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Bannister drafts in Production fixer
BBC Production has expanded its senior management team, drafting in Michele Romaine to the new position of director of production.Romaine, currently BBC News head of production, continuous news, will report directly to BBC
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BBC keeps a grip on indies' rights
New figures from the BBC reveal that since the corporation's latest terms of trade for independent producers were introduced in April 1997, just 4 per cent of deals have resulted in indies retaining
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Fifty posts at risk as Carlton gets ready to axe pay-TV channels
Up to 50 jobs could be lost at Carlton Communications as a result of its plans to ditch three of its pay-TV channels, according to sources, writes John Plunkett.
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McKeown backs net distributor itstv.com
TV producer and SelecTV founder Allan McKeown is backing the launch of a new internet-based TV programming distributor, itstv.com, writes Jason Deans.
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United bags BBC drama
The BBC has commissioned what is believed to be its first-ever drama series from an ITV company, writes Steve Clarke.
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C4 BUYS NEW SOPRANOS AND SEX AND THE CITY SERIES
Channel 4 has acquired the two latest series of HBO shows The Sopranos (left) and Sex and the City, as well as signing up the first series of controversial new Columbia TriStar comedy
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WHERE THE HEART IS GOES INTO PRODUCTION FOR FOURTH RUN
Filming has begun on a fourth series of United Productions' Where the Heart Is for ITV. The 16 x 60-minute drama series is scheduled to air in spring 2000. The series' executive producers
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ISAACS LOOKS AT LIFE AND MUSIC OF POULENC FOR BBC 2
Jeremy Isaacs Productions is making a 50-minute music and arts special about the life and music of Francis Poulenc for BBC 2. The programme, starring soprano Felicity Lott and featuring pianist Graham Johnson, was
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C5 EXTENDS MISS WORLD RIGHTS FOR TWO MORE YEARS
Channel 5 has bought the rights to Initial-produced Miss World for the next two years. C5, which aired the show for the first time in 1998, will screen this year's event live on
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SOMETHIN' ELSE TO MAKE INTERACTIVE JAZZ ON 3
Radio indie Somethin' Else has been commissioned to make an interactive version of its long-running BBC Radio 3 show, Jazz on 3, for BBC Digital radio. The programme, which features an exclusive session
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ITV BOOKS 130 EPISODES OF DOG & DUCK FROM UNITED
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Nigel Pickard has committed to a further 130 x 10-minute episodes of United Productions' pre-school series, Dog & Duck, before the first run of the show
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VICAR OF DIBLEY SET TO RETURN THIS YEAR
A third series of The Vicar of Dibley starring Dawn French has gone into production for a new run on BBC 1. A Tiger Aspect production, the 4 x 40-minute series is written
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KING ROLLO BRINGS BACK SPOT ANIMATIONS
King Rollo Films has announced plans to make the first new Spot animations since the original series was created in 1997. The forthcoming 13 x 5-minute pre-school series, called Spot's Musical Adventures, will
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TALK UNVEILS MILLENNIUM DOCUMENTARY SEASON
Talk Radio is to broadcast a specially commissioned series of 8 x 60-minute documentaries to mark the new millennium. Created in-house, Communicators will look at the changing face of communications from the impact
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YORKSHIRE LURES QUENTIN FOR INNOCENT DRAMA
Yorkshire TV has tempted Caroline Quentin from the BBC to make a new primetime drama for ITV. The Innocent is about a lawyer who claims she has been raped by her husband's best
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ITV previews its year 2000 line-up
ITV Network Centre chief executive Richard Eyre this week gave a sneak preview of a number of new shows being developed as part of ITV's central programming line-up in 2000.New drama includes a
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ICG orders fresh factual slate
BBC independent commissioning group factual head Peter Grimsdale has greenlit a string of new series to air on BBC 1 and 2 early next year, writes Tim Dams.
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Green directs Sky film
September Films chief executive David Green is directing Breathtaking for Sky Pictures, his first film for theatrical release since Wings of the Apache in 1990, writes John Plunkett.
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New shows for Choice
BBC Choice has just commissioned two new entertainment shows, writes Tim Dams.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Dinosaurs thrash competition for BBC 1
BBC 1 stalked and conquered all at 20.30 on Monday (4 October) as the much-anticipated new series Walking with Dinosaurs amassed a 51 per cent share and 13.2 million viewers, writes Wale Azeez.