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RATINGS ANALYSIS - You only laugh twice
Reruns of BBC sitcoms that long since ceased production now regularly outperform the broadcaster's new lines. But is the Beeb in danger of riding the old warhorses to death?
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OFF THE RECORD - The great Bergg race
Universal surprise greeted news of David 'prince of darkness' Bergg's defection from ITV to Sky One. But perhaps we shouldn't have been so shocked at the latest move by the uberscheduler,
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OFF THE RECORD - Yorkshire Folk tales
Unlikely news reaches OTR from the good people of the West Yorkshire Playhouse, who are apparently adapting Channel 4's controversy-courting (surely 'hard-hitting'? ed) drama, Queer as Folk, for the stage. It
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OFF THE RECORD - Cliff top
OTR can exclusively reveal the real reason Cliff Richard managed to top the hit parade with his yuletide dirge, the Millennium Prayer. It was all down to BBC Wales, according to
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OFF THE RECORD - Cliff top two
Still with Sir Cliff, word has it he has become the most famous customer so far of that mountain of news clips and soundbites, the ITN Archive. Cliff, as readers will
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OFF THE RECORD - Soho hoedown
Undoubtedly the hottest party invite of the week was Granada big kahuna Simon Shaps' Christmas knees-up at Soho House, a shindig put on specially for the broadcaster's massive stable of talent.
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OFF THE RECORD - Name game
Fun and games at the snappily titled Nations & Regions conference in Leeds last week, where OTR's favourite gameshow host, Richard Whiteley, held a competition for the best name for a
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OFF THE RECORD - Radio turn-off
Much excitement preceded Channel 5 head honcho David Elstein's speech at a Radio Academy lunch last week, where industry bods gathered together to hear what the great man had to say
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Flextech unveils Minotaur buy-out
Flextech Television has struck a deal to become a major player in the distribution market after agreeing to buy independent distributor Minotaur International.The deal, understood to be worth around£4 million,
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Carlton/United sparks job concerns
The proposed£7.8 billion merger between Carlton Communications and United News & Media (UNM) has sparked intense industry speculation about the future of senior executives at the two companies, writes Jason Deans.
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ITC relaxes rule for ITV regional shows
ITV companies will be allowed to drop their commitment to regional programmes in the troubled 17.30 weekday slot following a relaxation of rules by the Independent Television Commission.The move is designed
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Salmon and Root may join board
BBC 1 and 2 controllers Peter Salmon and Jane Root could be elevated to the BBC's main board of management as part of the BBC restructure ordered by director general designate Greg Dyke, writes Tim Dams.
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Smith looks at telecoms
Media Secretary Chris Smith announced on Wednesday (1 December) that the next broadcasting bill will include a wide-ranging review of both broadcasting and telecommunications legislation for the first time in UK broadcast history, writes David Wood.
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YOUNG HOSTS NATIONAL 'MORAL AUDIT' FOR C5 SWANSONG
Kirsty Young's final appearance on Channel 5 before her move to ITV is expected to be in a United Productions special, Britain Behaving Badly, which is scheduled to go out on
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CITV COMMISSIONS EDWARDIAN BEAR ANIMATION
CITV has commissioned 26 x 10-minute episodes of Upstairs Downstairs Bears, a new stop-motion animation series co-produced by Cinar, Scottish Television (STV) and Denmark's Egmont Imagination Productions. The puppet series is
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WGBH WARMS TO ARROWHEAD'S TRIAL BY FIRE
Arrowhead's 2 x 60-minute television adaptation of Francis Fyfield's crime novel Trial By Fire has been bought by WGBH for PBS' Mystery! strand.The US deal was secured by distributor Mayfair. Trial
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C5 BRINGS ROYALS AND RELIGION TO CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE
Channel 5 controller of news, current affairs and documentaries Chris Shaw has commissioned Royal Cock-Ups, a 2 x 35-minute clip show from Trans World International. Billed as a selection of amusing
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CARLTON BOOKS ATTABOY'S RAIL SUICIDE DOC
Independent Attaboy TV has been commissioned by Carlton commissioning editor for regional and daytime Emma Barker to make a 30-minute documentary on railway suicides for the First Edition strand. Entitled End