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Black to take The Bill to new heights
Thames Television's new head of drama Paul Marquess has poached the producer behind the recent success of BBC1's Doctors to be series producer on ITV1's long-running police drama The Bill, writes Penny Hughes
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Poor results cool NTL Telewest merger talks
Cable giants Telewest and NTL this week reported heavy year-end losses, strengthening expectations that a merger will be at least a year away, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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BBC hires team writing expert
The BBC is to develop more US-style 'team written' comedies, following the success of its long-running sitcom My Family, and has hired the creator of the series to spearhead the drive, writes Leigh Holmwood
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ITV picks up Bridezillas
September Films has secured an ITV network order for a show it originally made for US broadcasters, writes Paul Revoir
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Lapping tracks bin Laden's rise
Brook Lapping is poised to travel the globe tracking down past associates of Osama bin Laden for a joint production for BBC2 and WGBH Boston, writes Michael Rosser
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NewsBBC appoints advocates for board
The BBC is to create two new senior support roles for its board of governors as it prepares for the rigours of the charter renewal process, writes Leigh Holmwood
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VH1 edges away from congested music market
Music channel VH1 is attempting to become a more general entertainment offering by introducing US feature films and high-profile documentaries into the mix, writes Paul Revoir
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Jury goes out on Millionaire coughing case
ITV and Celador are now waiting on the most important answer in the history of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - guilty or not guilty.
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NewsITC letter backs BBC in EPG dispute
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has given a clear signal that it may force BSkyB to allow BBC1 and BBC2 to keep their disputed slots on the electronic programme guide (EPG), writes Leigh Holmwood
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State of independents
Welcome to Broadcast's first survey of the UK's independent television production sector - the culmination of three months of intensive research into an industry which detests both filling out forms and having its inner machinations probed.
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NewsBBC cameraman killed by mine
BBC cameraman Kaveh Golestan was killed yesterday (2 April) after he stepped on a landmine in Iraq, writes Luke Satchell
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14 housemates get the Big Brother McCall-up
Big Brother becomes even Bigger Brother this year with a record 14 housemates. ...
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They think it's all over...it is for these two!
Sporting greats Gary Lineker and David Gower have quit TV gameshow They Think It's All Over after eight years. ...
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TV show winner is fugitive
A player who scooped£100,000 on a TV gameshow is wanted by Irish police over a car accident in which a teenage gir...
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TV show to put pupils through 1950s exam
GCSE students are to sit 1950s O-level exams as part of an experiment to discover whether educational standards hav...
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It's all over now for Lineker and Gower
Gary Lineker and David Gower are to leave BBC One's They Think It's All Over after eight years. ...
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BBC man dies after stepping on mine
A cameraman working for the BBC was killed in northern Iraq yesterday when he stodd on a landmine as he climbed out...
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Arena's attheraces unit continues to incur loss
Arena Leisure, the race-course owner, fell£6.9 million into the red last year after absorbing the losses from its ...
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C&W recruits Italian to lead revamp
Cable & Wireless, the toubled international telecoms company, ended its two month search for a chief executive yest...
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BBC film maker killed by landmine
A BBC cameraman was killed and a producer injured yesterday when they stepped on landmines while filming near the f...