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Talkback wins raft of orders.
Talkback Productions has bagged its widest ever range of commissions, including a number of factual series for the BBC and a quiz show for Channel 4.Headlining the BBC slate is 6
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Brook Lapping to make Thatcher doc.
ITV has commissioned a major three-part profile series on former prime minister Margaret Thatcher from the company that produced Diana: Story of a Princess, writes Penny Hughes.
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Discovery slate focuses on diets.
Discovery Health has unveiled its first batch of commissions for this year with two new series and a second run of United Productions' Dietbusters, writes Simon Ellery.
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Twofourtv to give kids taste of life as a star.
Plymouth-based indie Twofourtv is moving away from its reliance on factual and leisure commissions after scoring an 8 x 30-minute order from children's channel Nickelodeon, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC BUYS CHILDREN'S COMEDY LIZZIE MCGUIRE.
The BBC has bought children's comedy series Lizzie McGuire from format distributor Egmont Imagination. The 21 x 30-minute series, produced by Stan Rogow Productions, debuted on the Disney Channel and has
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IAN WRIGHT MAKES BBC 1 VARIETY SHOW PILOT.
Former footballer Ian Wright, who has a #1m deal with the BBC, has recorded a pilot for a new BBC 1 Saturday evening variety show. The show, Right Here, Wright Now,
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TITCHMARSH TO LOOK AT SCIENCE OF GARDENING.
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned BBC Bristol to make 6 x 30-minute series How to be a Gardener, in which Alan Titchmarsh explains the science behind gardening. The series,
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BBC FIXES DATE FOR SAS FACTUAL SURVIVAL SHOW.
The BBC is set to screen a series about the SAS that was postponed from its original transmission date because of the events of 11 September. SAS - Are You Tough
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ECOSSE WINS FOURTH MONARCH OF THE GLEN.
BBC Scotland has commissioned indie Ecosse Films to produce a fourth series of Monarch of the Glen. Shooting on the new series will begin in March in Scotland. It was commissioned
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EXTREME TO MAKE LOURDES OF LOVE FOR C4.
Northern Ireland-based indie Extreme Production has scored three new commissions, including a 4 x 5-minute series for Channel 4 about a major European event for single people. Lisdoonvarna - Lourdes of
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MTV TO BROADCAST NEW THREE-DAY FESTIVAL.
MTV is to produce more than three and a half hours of programming for its new three-day music festival MTV Winterjam 2002 which takes place in Austria. Overseen by MTV Europe
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CARLTON MAKES SALE TO NEW OZ KIDS CHANNEL.
Carlton International has struck a content deal with new Australian kids digital channel ABC Kids. The deal includes 52 x 10-minute award-winning animation Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids and two live-action
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BBC to provide mobile content.
The BBC has beaten commercial rivals to a five-year contract to provide audiovisual 3G phone content for mobile phone outfit Hutchison, writes David Wood.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Ealing Studios redevelopment gets underway.
Demolition work has begun at Ealing Studios as the famous site enters its centenary year, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Complete and Peach merge.
Big finish has bought a 50 per cent stake in post house Peach and has merged its own commercials facility, Complete, into the business to form a new outfit, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Disc studio ups channel output.
Digital Interactive Studio Centre (Disc) is looking to recruit 40 people ahead of the launch of three new channels at its Wapping studio and playout base.The expansion comes four months after
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Bruce Dunlop takes over Drum.
Bruce Dunlop & Associates (BDA) has taken over Soho-based 3D and effects com-pany Drum, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - GOLDEN SQ IN 3D TIE-UP.
Golden Square Post Production has launched a 3D department in partnership with visual effects specialist Double Negative. A dedicated team of animators and 3D producers from Double Negative is now based
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - EGG SPEAKERS LAUNCHED.
Japanese in-car communications specialist Fujitsu Ten has set up a UK operation, Eclipse TD, to market its unique egg-shaped speaker monitors aimed at the recording and broadcast market. Eclipse TD UK
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3D-IMAGING INNOVATION.
Belgian 3D system developer Eyetronics has launched a hand-held 3D scanning system that can capture information about an object from all angles. Featuring a digital camera and a specially designed flash