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ON THE BOX - A captive audience
The Facilities Group director of television Tom Horton would rather spend time with Ten Most Wanted Murderers than JK Rowling.
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Fantasy Jobs - Downshift daydreams
Ever dreamed of living a simpler, less frantic life? Ashley Davies canvassed some top figures in the TV industry to find out what they'd be doing if they decided to drop out of the rat race.
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INTERVIEW - Write on primetime
Russell T Davies, creator of the explicit C4 hit Queer as Folk, will have his latest project shown on primetime ITV but, he insists, he's not toning down his act.
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BBC's Queen Vic lock-in no match for Queen Mum
All except one place in the first 14 of the top 50 were taken by soaps as BBC 1 launched its Friday helping of EastEnders at 20.00. ITV's Coronation Street was
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INDIE FINANCE - It takes Two Four to tango with risk
Set up over 10 years ago by two BBC employees hoping to spice up their careers, Two Four Productions has spawned an iTV outfit and has expanded its London base and is confident it will beat the slump.
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TX - Science is believing
It was executive producer George Carey who first had the big but simple idea for Testing God. 'I'd seen a paragraph in a newspaper where someone had done a survey of
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OFF THE RECORD - Base humour from Anderson
The differences between the Edinburgh comedy and television festivals are pretty minimal - in both cases hundreds of people mass together in small spaces to laugh at hilarious onstage antics. And,
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OFF THE RECORD - Oh no, not the tablecloth trick
Now, clearly, OTR wasn't in the George long enough on any occasion to witness the real ravages of drunkenness but word reaches us of a non-media nutter (yes, there are some)
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OFF THE RECORD - Heggers slips in
Lorraine Heggessey turned out to be a popular choice in her controller session on Saturday - so much so that some unfortunates were turned away for reasons of space. Among the
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EC rules may force an end to BBC governors
The European Commission is set to put further pressure on the government to bring the BBC under the control of Ofcom after calling for all state-funded broadcasters to prove that they
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ITV slashes Crossroads
ITV is slashing its much-hyped daytime soap Crossroads from five episodes a week to four, following disappointing ratings, writes Steve Aston.
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Wall to Wall shifts to low-cost series
Wall to wall Television is to move away from its focus on high budget output and plans to expand into high volume low cost production, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ad fears put C4 jobs on ice
Channel 4 is scaling back recruitment after the recent downturn in advertising revenues, writes Penny Hughes.
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Holland on the piano
Musician and presenter Jools Holland is to front a lavish series charting the history of the piano for BBC 2, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Night of a thousand Star Treks on BBC
BBC 2 is to devote a whole evening to mark the 35th anniversary of cult sci-fi series Star Trek, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Granada boss mulls Endemol prospects
Granada controller of entertainment Duncan Gray is understood to be considering his future at the broadcaster and is believed to be in advanced talks with Endemol Entertainment UK, writes Steve Aston.
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Bazalgette tipped to lead C4
Endemol Entertainment UK's creative director has emerged as the frontrunner to take over as Channel 4 chief executive from Michael Jackson, writes Penny Hughes.
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Guardian and UBC consider Atlantic deal
Guardian Media Group (GMG) and UBC are in talks with RTL about buying its stake in beleaguered radio station Atlantic 252, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Tiger chief goes it alone with Zeal
Tiger Aspect board director Mark Linsey has left the indie to launch a new company, Zeal Television, backed by£4m from Sportsworld Media Group, writes Simon Ellery.
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EU quotas anger TV execs
European Union proposals to force broadcasters to meet investment quotas based on turnover rather than transmission quotas have come under attack from commercial broadcasters, writes Simon Ellery.