3.
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TV and radio ads may fall under ASA
ITV has welcomed proposals for new super-regulator Ofcom to hand over responsibility for television and radio advertising to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
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ITV lines up trio of new dramas
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a trio of dramas, including a topical two-part action thriller featuring a corrupt Special Operations investigator battling to save the UK from a major security threat, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ex-Loaded ed James Brown moves into TV
Former Loadededitor James Brown, ex- Blue Peterpresenter Richard Bacon and Lord Bell's Chime Communications have formed an unlikely alliance to create a new television show.
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Five plans Xmas Eubanks clip show
Five controller of youth and music Sham Sandhu has commissioned a one-off special from Carlton featuring the best bits of the channel's fly-on-the-wall series At Home with the Eubanks. In the 60-minute The Best of at Home with the Eubanks, ...
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BBC comedy cash
The BBC is to launch a new comedy writers' bursary worth£6,000 to mark the opening of its comedy development unit in Manchester on Thursday (30 October). The bursary, which will be open to comedy writers across the north, will give the winner two days a week with the BBC, developing ...
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Liverpool writers fund
Mersey Film has secured£25,000 worth of funding from North West Vision to find and develop writers in the north-west. The money will be used to develop script-writing talent to help regenerate local film production. Mersey Television, led by Brooksidecreator Phil Redmond, will pick up development ...
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Stewart media role
William G Stewart, presenter of Channel 4 quiz show Fifteen-to-One, has been appointed as the president of The Media Society. Stewart, who takes over from former Panoramareporter Richard Lindley, said his immediate aims included increasing the broadcasting membership of the ...
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Visual Voodoo gets nod for Panto special
CHANNEL 4 is to uncover the 'secret world' of celebrities in pantomime as part of a brace of commissions for ITN production arm Visual Voodoo, which are due to air at Christmas, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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LNN man back to BBC
London News Network (LNN) head of news Malcolm Balen is to return to BBC News as a consultant when he steps down from his post this week. The former BBC News executive editor, who said he made the decision to leave in the summer and was not affected by the ...
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Waking The Dead gets two more series
BBC1 crime drama Waking the Deadhas been commissioned for a further two series by controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter. The fourth and fifth series, which will comprise six two-parters, will again feature a crack team of police forensic experts looking into 'cold cases'. Filming ...
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BBC and HBO team up for epic Rome drama
The BBC and US network HBO are to undertake their first series co-production with an epic drama series chronicling the rise of the Roman empire through the eyes of two foot soldiers. The 12-episode Rome, which is due to air on BBC2 and HBO in ...
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ITV1 wales tunes up pop award special
ITV1 Wales is to screen a 60-minute special based on The Coca Cola Pop Factory Music Awards 2003, which took place last week. Commissioned by HTV director of programmes Elis Owen, the Pop Factory production will feature acts such as Irish band The Revs and appearances from The Darkness and ...
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ITV2 to screen comedy awards party
Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Mark Durden Smith have been lined up to present ITV2's post-awards show from The British Comedy Awards. The Fun Goes Onwill go behind the scenes to talk to the winners at the after-show party once the awards, hosted by Jonathan Ross, ...
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Heart sneaks up on Capital in London
Capital Radio is to make further changes to its programming after losing the title of London's most listened to station for the first time in 30 years.
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Commercial digital stations beat BBC
The BBC's four new digital radio stations have been dwarfed by the commercial sector after their first listener results showed they attracted just over a million listeners in the three months to 14 September.
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R2's popularity on wane
BBC Radio 2's meteoric rise has finally come a halt after its audience fell by over half a million listeners in the past three months.
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MacKenzie: 'I hate Rajar'
Kelvin MacKenzie has repeated his call to scrap the techniques used by the Rajar audience survey after his TalkSport station ranked bottom among national commercial broadcasters.
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SRH buys into Eire
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) is set to strengthen its foothold in the Irish Republic with an£18m deal to buy Dublin station FM104 from Capital Radio Productions. SRH, which owns national Irish station Today FM as well as Radio Clyde, is awaiting clearance from the Irish competition authorities after the Broadcasting ...