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OFF THE RECORD - Weighting around
Former Century Radio head honcho John Myers (above) won't mind OTR saying he is a big fella. We reckon there must be at least 22 stone of him. So it was
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OFF THE RECORD - What's in a name?
Eyebrows have been raised at a tribute to Myles Tierney, the cameraman who was killed in Sierra Leone, in video news agency APTN's summer newsletter.Nothing to do with the tribute of
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OFF THE RECORD - Remaking the Grade
Rumours that Michael Grade is looking for a way back into TV couldn't have come at a more appropriate time. Winogradsky is due to speak at a Royal Television Society do
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Bennett quits BBC for Discovery post
Jana Bennett, BBC Production deputy chief executive and director of programmes, has ended weeks of speculation by confirming she is to join Discovery Communications as senior vice-president and general manager of
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Smith: 'jury still out' on ITV new-look schedule
Media Secretary Chris Smith has fired a warning shot across the bows of ITV over its post-News at Ten schedule, saying the jury was still out on moving news out of
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Atlantic 252 co-founder Baxter in surprise departure
Atlantic 252 managing director Travis Baxter has unexpectedly quit the station to 'pursue other interests', writes John Plunkett.
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Baker mulls new drama for Sky One
BSkyB head of programming James Baker is planning to start producing 60-minute drama series for Sky One as part of a drive to increase original production to 50 per cent of
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ITV orders more celeb love tales
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned two TV movies based on real-life celebrity love stories, following the success of Diana Dors biopic Blonde Bombshell, writes Ashley Davies. Gor Blimey
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TWENTY TWENTY TO MAKE QUICK DOC ON ACCUSED NANNY
Channel 4 has commissioned Twenty Twenty Television to produce a fast-turnaround documentary about Asian nanny Manjit Kaur Basuta, who is expected to receive a minimum sentence of 25 years for the
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CRAMP TWINS CO-PRO FOR CARTOON NETWORK AND SUNBOW
Cartoon Network Europe and Sony Wonder subsidiary Sunbow Entertainment are co-producing the 26 x 30-minute animation The Cramp Twins, which is based on two Bloomsbury children's books by UK artist Brian
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C5 BUYS IN TURNER'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
Channel 5 controller of acquisitions Jeff Ford has bought a 26 x 30-minute run of World Championship Wrestling Worldwide from Turner Productions.The show, which is already broadcast in the UK on
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TWO MORE GARDENING SHOWS IN PRODUCTION FOR BBC 2
BBC Birmingham network production is working on two gardening shows for BBC 2. The 8 x 30-minute BBC Gardener of the Year, presented by Alan Titchmarsh, is due to go out
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CARLTON COMMISSIONS LATE-NIGHT LONDON LISTINGS SLOT
London News Network has gone into production on a new late-night listings show for Carlton. The Buzz, a 14 x 15-minute show that aims to reveal what goes on in London
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ZENITH'S BOMBER UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Zenith Entertainment has gone into production on Bomber, a new 2 x 90-minute psychological thriller set in the world of bomb disposal. It has been written by Bob Heyland (Between the
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TRANSMEDIA GINOLA DOC TO AIR ON C5 IN SEPTEMBER
Indie Transmedia Productions has spent six months shooting footballer David Ginola for a Channel 5 documentary. The 60-minute show on the double player of the year - Ginola won both the
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NICKELODEON BUYS DR ZITBAG'S TRANSYLVANIA PETSHOP
Nickelodeon UK has bought two 13 x 30-minute series of SKD Media's Dr Zitbag's Transylvania Petshop, originally broadcast on Children's ITV in 1994. Transmission will begin from September. Nickelodeon has exclusive
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NATIONAL ENQUIRER FOCUS FOR USP SHOWBIZ GOSSIP SHOW
Radio indie USP Radio Projects has been commissioned to make a fortnightly Hollywood news and gossip show based around the US magazine National Enquirer.USP was commissioned by public relations company Aspect
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TalkBack lands C4 and BBC work
TalkBack Productions' features department has landed a slew of commissions for BBC 2 and Channel 4, including a series about female role models who have fallen from grace, writes Liz Shackleton.Production
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Two commissions for Brook Lapping
Brook Lapping Productions has won two documentary commissions from BBC 1 and ITV, one centred on the Battle of Britain and the other examining British disasters.Finest Hour is a 4 x
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Bad Girls defies criticism and wins a second series
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a second run of Shed Productions' Bad Girls, which he believes has the potential to be a long-running series, writes Ashley Davies.