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Glenn Marshall, creator of ITV Evening News' brand-new look, drinks just over 23 units a week. Must be the pressure.What is your proudest achievement?Having no plans for the millenniumWho do you
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Redmond puts Brookside in the dock
Brookside creator Phil Redmond wants to turn the ailing Channel 4 soap into 'Friends-having-Sex-in-the-City-in-the-North', as part of an extensive relaunch due to be completed this summer, writes Steve Clarke.Redmond, who signed
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C4 to get first-ever fine for Chickens
Channel 4 is heading for its first-ever fine following the recent admission that key scenes in a documentary purporting to show rent boys plying their trade were faked.Members of the Independent
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ITV fills first News at Ten-free schedule with dramatic fare
ITV is to kick off its first week minus News at Ten with a peaktime schedule packed full of drama and a third run of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?,
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ITC report boosts DTT
The number of homes in the UK that can receive digital terrestrial TV (DTT) could be significantly boosted before analogue is switched off, according to a report from the Independent Television
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Broadcasters under fire on sex from BSC
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have been rapped on the knuckles by the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) in one of the watchdog's most extensive attacks on sex on TV yet,
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ITV COMMISSIONS FLY-ON-THE-WALL DOC ON EX-SOAP STAR
ITV has commissioned a one-off film from Granada Entertainment charting Martine McCutcheon's progress since leaving BBC soap EastEnders. It will cover the recording of her first album in New York and
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ATLANTIC 252 LAUNCHES NEW-LOOK BREAKFAST SHOW
Atlantic 252 launches a new breakfast show on Monday (1 March), hosted by newcomer Marc Brow. Executive producer Rowan Somerville said the show, aimed at 15 to 25-year-olds, would provide an
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NEW SERIES OF GET REAL FOLLOWS CHICAGO AWARD
ITV has agreed a second series of sitcom Get Real, starring Lindsay Duncan, from Tandem TV for Carlton Productions. The series, produced by Sue Birbeck and directed by Paul Waite, has
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BIG ISSUE TO TACKLE LONDON ISSUES FOR LWT SERIES
The Big Issue Film Unit has been commissioned to make a series for LWT on the back of a pilot that transmitted last June. Urbanrites is a 6 x 30-minute regional
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MELINDA MESSENGER TO HOST NEW C5 GAMESHOW
Melinda Messenger is to present Channel 5's new comedy gameshow, Can We Still Be Friends?, from LWT. The 15 x 30-minute programme, which starts in the spring, is described as a
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DEELEY BECOMES LATEST VICTIM OF TALK RADIO SHAKE-UP
Talk Radio afternoon host Peter Deeley has become the latest victim of the station's shake-up following Kelvin MacKenzie's takeover last year. Deeley, who presented the 15.00-17.00 Drivetime slot, was expected to
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CARLTON TV MAKES SPORTS DOC FOR DIGITAL CHANNEL
Carlton TV is making a 26 x 60-minute series for its digital documentary channel, Carlton World, on the relationship between athletes and their coaches. Commissioned by Carlton Digital head of programming
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C4 CHOOSES CHANNEL X TO MAKE ONE-HOUR COMEDY SHOW
Channel 4 has commissioned independent Channel X to produce a one-hour special featuring comedian Paul Zenon. The show, as yet unnamed, will screen over Easter and will feature Zenon trawling the
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Dino debut leads in new Hit shows
Hit Entertainment has unveiled a new slate of animation - effectively doubling the UK producer/distributor's current animation spend to over£18 million over the next year-and-a-half.New programming includes the latest show
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First Circle to chronicle Deaf Century for Channel 4
Channel 4 has commissioned First Circle to produce a 3 x 60-minute series chronicling the experiences of deaf people over the last 100 years, writes Tim Dams.The Deaf Century is based
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Creek stars front ITV psycho thriller
Frenchman's Creek star Tara Fitzgerald is to lead the cast of a new psychological thriller for ITV from United Productions, writes Nicola Methven.The 4 x 60-minute drama, In the Name of
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Radio 4 lines up disabled comedy first
BBC Radio 4 has lined up a new four-part comedy series it hopes will become the disabled equivalent of successful R4 and BBC 2 series, Goodness Gracious Me, writes John Plunkett.Drop
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Sci-fi return dwarfs ITV Lawrence film
BBC 2's new series of Red Dwarf VIII clocked up a sizeable audience of 5.4 million and a 23 per cent share when it launched last Thursday (18 February), writes Tim
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Blaxill to quit Granada for indie role
Ric Blaxill has resigned from his dual entertainment and music posts at Granada Media to work in the independent sector, writes Nicola Methven.Currently Granada Media head of music and Yorkshire Television