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INTERVIEW - Dramatic visions
Since arriving as Channel 4's drama chief 18 months ago, Gub Neal has overhauled the department and now plans to air one original piece a week. Will new shows like Queer as Folk prove a new dawn for drama on C4?
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Failing the family
Have broadcasters given up on the traditional Sunday afternoon teatime drama for all the family? With a sizeable fireside audience still tuning in, they should be wary of neglecting the genre.
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OFF THE RECORD - A close shave for Bolton
Fans of Roger Bolton's Right to Reply on Channel 4 (and we're sure there are many) will be familiar with the host's coiffured good looks. Imagine our shock, then, when Mirror
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OFF THE RECORD - Eyres rock
Eagle-eyed viewers may have spotted a familiar face in the crowd of ITV's Saturday morning extravaganza, SM:TV Live - none other than Network Centre bigwig Richard Eyre. The ITV chief executive
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OFF THE RECORD - One man and his dosh
OTR is astonished at the brouhaha surrounding the Beeb's decision to axe One Man and his Dog, which it had always assumed was a fair summation of its likely audience. The
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OFF THE RECORD - Big screen debut
Channel 5 is set to multiply its reach at a stroke when it makes a cameo appearance in the eagerly awaited follow-up to Four Weddings and a Funeral.The producers of the
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OFF THE RECORD - Watery rave
OTR is sorry to note there was no Jarvis Cocker-style tomfoolery at last week's Brit awards for ITV to edit from its programme the following night. But some of the legions
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OFF THE RECORD - Charting the demise of LWT warhorse Gladiators ..
A one-time family favourite, the LWT show - once dubbed It's a Knockout on Steroids - has been dodging the axe for some time1991 The US import gets shaky reception when
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ITV snubs BBC offer of chat show talks
ITV has spurned a rare offer of collaboration from the BBC to devise a joint strategy to prevent bogus guests appearing on daytime chat shows.BBC Broadcast head of daytime Jane Lush
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Bishop exits in Carlton revamp
Carlton Television entertainment and comedy chief John Bishop is leaving the company as part of an ongoing overhaul by director of programmes Steve Hewlett.The company also confirmed that head of documentaries
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Hall scraps plans for bi-media news
BBC News chief executive Tony Hall has scrapped plans to make the production of flagship BBC 1 news shows bi-media, writes John Plunkett.
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MacKenzie asks Smith to back bid
Talk Radio has appealed to Media Secretary Chris Smith to help its offensive against the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and support its bid for live radio rights to Euro 2000, writes John Plunkett.
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ITV PULLS PLUG ON GLADIATORS AFTER SEVEN SERIES
ITV has confirmed that Saturday night stalwart Gladiators (left) will not be returning for an eighth run this autumn, as revealed in Broadcast last week (12.2.99). Discussions over specials and events
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AT IT'S WEEKENDER FILLS SKY ONE SUNDAY SLOT
Sky One has ordered a new factual entertainment series from At It Productions to fill the Sunday-night slot currently occupied by the ... Uncovered strand.Weekender, commissioned by Sky One head of
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VIRGIN POACHES KENNEDY AS EVANS WARM-UP ACT
Virgin Radio has poached GLR DJ Phillip Kennedy to host its weekday pre-breakfast show from 04.00 to 06.30. Kennedy, who has hosted the slot on the London station since 1994, began
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CARLTON TO MAKE SECOND SERIES OF THE VICE FOR ITV
ITV has recommissioned Carlton Productions to make a second series of new police drama The Vice. The series' length has been increased from six episodes to an 8 x 60-minute run,
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UK PLAY WINS RIGHTS TO LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN
UK Play channel editor Stuart Murphy has secured exclusive cable and satellite rights to new BBC 2 comedy series The League of Gentlemen from BBC Worldwide. The 6 x 30-minute series,
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FLASHBACK TO MAKE SECOND WITNESS SERIES FOR HISTORY
History Channel head of programming Sarah Allan has commissioned Flashback Productions to make a second 5 x 30-minute series in the I, Witness strand to air on the channel in April.I,
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THE LAB FILLS LWT NIGHT-TIME SLOT WITH NIGHTLIFE
The Lab, LWT's new unit for low-cost, high-volume and innovative programming, has secured its first commission. The 10 x 60-minute regional series, Nightlife, will have a Friday night 23.30 slot on
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SPRINGER IN TALKS TO REPLACE MADELEY ON THIS MORNNG
Granada Television has confirmed it is in talks with US talk show host Jerry Springer over the possibility of him co-presenting This Morning alongside Judy Finnegan. Her usual co-presenter, husband Richard