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I'm a telly daredevil
Killer snakes, scorpions and nearly freezing to death on a mountain are just part of a day's work for Stephen Backs...
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Basil Faulty
Legendary fox Basil Brush has been given a makeover for his TV comeback - and his devoted fans are furious. ...
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NewsBlair will force Lords to accept US buyers
The government plans to use the threat of invoking the Parliament Act to force a reluctant House of Lords into agreeing to its controversial plan to allow US media giants to buy British TV companies, writes David Rose
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NewsBBC schools plan in the balance
The BBC's controversial£150m online digital curriculum could hit the rocks unless media secretary Tessa Jowell gives it the go-ahead by the end of the month, according to senior executives on the project, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsNo more money for E4, says Thompson
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has confirmed that the budget for original programming for C4 digital youth channel E4 will stay at£11m, in what will be a blow to E4 director of programmes Murray Boland, writes Penny Hughes
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Eyre raps exec talent gap
British TV will always struggle to fill its most senior posts unless more training is offered to prevent executives from becoming too specialised, according to former ITV chief executive Richard Eyre, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Radio stations tune in for DTT
Up to eight commercial radio stations, including Kiss 100 and Jazz FM are expected to form part of the Freeview DTT platform when it launches in the next few weeks, writes Georgina Lipscomb,
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Two lieutenants to quit Granada
Two of Granada's most senior figures are poised to quit the ITV broadcaster, writes Colin Robertson
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Drama faces international test
Tough economic conditions are forcing drama commissioners and producers to form closer ties with international distributors, according to executives, writes Jane Marlow
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Chrysalis plans to stretch LBC brand
Chrysalis Radio is planning to slap the LBC brand on both its newly-acquired LNR stations LBC and News Direct, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Initial goes into kids' production
Endemol UK arm Initial is pushing into kids TV with programmes for CBBC and CITV, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Ancona takes on BBC drama role
Impressionist Ronni Ancona is to take her first major straight acting role in an ambitious BBC 2 historical drama mixing archive film with reconstruction, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Cook tribute joins BBC X-mas line-up
BBC 2 has secured the television rights to last weekend's Peter Cook Posthumorous Tribute to air as part of its Christmas line-up, writes Jon Rogers
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Titchmarsh in gnome role
Departing Gardeners' Worldpresenter Alan Titchmarsh has found a new BBC role, as the voice of an animated garden gnome, writes Penny Hughes
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Fox Kids UK buys Xilam's Lucky Luke toon
Animation studio Xilam's 52 x 30-minute kids series The New Adventures of Lucky Luke, has been picked up by Fox Kids UK channel. The deal is the latest in a string of arrangements between Xilam and Fox Kids, which previously acquired ...
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Chatsworth TV to revive treasure hunt
Chatsworth TV is to bring back to life cult series Treasure Hunt15 years after it was axed. Grandstandpresenter Suzi Perry is taking the role of the Lycra-clad clue-finder that made Anneka Rice and her bottom famous, while new BBC news ...
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Hollywood...spins off into celebs' homes
The Travel Channel has commissioned a spin-off of September Films' Hollywoodfranchise looking at celebrity homes. Hollywood Real Estate, a 2 x 60-minute series for transmission early next year, will focus on celebrity mansions in LA. The series producer is Michelle ...
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Mentorn takes on von Hagens corpse project
Television Corporation subsidiary Mentorn is behind the controversial Channel 4 project to find a volunteer willing to have his or her body preserved and modified after death for a television series. The company is undertaking the search in conjunction with Professor Gunter von Hagens, whose Body Worlds exhibition is currently ...
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BBC's Tranter orders fourth Clocking Off
Red Productions' drama Clocking Offis returning for a fourth series on BBC 1. The 6 x 60-minute series, ordered by BBC controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter, is produced by Juliet Charlesworth, directed by Brian Grant and Brian Percival and executive produced by Nicola Shindler. ...