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Sunset + Vine calls Philips in to bat for C4 cricket
Former Grandstand editor to head Test coverage
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BBC staff braced for Monday showdown
Four hundred of the BBC's top managers are bracing themselves for a 10.00 briefing in TV Centre's studio six on Monday (3 April), where BBC director general Greg Dyke will unveil
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Copyright theft alliance to launch
A new international TV industry alliance to combat copyright theft is due to be launched at Mip-TV in Cannes in two weeks time, writes Tim Dams.Production companies and broadcasters from around
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TalkBack in talks with Pearson TV
TalkBack Productions is understood to be searching for investors and has already had talks with Pearson Television, writes Ashley Davis.The news came as it emerged that GMG Endemol is working on
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Bullivant to quit Eva for TV-Loonland
Eva Entertainment director of animation John Bullivant is to quit the Pearson-owned outfit to set up a UK office for leading German animation producer TV-Loonland, writes David Wood.
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60s sitcom Rag Trade retailored
The makers of the 1960s and 1970s cult sitcom The Rag Trade are talking to the BBC about remaking the show as a multicultural sitcom for the new millennium, writes Colin Robertson.
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C4 BLAIR SEASON TO COINCIDE WITH LABOUR'S THREE YEARS
Channel 4 head of news, current affairs and business David Lloyd has commissioned a Tony Blair season of programmes to coincide with the Labour government's third anniversary. With a working title
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AWARD-WINNING PEOPLE LIKE US GETS SECOND SERIES
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has recommissioned a second series of People Like Us, which last week scooped the Royal Television Society comedy-drama award. The 6 x 30-minute series is set
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CAPITAL PARTY IN PARK TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON C4
Channel 4 is to broadcast this summer's 95.8 Capital FM Party in the Park for the Prince's Trust. The seven-hour live broadcast on 9 July will come under the auspices of
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VOLVO OCEAN RACE SOLD FOR HIGHLIGHTS TO ITV COMPANIES
United Sport has secured deals with all the ITV companies to take 9 x 30-minute programmes covering the Volvo Ocean Race to form part of their regional slates next September. A
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AT IT SECURES RECOMMISSION FOR C4 DAYTIME SHOW
Channel 4 commissioning editor, daytime Jo McGrath has lined up a second 20 x 30-minute series of I Wish I'd Thought of That from At It Productions. The series returns to
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RENDELL'S LAST WEXFORD BEGINS PRODUCTION THIS WEEK
Blue Heaven has begun production on the last ever Ruth Rendell mystery featuring Inspector Wexford. Harm Done, for United Productions and ITV, starts shooting this week. The two-hour episode - the
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VIEWERS TO CHOOSE POP GROUP COURTESY OF BBC
GMG Endemol Entertainment arm Initial is working on Pop Pickers, which will form part of the BBC's forthcoming live music event Music Live, due to air between 25 and 29 May.
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AGIA NAPA FROM KEO AND COUCH RETURNS LATER THIS YEAR
Keo Films and Couch Potato are to make a second series of Agia Napa: Fantasy Island for Channel 4 commissioning editor multicultural Yasmin Anwar. The series will return later this year.
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THREE MORE YEARS FOR TORRINGTON'S GWR SEX SLOT
Radio presenter Graham Torrington has signed a deal with GWR to present his sex and relationship show Late Night Love for another three years. GWR is also looking to develop new
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FELPERIN TO INTRODUCE KNOWLEDGE ART CINEMA STRAND
BBC Knowledge is launching a new European art-house film strand in April called Kino, which will showcase films such as La Haine, The Dream Life of Angels, The Nanny and Ay
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Summer of 1970s nostalgia for BBC 2
BBC 2 controller Jane Root announced plans to devote the channel's Saturday peaktime and late-night schedules to a new 1970s nostalgia format called I (heart) The 1970s for 10 weeks in
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Coogan and Avalon join for BBC 1
Steve Coogan is working on a new mainstream comedy sketch show with Avalon Television that is set to pilot on BBC 1 in the autumn, writes Tim Dams.The show is a
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Choice commissions two original sitcoms
BBC Choice has commissioned two new sitcoms as part of its drive to air occasional high-budget original programming, writes Tim Dams.
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Granada to launch ad-funded slate in April
Granada is poised to unveil a slate of new advertiser-funded regional programme deals, including a 10 x 30-minute DIY series with home improvement giant B&Q, writes Colin Robertson.