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    TX - When faith isn't enough

    2001-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Miracles explores the phenomenon of faith healing and so-called 'miracle crusades' where thousands gather to be healed. The production team was granted unique access to these events and, more importantly, the

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    Soccer and Caine combo boosts Channel 5 figures

    2001-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Something very strange happened on Wednesday of this week - glance down the top 50 to eighth place, where Coronation Street (ITV, 28 March) recorded an audience of 11.72 million. Obsessive

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    Dyke Towers

    2001-04-20T00:00:00Z

    The occasional diary of a BBC Director General.

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    AND FINALLY...

    2001-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Deborah Ward, director of programming at Sit-up TV, on shooting her pet cat...If you weren't in TV/radio what would you be doing?Teaching it...What's the biggest lie you've ever told?See next questionWhat's

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    OFF THE RECORD - Ignorance of soap won't wash

    2001-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Like everyone else, Off the Record knows that BBC Radio 4's Today programme is about as high-brow as current affairs gets anywhere in broadcasting.So we were not surprised to hear presenter

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    OFF THE RECORD - Lythgoe revives Stray Cats

    2001-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Nasty Nigel Lythgoe's image has been punctured by news of a misguided move to name a stray kitten after him. Aaah... According to our sources, the kitten was one of six

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    Out of Africa

    2001-04-19T16:56:00Z

    Tigress Productions producer Graham Booth talks to Laura Harding about the trials, tribulations and joys he faced while on location in Ghana

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    Switchdigital wins licence

    2001-04-19T16:32:00Z

    The Radio Authority has awarded the digital multiplex licence for Aberdeen to the Switchdigital consortium.The group, which is majority controlled by The Wireless Group, plans to operate eight commercial services,

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    BBC Resources names first head of business develpment

    2001-04-19T15:31:00Z

    BBC Resources has created a new head of business development role but continues to face industrial action following the restructure first announced last July, in which more than 200 jobs and

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    422 man scooops first Quantel artistry award

    2001-04-19T14:54:00Z

    422 Bristol's Dave Corfield has been named the first UK Quantel artist of the year, writes Barbara MarshallQuantel, in association with Promax & BDA, the associations for marketing, promotion and design

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    BBC buys fantasy animated series UBOS

    2001-04-19T13:03:00Z

    BBC head of acquisitions and co-productions for CBBC Theresa Plummer-Andrews has bought 52 x 22-minute animated series UBOS(formerly Ultimate Book of Spells) from entertainment company BKN.UBOS is a fantasy

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    ITN to stream news to kiosks

    2001-04-19T13:02:00Z

    Leading UK news provider teams with Cityspace & Adshel to bring 24-hour news to I-plus kiosks

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    Carlton signs Crossroads NZ deal

    2001-04-19T12:52:00Z

    Carlton International has signed its first distribution deal for new ITV soap Crossroadswith New Zealand terrestrial broadcaster TVNZ. It plans to run the soap as a key component of its

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    Virgin wins Radiohead concert rights

    2001-04-19T12:50:00Z

    Virgin Radio has secured exclusive rights to broadcast rock band Radiohead's one-day mini-festival in Oxfordshire on 7 July. The deal is part of Virgin's new policy to get back to broadcasting

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    Channel 4 gets Seismic

    2001-04-19T12:50:00Z

    Darlow Smithson's computer graphics-based popular science series set for autumn air

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    Penny Smith to front Classic FM show

    2001-04-19T12:50:00Z

    Classic FM is to launch a new Saturday evening music programme, to be hosted by GMTV news anchor Penny Smith. The show will have a weekly theme and be produced by

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    Initial grabs first daytime order

    2001-04-19T12:50:00Z

    Endemol subsidiary to make Guru-Murthy-fronted general knowledge quiz for Channel 4

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    Play UK's Littleford orders first programming raft

    2001-04-19T12:50:00Z

    Play UK's new channel editor Mathew Littleford has commissioned his first batch of programming, led by a new series based on BBC Radio 1 dance show The Essential Selection

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    All Out renews 5 Live contract

    2001-04-19T12:50:00Z

    BBC Radio 5 Live commissioning editor, news Steve Kyte has asked indie All Out Productions to make a further 40 x 25-minute programmes for the Five Live Reportslot over the

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    UK Horizons airs live wildlife docs

    2001-04-19T12:50:00Z

    UK Horizons is airing the first live wildlife documentary series, Africam - Live and Wild.London-based independent Tvbus selects live footage from three crews in southern Africa and beams it back