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OFF THE RECORD - LA woman
Still in LA, Channel 5 head honcho Dawn Airey lived up to her actionwoman image when she went bungee-jumping in a scene straight out of her favourite C5 show, Fort Boyard.
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OFF THE RECORD - Ross uncovered
Stung by accusations that Off The Record has featured too many naked ladies, the good news is we can bring you an (almost) naked chap this week. The bad news is
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OFF THE RECORD - A Whale of a time
Staying with Talk, its late-night presenter James Whale had this on-air message for listeners who had complained to the Broadcasting Standards Council (sic) over his allegedly gratuitous use of the word
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OFF THE RECORD - Make my Day
An unexpected side effect of the race to be the next DG is the number of people phoning Channel 5 spinmeister Greg Day's mobile phone - and thinking they've rung Greg
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OFF THE RECORD - Hall plays a blinder
The Beeb was at pains to point out that it hadn't actually lost any football rights as a result of Talk Radio's deal with the Football Association last week. So much
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OFF THE RECORD - News you can't use
A key part of BBC 1's new-look Nine O'Clock News (or whatever it's called these days) is the groovy 20.00 'taster' presented from the very heart of the TV Centre newsroom.
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Hague under fire for attack on Dyke
A last-minute attempt to revive Greg Dyke's bid to become BBC director general was under way this week following William Hague's claim that Dyke's politics should rule him out of the
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C4 appoints first drama serials chief
Channel 4 has poached BBC Casualty and Holby City producer Jonathan Young with a brief to get Brookside back on track and to find a new returnable drama series for the station, writes Tim Dams.
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Broadcasters make play for kids
The UK looks set for an explosion in dedicated kids' TV stations in the next 12 months with a number of major broadcasters looking at new launches, including Nickelodeon and ITV.Nickelodeon
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BBC names editorial executives
The BBC has named Adam Kemp and David Mortimer as its new editorial executives - the two newly created posts designed to ease the workload of BBC 1 and 2 controllers
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STOP PRESS
Channel 5 is to slash original production quotas after the ITC agreed to alter the terms of its licence for the fifth time, writes John Plunkett.
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OSMONDS HEAD SLATE OF DOCS COMMISSIONED BY C5
Channel 5 controller of features and arts Michael Attwell has ordered a raft of commissions and recommissions. Indie Antelope is making a 30-minute documentary on the Osmonds to coincide with their
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FESTIVE FOLLOW-UP DUE FOR AUTUMN DELIVERY
French animation company Millimages and Columbia TriStar Television are co-producing one-off children's animation Do You Believe In Santa Claus?, featuring Rik Mayall as the voice of Father Christmas. Written by Geoffrey
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REDMAN TO STAR IN WAINWRIGHT YTV DRAMA
Yorkshire Television has signed up Amanda Redman (Close Relations, Blonde Bombshell) to star in Sally Wainwright's new 6 x 60-minute drama At Home With The Braithwaites. Peter Davison (Doctor Who, All
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INDIE TAKES ON BBC WALES CURRENT AFFAIRS SLOT
BBC Wales has commissioned an indie to produce current affairs output for the first time. The Welsh-language documentary, Dathliad Gwag? (Empty Celebration?), will look at the work of human rights organisation
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BRIGHTER LINKS FOR FILMFOUR BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL
FilmFour has commissioned independent Brighter Pictures to produce a series of 25 interstitial links promoting its month-long season of British films in July. Three actors, including Gina McKee (My Friends In
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OWEN AND IRVING MOVE ON TO TRAVEL PHONE-IN
Cable and satellite channel Travel has signed Nick Owen and Jayne Irving as the new presenters of its thrice-weekly Travel Live phone-in programme.Owen and Irving will present the programme on alternate
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NINTH SERIES OF EAST TO EXAMINE IMPACT OF TOURISM
BBC Birmingham's Asian current affairs strand East is to launch its ninth series with an in-depth look at the devasting effect of tourism on the south Indian state of Goa. Series
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CELTIC C0-PRO TO AIR IN THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Scottish Television Enterprises (STE) has started work on a co-production with RTE in Ireland and the Gallic Broadcasting Corporation. The 3 x 60-minute series, with the working title Celtic States, is
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EVENT FILMS BENEFIT FOR BREAST CANCER CHARITY
Event Television has been commissioned by BBC 1 to televise a major benefit concert, Wicked Women, for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. It will be staged in Hyde Park on 24 July and