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LA SCREENINGS - California dreamin'
What is on offer this year as UK broadcasters again flock west to the LA Screenings? Claire Atkinson reports on the pilots making waves while Jeff Ford, C5's controller of acquisitions, gives us the benefit of experience.
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INTERVIEW - In-house heretic
Can it really be true that the BBC is a challenging place to work or that British sitcoms are actually quality product? The corporation's Jon Plowman thinks so - but then he does like to challenge conventional wisdom
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OFF THE RECORD - Catastrophe
Tearful reunions are the sort of thing more usually associated with Cilla Black than Peter Bazalgette (below right). But it was Baz's daytime show, Pet Rescue, which reunited a Surrey dinnerlady
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OFF THE RECORD - Resourceful Resources
Never let it be said that those good people at BBC Resources aren't game for a laugh. Take their latest brochure featuring some 30 members of its costume and wigs department
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OFF THE RECORD - Bum bongs
Tits and bums channel Television X - The Fantasy Channel has succumbed to the inevitable and announced plans to launch its very own news show, Nudes at Ten (geddit?). Station chief
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OFF THE RECORD - Don't panic!
Readers will be familiar with Liberty Radio, the London station relaunched more often than owner Mohammed Al-Fayed has applied for a UK passport.In a bid to boost the profile of the
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OFF THE RECORD - Digital double-take
Pop quiz. Can you name the smartly dressed chap (above right) who gave the following evidence to the National Heritage Select Committee in 1996?'(A digital TV licence) is a matter which
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OPINION - Backlash begins over News at Ten
The knives are out for ITV's revamped weekday peaktime schedule.Less than three months after the Network Centre's Big Bang on 8 March, those with a dinosaur tendency in British TV are
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Celador attacks 'rip-off' of Millionaire by Danes
UK independent Celador Productions is attempting to block transmission of a Danish show that managing director Paul Smith claims is a 'blatant rip-off' of the outfit's Who Wants To Be A
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Root aims to raise profile of arts on 2
BBC 2 controller Jane Root is reviewing arts programming on the channel in a bid to boost audiences for the genre, writes Jason Deans.Root is understood to be keen to commission
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RDF TV swoops on Blair's constituency for C4 series
Independent RDF Television is nearing completion on a Channel 4 observational documentary series shot in Tony Blair's Sedgefield constituency, writes Jason Deans.The documentary will feature characters from the local community, as
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Hain quits programme role at Virgin to join Scots outfit
Virgin Radio programme director Bobby Hain is quitting to become managing director of new Scottish commercial station Beat 106, writes John Plunkett.Virgin staff expressed surprise at the move - announced on
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Indie shoots Churchill's secret army for BBC doc
Darlow Smithson Productions has gained unprecedented access to former members of Winston Churchill's secret army for a BBC 2 documentary series, writes Ashley Davies.The independent, which produced code-breaking documentary series Station
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CARNIVAL IN PRODUCTION ON FIRST POIROT IN FIVE YEARS
Carnival Films has gone into production on two new Poirot films for ITV, resurrecting the drama for the first time in five years. The 2 x 120-minute specials, due to air
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BIG BEAR GETS TO GRIPS WITH O'HANLON SITCOM VEHICLE
Independent Big Bear Films is about to go into production with its first commission - BBC 1's new sitcom starring Ardal O'Hanlon. The indie's 6 x 30-minute series, My Hero, was
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LADBROKE TO SUPPLY RADIO 2 WITH TWO NEW SERIES
BBC Radio 2 has ordered two new series from independent Ladbroke Productions. London American, a four-part series to be broadcast in December, tells the story of the London American record label,
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ZENITH'S HOT PURSUITS WINS KNOWLEDGE COMMISSION
Zenith Entertainment has won a major commission from the BBC's new education channel, BBC Knowledge, set to go on air from 1 June. The 30 x 30-minute series, Hot Pursuits, will
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ZKK NEARS FINISHING LINE ON STEPKIDS FOR CHANNEL 4
Independent ZKK is completing production on Stepkids, a 6 x 30-minute run for Channel 4. The observational documentary series, executive produced by ZKK founder Kathy O'Neill, takes a look at a
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MORTIMER CREATES NEW DRAMA FOR RADIO 4
John Mortimer, creator of Rumpole of the Bailey and adapter of Brideshead Revisited, has written a play for BBC Radio 4 starring Paul Scofield and Imelda Staunton. The Summer of a
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UNITED TO PRODUCE ARMY WIVES DOC FOR KOSOVO SEASON
A new 1 x 30-minute documentary, Army Wives, has been commissioned for Channel 4's week-long Kosovo season (Broadcast,14.5.99). The United Productions commission through Anglia TV highlights the strains and tensions experienced