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New faces banged up as Bad girls returns
Filming has begun on the fifth series of Shed Productions' women's prison drama, Bad Girls. The latest 16 x 60-minute run of episodes is slated to begin on ITV 1 early in 2003. Among the new inmates this series are Amanda Barrie and Stephanie Beacham. ...
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Pioneer snares oil rig gig for discovery
Pioneer Productions has begun filming a 50-minute HD documentary for The Learning Channel about the new generation of oil and gas rigs. Extreme Machines: Offshore Rigswill premier on Discovery HD Theatre before being broadcast on The Learning Channel and on Discovery networks worldwide. The programme ...
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Xena to look at real-life female warriors
October Films has lined up Xena Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless (right) to present a new Discovery Channel commission tracing the history of female fighters. Ordered by Discovery commissioning editor for history and event programming Bettina Hattami, Warrior Women will focus on Joan of Arc, ...
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Barrymore-ex spills beans to Channel 5
The ex-wife of troubled former TV star Michael Barrymore is to be the subject of a new Channel 5 documentary produced by Vera Production. Cheryl Barrymore has allowed cameras to follow her for the past month for the 60-minute programme, The Cheryl Barrymore Story, in ...
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Facilities want in on ITC indie inquiry
Facilities bosses are urging media secretary Tessa Jowell and the Independent Television Commission (ITC) to include studios and post-production in its planned investigation into the programme supply market, writes Will Strauss
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5D folds under tax bill
UK visual effects systems developer 5D unexpectedly went into administration last week with the potential loss of 50 jobs, writes Barbara Marshall
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Over 300 jobs to go at OpenTV
OpenTV, the interactive TV firm that owns Static 2358, is to restructure with the loss of 315 positions, writes Barbara Marshall
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Leaf gongs go to Framestore and Glassworks
Framestore CFC and Glassworks led the pack at the 2002 London Effects and Animation Festival (Leaf) awards held at London's Hippodrome last Wednesday (9 October), writes Barbara Marshall
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Arri's Uxbridge acres
The Arri Group has bought a new four-acre site in Uxbridge that will enable it to bring together its three sales and rental divisions. Arri Lighting Rental moved in last week and will be followed in three weeks time by Arri Media and sales division Arri (GB). The new site ...
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Cinesite Europe moves
Cinesite Europe will move to a new 30,000 sq ft complex in June next year. The new building, in Londonss Sheraton Street, will house a 40-seat cinema and three floors of facilities, enabling the firm to expand its digital mastering service. The 10-year-old US post-house opened its London office nine ...
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Globecast promotions
Satellite transmission provider Globecast Europe has promoted two members of its London team. Juliet Bayliss moves up to head of TV channel distribution, UK and Northern Ireland, following the departure of Nigel Gibson, and Gary Champion will be the new head of news and business TV. Both report to senior ...
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The Farm's big plans
Dublin-based post facility The Farm has embarked on a €4m (£2.5m) expansion plan with the backing of Fineline Media Finance. The Farm, unrelated to the London group of the same name, was formed in April following the merger of The Farm Digital Audio Production and video expert Blade. The new ...
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NewsCarlton and Granada merger agreed
ITV giants Carlton and Granada have agreed a£2.6 billion merger, on the day they announced CBBC controller Nigel Pickard will be the network's new director of programmes, writes Luke Satchell
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Vivendi wins lifeline with debt shake-up
Vivendi Universal announced an €8.5bn debt restructuring ...
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Carlton and Granada close in on merger deal
Carlton and Granada were last night finalising details on the structure of their proposed merger ...
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Channel 4 programme budget tops£430m
New schedule unveiled ahead of a radical restructuring and job losses ...
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Channel 4 'is churning out same old fodder'
Kevin Lygo, Channel 5's director of programmes, criticised rival television executives for their lack of creativity...
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New chief promises reinvention of Channel 4 to restore glory
Mark Thompson, the chief executive of C4, has denounced the errors of his predecessor and pledged to re-build the c...
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Boulton let rip at No 10 news freaks
Sky News' Adam Boulton has lambasted new Labour over its contemptuous attitude to the press ...
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Stars in peril as Channel 4 'reinvents' itself
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are among the high-profile casualties of C4's intention to return to the 'out-of-...