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Nigella II fails to come to the boil with 2 million
The increasingly sportified BBC 1 enjoyed a good week thanks to a better than usual Uefa final. Liverpool completed its cup-winning treble with an audience of 10.25 million (BBC 1, Wednesday
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OFF THE RECORD - AND FINALLY ..
John Ryley, executive editor Sky News, on an X-mas party encounter with Sam Chisholm.
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OFF THE RECORD - Big Bro boss too much for staff
Imagine our surprise when during our weekend quest for nudity on E4's live Big Brother the contestants started discussing the show's head honchos Conrad Green and Ruth Wrigley. Apparently, being in
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OFF THE RECORD - Home and Away ban
Looks like the powers that be at ITV are still a little sore, to say the least, with Channel 5 for poaching Ozzie soap Home and Away. The cast has been
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OFF THE RECORD - News chief sunk
They're seafaring folk down in the west country. So Carlton Westcountry controller of news Brad Higgins leapt at the chance to fork out around£100 to get his name painted on
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Pitching post
Howard Webster delves into the uncertain world of Soho post-production to find out how some of the main players go about selling themselves
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Microsoft goes live with TV Cabo Interactiva
Ceo Ballmer claims Portuguese roll-out is 'significant step forward for the interactive TV industry worldwide'
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BBC strikes second PVR agreement
Deal with German technology group comes in addition to existing deal with TiVo for BBC highlights package
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Carry On team to get one-hour documentary
Glasgow-based indie Black Watch has completed a film about the legacy of the Carry On team for Channel 4.The 60-minute documentary, Can We Carry On Girls?, ordered by C4 head
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Choice offers fans Glastonbury alternative
BBC Choice is creating a 'virtual Glastonbury Festival' to run at the end of the month following the cancellation of this year's event in Somerset.Using archive footage filmed by festival
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Twenty Twenty lands double doc order from C4
Channel 4 commissioning editor, multicultural Pat Younge has ordered two 50-minute documentaries from indie Twenty Twenty, writes Penny HughesSecrets of Shepton Market (working title) looks at the treatment of black American
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ITV2 orders travel gameshow
ITV2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts has commissioned First Circle films to produce a travel gameshow, writes Steve AstonThe Race , a 15 x 60-minute series, will follow four two-strong teams as
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C4 orders morality stories for children
Channel 4 commissioning editor, schools and programmes John Richmond has ordered five-part series The Beaconsfrom Cardiff-based indie Wild Dream Films.The 15-minute morality tales, which aim to further
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Radio 4 gives Catherine Bailey drama orders
Radio indie Catherine Bailey productions has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to produce a 2 x 60-minute drama piece, Mother and Son.Based on the novel by Ivy
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Rapture has it live in Ibiza
Clubbing channel Rapture Television is gearing up to broadcast what it claims is the UK's first live broadcast from nightlife hotspot Ibiza as part of its third season from the Balearic
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twofourtwo to make Newquay doc for C5
Indie twofourtv has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a documentary looking at life in Britain's surf capital, Newquay, writes Georgina LipscombOrdered by C5 controller of children's and religious programmes
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C5's Attwell orders doc about porn king
Airborne TV has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce a 60-minute documentary about pornography company Private.Commissioned by C5 controller of features and arts Michael Attwell, Private - The Reluctant King of Porn
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SMG kicks off Nardini thriller for ITV
SMG has gone into production on its two-part thriller, Sirens, for ITV.The 2 x 90-minute episodes, which feature This Lifestar Danielle Nardini as a police
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Sci-Fi transmission loss set scene for Molinare disposal
TV Corp's strategy to become 'a major international content producer and brand developer' moves one step further as facility is put up for sale
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GVG eyes flotation with£25m equity finance deal
Grass Valley Group (GVG) has raised $36m (£25m) in an equity finance deal led by investment bank Lazards.The money will enable the group to maintain its 'high level' of investment in