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    No con like an old con

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Old people and their activities tend to be given short-shrift in TV terms. They're not considered a 'sexy' subject matter assured of great ratings, nor one appropriate for humorous treatment. Add

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    EastEnders wounds all comers with Phil expose

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Rarely has there been a more potent combination than soaps and soccer and BBC 1 loves it. When EastEnders revealed who shot Phil, 20.05 million wanted to know. And 8.47 million

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    OFF THE RECORD - Out of the studio - in every sense

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Avid readers of Broadcast should already know this, but for us the universe revolves around Bowling Green Lane, the home of our glamorous editorial offices. And our green and leafy street

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    OFF THE RECORD - What an old dog

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    What is Off The Record to make of this little identikit gem? The image, which features the face of none other than Richard Kilgarriff, erstwhile Rapture employee and now a denizen

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    The Word director to go into feature films

    2001-04-26T17:19:00Z

    Green Inc Productions, the Belfast-based independent headed by former The Word and Don't Forget Your Toothbrush director Stephen Stewart, has formed an alliance with Green Park Films to develop drama series

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    Football Documentaries underway for C4

    2001-04-26T17:11:00Z

    Channel 4 head of programmes, nations and regions Stuart Cosgrove has commissioned Granada Television and Belfast-based indie Hot Shot Films to produce a documentary for its Football Storiesstrand which will

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    Windows Media latest

    2001-04-26T17:03:00Z

    Soho streaming specialist Root6 takes a look at the latest on offer from Microsoft including High Definition Streaming at only 3MB per second

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    Jerry Springer to come back late on C5

    2001-04-26T17:01:00Z

    Channel 5 controller of entertainment Alan Nixon has re-commissioned Carlton to make a longer series of chat show Late Night With Jerry Springer.Springer, who has also signed up to present

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    BBC orders tapeless production system

    2001-04-26T16:49:00Z

    BBC Technology appoints Munich-based software developer AIST to build 600-workstation system for BBC's Natural History Unit which could see roll-out across corporation

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    Fusion Radio to launch its own chart show

    2001-04-26T16:46:00Z

    The Fusion Radio Group is launching a rival to commercial radio's national Sunday evening Pepsi Chart Show.The 180-minute show, which is due to air from July, is aimed at the

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    Open University places science drama order

    2001-04-26T16:38:00Z

    Birmingham-based indie Maverick Television has been commissioned to produce a 6 x 30-minute drama for the BBC and the Open University.Ordered by BBCscience commissioning editor Steve Wilkinson, the series is

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    More Linda Green episodes ordered by BBC 1

    2001-04-26T16:31:00Z

    BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey is poised to order four more episodes of romantic comedy drama Linda Greenfrom Manchester-based indie Red Production.They are expected to air in September with

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    Bazal in co-production deal for travel show

    2001-04-26T16:19:00Z

    Bazal has struck its first deal with the National Geographic channel after agreeing to co-produce a 'real-life' travel documentary series, Up For It.The 26 x 30-minute series, which features holiday

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    National Geo to broadcast Pearl Harbour doc across global channels simultaneously

    2001-04-26T16:03:00Z

    National Geographic Channel is to broadcast a documentary across all its global channels simultaneously for the first time.In a strategy which it claims will bolster its future purchasing power, the

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    Veil shows PDA to TV link

    2001-04-26T15:26:00Z

    US software developer shows technology which links broadcast stream to hand held devices

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    IP's mission to Mars

    2001-04-26T15:26:00Z

    Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf plans to extend the Internet into outer space with interplanetary internet framwork

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    C5 commissions landmark documentary on migration of early man

    2001-04-26T15:15:00Z

    Channel 5 has made one of its most ambitious and expensive factual commissions to date, with a landmark series about early man colonising the planet.The 6 x 60-minute,£500,000 production, to

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    September Films to divulge more Soap Secrets for ITV

    2001-04-26T15:10:00Z

    September Films has been commissioned by ITV to create a 6 x 30-minute series of Soap Secrets, writes Steve AstonCommissioned by ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes the order

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    Pilger to front ITV globalisation documentary

    2001-04-26T14:58:00Z

    Award-winning investigative journalist John Pilger is to present a special documentary on the effects of globalisation for ITV, writes Leigh HolmwoodThe 60-minute one-off programme, The New Rulers of the World, will

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    E4's Newman plans South Bank Show clone

    2001-04-26T14:53:00Z

    E4 director of programmes Andrew Newman has lined up a new eight-part profile series which he hopes will become the channel's version of The South Bank Show, writes Penny Hughes.Nu Skool ,