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Rouse takes over as editor of Broadcast
Broadcast has appointed a new editor, Lucy Rouse, to replace Steve Clarke, who becomes executive editor.Rouse, features editor of Broadcast since December 1998, takes over the editorship next week. She has
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BSkyB may start own sales outfit
BSkyB is investigating the possibility of setting up its own in-house distribution outfit, writes Steve Clarke.A decision on whether to go ahead with the business is likely to be taken within
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FILMING BEGINS ON LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET FOR ITV
Location shooting began this week at Ingatestone Hall in Essex on Warner Sisters Film & TV's adaptation of scandalous Victorian novel Lady Audley's Secret for ITV. The 120-minute drama, about a
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YORKSHIRE LOOKS BACK TO 1900 FOR CHANNEL 4
Channel 4 documentaries has commissioned a 3 x 50-minute series on the year 1900 from Yorkshire TV to run during the first week of the new year.Called 1900, the programme takes
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GMTV EXTENDS BAZAL SUNDAY DUO UNTIL 2001
Bazal has been recommissioned to produce GMTV's early Sunday morning news and current affairs show, The Sunday Programme with Alastair Stewart.The show, along with Bazal's Sunday morning ethics and religion programme
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BBC BROADCAST ACQUIRES REMASTERED THUNDERBIRDS
BBC Broadcast controller of programme acquisition Sophie Turner Laing has bought a digitally remastered version of Gerry Anderson's 1960s puppet animation classic Thunderbirds (left) from Carlton International for BBC 2. Thunderbirds,
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BRAVO TO PRODUCE SERIES OF SHORTS IN-HOUSE
Bravo has commissioned a raft of one-minute shorts, called Bravo Bullets, which will air in between its main programmes from 4 October. The interstitials, to be broadcast as the end credits
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R5 LIVE TO COVER 35 OF 41 RUGBY WORLD CUP TIES
BBC Radio 5 Live is to broadcast live coverage of 35 of the 41 matches at this year's Rugby World Cup. The R5 Live commentary and presenting team for the tournament,
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ITV UNVEILS YEAR OF PROMISE CAMPAIGN
ITV's Year of Promise campaign will launch on-screen on 17 October with a 75-minute show at 18.00. A 30-minute update will be transmitted in December, with the on-screen centrepiece of the
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FORGET ABOUT IT BRINGS IN WORLD CUP ON RADIO WALES
Radio indie Forget About It Productions has been commissioned for a one-off play to air on BBC Radio Wales before the opening match of next month's Rugby World Cup. It's a
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RAPTURE HONOURS BLAIR WITCH PROJECT WITH WEEKEND
Cable and satellite youth channel Rapture is to broadcast a weekend of programming dedicated to the cult horror film, The Blair Witch Project. The weekend on 30-31 October, the channel's first
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Real Life secures second run on ITV
ITV has announced it has commissioned a second series of its new 12 x 50-minute documentary strand, Real Life, in the same week the first series made its network debut, writes
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Rapido scoops first commissions from Channel 5 to add to C4 order
Rapido TV has won its first commissions from Channel 5 as well as picking up a new assignment from Channel 4, writes Tina Mistry.The indie has been given the go-ahead to
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Collins looks at Big Bands
Phil Collins is to present a series about Big Bands for BBC Radio 2 to be produced by independent Unique Broadcasting, writes John Plunkett.The 5 x 60-minute show, The Big Band
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New Hornblowers get go-ahead
United Productions has secured a recommission from the ITV network for two new episodes of costume drama Hornblower, writes Jason Deans.A co-production with US cable nework A&E, the new commission comes
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - BBC 1 triumphs with return of Casualty
A host of new series marked the television landscape last week, with the return of BBC 1's Casualty on Saturday (18 September) the most impressive in ratings terms, writes Tina Mistry.According
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BBC ditches QED branding
The BBC has quietly dropped the award-winning BBC 1 science documentary brand QED.QED, which aired as a science strand for 18 years, reappeared for its BBC 1 autumn run under the
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TV Corp agrees deal for Mentorn
The Television Corporation has agreed the financial terms for its acquisition of Mentorn Group, writes Dominic Timms.The deal is understood to value the company at£8-25 million depending on whether the
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LBC revamp takes shape
Simon Bates is understood to be taking over the breakfast show on LBC 1152 AM in a wide-ranging overhaul of the weekday schedule by its new editorial controllers, ITN, writes John
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Hadlow adds arts to C4 history brief
Channel 4 commissioning editor for history and religion Janice Hadlow has added arts commissioning duties to her brief.She takes on the new brief from January next year, replacing Janey Walker, who