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TWI unveils fresh look at Churchill
TWI and Carlton are to add their take on the story of wartime prime minister Winston Churchill with a three-part series for ITV, writes Steve Aston
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Classic buildings next for makeovers
The BBC is to give architecture its own interactive reality series in which viewers will be asked to vote for buildings they most want to see restored, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Evans returns to produce C5 show
Chris Evans is making his TV comeback with a new live weekday entertainment show for Channel 5 and a new independent production company, writes Jon Rogers
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Celador hires top exec to bolster light entertainment
Celador Productions has hired Martin Scott as development executive of entertainment in its latest attempt to move away from its reliance on fading cash cow Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, writes Jon Rogers
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Govt will defend content quality
The government will force broadcasters to invest in quality British productions if opening TV ownership to non-EU buyers leads to the 'nightmare scenario' of viewers being swamped with low-quality American imports, writes David Rose
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C5s The Wright Stuff gets extra half-hour
Channel 5 morning debate show The Wright Stuff, produced by Princess Productions, will have its running time extended from 60 to 90 minutes for two weeks at the end of the current series. As part of the longer format there will be a new section ...
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Education slot at News World
International news conference News World, which takes place in Dublin in November, is launching an education initiative that will see academics and students sit alongside industry professionals at the annual event, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Sunset & Vine replays Gillette World Sport
Television Corporation subsidiary Sunset & Vine is to make another 104 x 30-minute episodes of its advertiser-funded Gillette World Sportmagazine programme after securing a new two-year sponsorship deal. The deal takes effect from January
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New DTT, same old story
By the time you read this, the chances are that Greg Dyke's already vast BBC empire will have just got even bigger. The BBC-led free-to-air bid is a racing cert to be awarded the Independent Television Commission digital terrestrial licence. Meanwhile, BBC 3 finally looks set to go under starter's ...
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Tax breaks rob rich to feed poor
It's been a week of action so far for the independent sector. While producers' alliance Pact has been busy lobbying the communications bill's joint steering committee over a code of practice to protect the interests of independent producers, the Inland Revenue was finally drawing the line under the TV tax ...
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TV deal enough to drive us all screening mad
Football bosses from all over the country will step up their campaign against telly chiefs today when they descend ...
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'Ere Tel, Hazell and the Rio job would be a blindin' episode
Venables is back, and so his is TV Tec. ...
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Hotel fall tragedy of TV actor
A children's television actor has died after falling from a balcony while on holiday in Majorca. ...
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Watchdog threat to Vivendi rescue
The financial rescue of Vivendi Universal was cast into doubt last night after the French stock market regulator la...
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Falun Gong hacks into Chinese satellite TV broadcasts
After a lengthy, brutal campaign to wipe out the Falun Gong spiritual sect, China has discovered that its prey has ...
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Channel 4 to cut film production budget by two-thirds
Channel 4 cut its film production budget by two-thirds yesterday as it outlined measures to offset its funding sque...
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'Racist' BBC chiefs huid my picture till John birt paid a visit
Asian presenter sues corporation. ...
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Misery of Aian at BBC 'Raj'
BBC radio broadcaster Mrs Annand Jasani has interviewed Tony Blair, the Dalai Lama and Vanessa Redgrave on her Asia...
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French regulator launches Vivendi inquiry
Vivendi Universal, the ailing international media group, came under further pressure yesterday as COB, the French s...