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TROUBLE AND INITIAL KIDS TO MAKE TEENAGE COMEDY
Flextech-owned Satellite and cable channel Trouble has joined forces with indie Initial Kids to co-produce a 26 x 30-minute teenage comedy, Ed Stone is Dead, a ghost story set in Notting
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Tiger Aspect bags pair of ITV dramas
Tiger Aspect Productions has been commissioned to make its first ever dramas for ITV, including a contemporary thriller starring Sarah Lancashire.My Fragile Heart is a 2 x 90-minute drama in which
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BBC 2 orders new sitcom from rookie writer Nickson
BBC entertainment head of comedy Geoffrey Perkins has lined up a new sitcom for BBC 2 written by 20-year-old fledgling writer Susan Nickson, writes Wale Azeez.The sitcom, provisionally entitled Two Pints
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CNN and Sky News launch millennium programming
CNN and Sky News have unveiled details of their millennium coverage with more than 140 hours of live broadcasts, writes John Plunkett.Sky News will air a 42-hour continuous show, Into 2000,
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DNI and Hit fund elephant doc
Discovery Networks International (DNI) and Hit Wildlife are jointly funding a groundbreaking documentary about the behavioural patterns of a herd of elephants, writes Annie Dare.The production will use a specially commissioned
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - EastEnders makes splash with 15 million
The Mitchell brothers' dramatic crash into the Thames helped EastEnders steal the show for the BBC over the last week with Thursday's episode (14 October) attracting 14.8 million and an impressive
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Action Time cuts back NW office
Action Time, the wholly owned Carlton production house, is scaling down its Manchester office. The move comes amid fears by programme-makers that broadcasters are commissioning fewer programmes from the regions.From January,
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Favourites emerge for UK Gold job
Three front-runners have emerged as favourites to take over as channel editor of UK Gold, writes Tim Dams.BBC Choice programming executive Katy Thorogood, UK Gold assistant channel editor Sarah Dewhurst and
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On Digital serves up interactive TV
On Digital partners Carlton Media and Granada Media have linked up to develop an interactive TV service for the digital pay-TV platform, which could eventually be transferred to ITV programmes and
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Barb digital system delayed again
Barb - the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board - has postponed the introduction of its new digital-only measurement system for a second time following teething trouble measuring digital audiences, writes David Wood.The
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ITC takes local TV bids
Potential frequencies for another 36 Restricted Service Licences (RSLs) were identified by the Independent Television Commission this week, ushering in the next generation of local TV broadcasting, writes John Plunkett.The ITC
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Spindler replaces Adams at BBC drama
BBC Production has appointed an internal candidate to replace Colin Adams as controller of drama, writes Tim Dams.Susan Spindler, currently BBC drama deputy head and head of strategy, takes over from
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WIRELESS TO BUY IRG
Kelvin MacKenzie's Wireless Group was understood to be on the verge of clinching a deal to buy the Independent Radio Group (IRG) as Broadcast went to press. The purchase is believed
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ITC NEARS GUNS VERDICT
An Independent Television Commission ruling on Ray Fitzwalter Associates' Guns on the Street documentary for Channel 4 is expected this week. Commission members are due to discuss the accusations of fakery
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GLR MOVES TO BUSH HOUSE
GLR is to move into a temporary home in Bush House next month while its Marylebone offices are refitted ahead of its relaunch next year. A BBC spokesman said no decision
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BAFTA INTERACTIVE TRIUMPH
BBC News Online, BBC Multimedia and Carlton Online triumphed in three categories at the second Bafta Interactive Entertainment Awards on Wednesday (20 October). The BBC News Online website scooped the award
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JENKINS QUITS RAJAR
Peter Jenkins, executive director of Rajar, will leave the radio audience research company in April. There is no replacement lined up for Jenkins and the Rajar board is set to meet
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MONSTER HIT FOR BBC 1
BBC 1's Walking with Dinosaurs was the most watched programme on TV in the week ending 9 October, according to official Barb figures. With a total audience of 18.9 million for
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Channel 4 mounts multicultural drive
Channel 4 has overhauled its multicultural policy and is urging producers to integrate ethnic minorities into mainstream shows.In a letter to members of producers' alliance Pact, C4 director of programmes Tim
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Radio Corp joins Wales licence fight
The new regional radio licence for south Wales is set to become one of the most hotly contested yet, after details were announced of a GWR-backed bid from The Radio Corporation,