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The Dyke Watch
Who's in and who's out with the new DG at the BBC?Check-in throughout the week as Tim Dams reportson how Greg Dyke is shaking up the Beeb.
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Kirsty Agrees Deal With ITV
Lucy Rouse reports that after some dithering Kirsty Young is leaving Channel 5
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TV exports inquiry backs tax breaks
Flexible tax breaks and new merchandising rules would improve the UK's television exports, according to a draft version of the Government's inquiry seen by Broadcast this week.The wide-ranging report brings together
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Men Behaving Badly writer pens pair of BBC 1 sitcoms
Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye is penning scripts for two major new BBC 1 sitcoms, including one that will reunite the production team behind the long-running hit comedy, write Tim Dams and John Plunkett.
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Granada gets Carter for health TV
Granada Media Group (GMG) has hired Paula Carter from BBC Resources to head a combined digital channel and internet service, which the group aims to launch next year.Formerly director of sales
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Carlton puts£40m price tag on SSL
Carlton Communications subsidiary Solid State Logic (SSL) could be under new ownership as early as next month, according to sources close to the company, writes Dominic Timms.
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3Bm producing wartime British Mutiny doc for BBC 2
Independent 3BM Television is to produce a 50-minute documentary for BBC 2 about the biggest ever wartime mutiny in the British Army. A Very British Mutiny will air in the Timewatch
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September screens Eddie Irvine profile for C4
Channel 4 is to screen a 60-minute profile of Formula One Grand Prix driver Eddie Irvine, produced by independent September Films. The documentary, ordered by C4 commissioning editor, features Liz Warner,
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Kiss Me Kate sitcom given green light for third run
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has recommissioned sitcom Kiss Me Kate, co-produced by Carlton Television and BBC entertainment, for a third run next year. The 6 x 30-minute series, which stars
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Dinosaur animation films key to Fox Kids Christmas
Fox Kids has acquired a triple bill of animated dinosaur movies from MCA-TV Universal to make up a key part of its Christmas schedule. The deal reflects a drive to feature
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Rottentrolls secures fourth run on CITV
ITV controller, children's and youth programmes Nigel Pickard has commissioned a fourth series of The Children's Company's Bafta-winning Rottentrolls (left). The new 7 x 10-minute run, again written by Tim Firth,
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Wedding bells ring for second time on Carlton
Carlton head of regional programmes Emma Barker has commissioned a second 4 x 30-minute series of Weddings for a 19.30 slot, starting at the end of November. The Community Programmes Unit
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LNN to make November one-off Bond special for ITV
The LNN production team behind LWT regional movie magazine show Big Screen has been commissioned by ITV controller of network acquisitions Jeremy Boulton to make a James Bond special. The 30-minute
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Independent Image gives Living moral dilemmas
Flextech-owned Living has commissioned Independent Image to produce a second series of masthead show Chat's Moral Dilemmas. Recording of the show, hosted by Julia Bradbury in front of a live studio
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Rapture greets first live OB from snowboarding fest
Youth satellite and cable channel Rapture TV will air its first live outside broadcast on Saturday (13 November) from the Board X snowboarding festival in Battersea Park. The Norwich-based channel will
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Drama leads out C4's winter output
Channel 4 has unveiled a strong line-up of drama in its winter 2000 schedule that includes award-winning writer Paul Abbott's first project for the channel, The Secret Life of Michael Fry