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    NEWS ANALYSIS - State of the union.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Could Bectu, active in disputes at the BBC, MTV and Carlton, be growing in importance? Membership may be rising but the union must adapt to technological and labour market changes and promote itself better.

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    INTERVIEW - Ambassador for TV.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    If Carlo Sartori, professor of communications at the University of Rome, did not exist, the late Malcolm Bradbury, scourge of the modern, globetrotting academic, would almost certainly have made him up.The

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    RATINGS ANALYSIS - Homegrown hits still eluding C5.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5's audience share is obstinately stuck at about 5 per cent, with sport and Hollywood movies getting viewers rather than UK produced shows, such as The Mole, even though they have been well-publicised. Katy Elliott reports.

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    TX - The paws and effect.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Graham Brown is the King of Gunge so as the producer of Petswap, ITV's new kids' gameshow, he is in his element. Every inch of the CITV studio set is either

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    BBC witnesses an upturn at the start of the week.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The return of football and the two-part drama Silent Witness were the two main changes to the primetime schedule. They brought a change of fortune for BBC 1 as the week's

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    OFF THE RECORD - Web spoilsports.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Regular readers will remember our public service announcement about the inadvisability of investigating regional ITV programme Meridian Tonight on the web. Well, it seems our public service wasn't in vain for

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    OFF THE RECORD - King of misery.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    He may be king of all he surveys at the BBC, but Greg Dyke was in no mood for celebration at the RTS television journalism awards do last Wednesday, when he

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    Turner made rank outsider for Celebrity Big Brother

    2001-03-08T17:30:00Z

    Bookies bank on Brookside's Sweeney as hot favourite with Jack Dee at three's as former GMTV presenter Turner looks set for an early bath

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    Turner rank outsider for celebrity Big Brother

    2001-03-08T17:27:00Z

    Bookies bank on Brookside's Sweeney as hot favourite with Jack Dee at three's as former GMTV presenter Turner looks set for an early bath

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    Second commission for The Hot Seat

    2001-03-08T16:39:00Z

    Flashback TV has been commissioned by Artsworld channel director Richard Melman to produce a second series of interview show The Hot Seat.Presented by Sir Christopher Frayling, the 6 x 30-minute

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    Extreme in deal with Spain's AXN channel

    2001-03-08T16:29:00Z

    London-based channel owner and distributor Extreme International has signed a deal to supply an additional 50 hours of programming to Sony-owned Spanish channel AXN over the next three years.AXN is

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    Discovery alternative medicine show

    2001-03-08T16:26:00Z

    Discovery Health is re-versioning a Canadian complementary medicine series and has lined up Toyah Willcox to present it.The 39 x 30-minute series called Beyond Medicinelooks at health issues with

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    BBC Choice orders sexual disease series

    2001-03-08T16:18:00Z

    BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a 6 x 15-minute series from BBC Scotland entitled Sex, Warts and All.Originally entitled The Clap Clinic, the show is based around a

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    C5's Shaw on factual drive

    2001-03-08T16:08:00Z

    Channel 5 senior controller of arts, features and documentaries, Chris Shaw, has commissioned a raft of new factual programmes, as part of a drive to promote quality documentaries in primetime, writes

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    Wise Buddah wins Hitman documentary

    2001-03-08T16:04:00Z

    Indie Wise Buddah has secured its first TV commission, six months after setting up a dedicated TV arm

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    Radio 2 scoops Bee-Gees one-off concert

    2001-03-08T15:39:00Z

    BBC Radio 2 has secured an exclusive concert by the Bee Gees - their only planned performance for this year.The group will record the 60-minute special before an audience of 300

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    Two Four to make Ideal Home programme

    2001-03-08T14:59:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned Plymouth-based independent Two Four Productions to make an Ideal Home Show special fronted by Kate Thornton.Channel 4 daytime editor Jo McGrath has ordered the 4 x

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    CNN nabs Sky's Smith

    2001-03-08T14:31:00Z

    Smith to replace Jane Dutton on weekly travel show

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    TPC hires BBC producer to head production

    2001-03-08T14:29:00Z

    The Television Production Company (TPC) has appointed drama producer Martyn Auty as head of production.A former BBC producer, Auty recently worked on projects such as Dirty Workand Gentleman's Relish.

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    BBC drama badly disrupted by terrorist bomb

    2001-03-08T14:28:00Z

    Significant damage to Centre House prevents FictionLab staff from returning