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Cleaver leaves Knowledge for new media role
BBC Knowledge head of programming Liz Cleaver has been named controller, new media in the factual and learning division, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Not the nine o'clock news on BBC 1
The BBC is to move Hat Trick Productions' Have I Got News for You from Fridays at 21.00 on BBC 2 to BBC 1 as part of its new evening schedule once the news moves to 22.00 on 16 October, write Ed Shelton and Colin Robertson.
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ACPTV hires Channel 4 for siamese twins doc
Channel 4 has commissioned Bristol-based ACPTV to produce a 2 x 60-minute special The Secret Life of Siamese Twins. The two-parter goes into production in the next three weeks and will
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Christine Hamilton to front new living dating show
Flextech lifestyle channel Living has commissioned a documentary-style dating programme featuring Christine Hamilton, wife of former Tory MP Neil. The 25 x 30-minutes series, which was ordered by Living head of
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BBC 1 commissions detective novel adaptation
BBC 1 has commissioned an adaptation of Elizabeth George's novel A Great Deliverance from its in-house drama department. Commissioned by former BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon, the programme is centred on
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Big brother's Claire to host Worldpop Ibiza series ..
Multimedia outfit Worldpop has landed its first TV commission with a 6 x 60-minute series Dance 2000, Images of Ibiza for ITV. Commissioned by LWT commissioning editor, night-time Carol Groves, the
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... While nasty Nick presents Channel 4 quiz show
Former Big Brother contestant 'Nasty' Nick Bateman is to host a new Channel 4 quiz show provisionally titled The Dilemma Game. The show has been commissioned from Windfall Productions which is
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Badger bites the dust after run of poor ratings
The BBC has ditched the independently-produced drama Badger after the second of its two runs failed to produce an improvement in ratings. The drama, which was a vehicle for former Soldier
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Chrysalis head rejigs Galaxy's weekend schedule
Chrysalis Radio group head of programming Jim Hicks has re-jigged the Galaxy Network weekend programming. The changes include a new Sunday night R & B programme The Darker than Blue Show,
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Opera is first live transmission on BBC Knowledge
BBC head of classical music Peter Maniura is to sign a co-production deal with indie RM Associates for BBC Knowledge's first live transmission - a new opera - which will air
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Pagoda to make Horrocks kids programme for CITV
ITV has commissioned Pagoda Film & Television to create a new seven-part children's comedy drama series for its CITV strand. Little Big Mouth features the voice of Little Voice star Jane
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BBC drafts in stars to save wildlife TV
The BBC Natural History Unit is to draft in BBC stars such as Phillippa Forrester and Trude Mostue to front wildlife shows in a bid to halt the dramatic slide in
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Talkback to make C4 property show
Talkback Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a new 6 x 60-minute show provisionally called Be Your Own Property Developer, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The series was commissioned by C4
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BBC Worldwide and Catalyst in modern Cinderella deal
BBC Worldwide has signed a co-production deal with Catalyst, the Canadian-based entertainment associate of Gullane Entertainment - formerly Britt Allcroft - to make a modern-day Cinderella tale, writes Ashley Davies. Cinderella and
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Overnight Ratings - Olympic ceremony traps Beavers' share
BBC 1 achieved more Olympic feats with the closing ceremony on Sunday (1 October) leaving Angry Beavers on ITV high and dry, writes Jon Rogers.
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Granada, Carlton discuss ventures
Top-level talks are taking place between On Digital partners Granada and Carlton to create a series of new joint-ventures, write Tara Conlan and Katy Elliott.
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The outfit, which is jointly owned by Granada Media and Carlton Communications, intends to float around 20 per cent of its stock. Analysts put the value of the company at between
On Digital is considering a stock market flotation on its second anniversary on 15 November and is understood to be wooing a telecoms investor, writes Simon Ellery.
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C4's Taylor leaves for Hat Trick
Hat Trick Productions has poached Channel 4 entertainment editor Cheryl Taylor to the newly created position of head of comedy, writes Simon Ellery.
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CNN London ups output
CNN London is to hire up to 20 new staff to produce and anchor two and a half additional hours a day of live programming, increasing the London bureau's output to eight hours a day, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC crows as ITV splits local news
The BBC has claimed victory in the battle over weekday primetime news as it confirmed plans for news at 22.00 on BBC 1 and it emerged that ITV's regional news bulletins