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No public service without the public
Public service broadcasting, as one wag famously pronounced, is a bit like an elephant - difficult to define but easy to recognise when you see it. This is hardly a perfect
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COMMENT - Time to champion successes on free TV
Let us now praise free television.In the past six months ITV and the BBC have produced some shows as good as any in their long histories.As the hubbub of those with
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Network first?
One year after the ITV Network Centre unveiled its ambitious targets for peaktime share, are Liddiment and Eyre on course for achieving these goals?
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1999 - the year of Tigger and Eeyore
On the face of it new year should be the time of the Tiggers, bouncy optimists thrilled by the idea of new beginnings and fresh challenges.But these early months of the
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THE ECONOMY - PART ONE - Surviving the rollercoaster
With both the IMF and Treasury providing gloomy forecasts for 1999, what effect will this economic downturn have on the broadcasting industry? Opening a two-part special, Meg Carter finds that TV executives are cautiously optimistic.
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Vertue's reward
Newly installed Pact chairman Beryl Vertue enjoyed huge success with Men Behaving Badly. Can she work the same magic with the producers' alliance?
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Schlock of the new
Light entertainment's new wave of presenters are highly valued - but are they worth their big buck salaries when it's the shows fronted by TV's golden oldies that still top the ratings?
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OFF THE RECORD - Cold Turkey stew
Could Channel 4 - that epitome of lightweight fast-track commissioning - be, on occasion, a little too lightweight and fast-track? Off The Record only asks after hearing about last Thursday's debacle
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AND FINALLY ... Simon Kanjee, MD of TSI
MD of facility TSI Simon Kanjee fondly remembers his university days when he could stay in bed until noon.
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END CREDITS
Andy Harries struggles to come to terms with an empty office as everyone takes an extended Christmas break.
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Gallagher to head Ginger's TV outfit
Former LWT managing director Eileen Gallagher has joined Chris Evans' Ginger Media Group (GMG) to head up the company's TV interests.Gallagher, who has been appointed managing director of Ginger Television Productions
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Clark joins Nottingham independent
Steve Clark, Carlton Television's former controller of factual programmes, looks set to join Midlands-based indie Kingfisher Television Productions, writes Claire Handley.Clark left Carlton in October (Broadcast, 23.10.98) after four years amid
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Bucks in shock departure from LNN post
London News Network (LNN) controller of programmes Simon Bucks unexpectedly left the company on Tuesday (5 January), writes John Plunkett.Bucks, who joined the Carlton and LWT-owned LNN from ITN five years
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The Word is back as C4 gives Planet 24 the nod
Cult Channel 4 youth show The Word is set to return to the screens in March.Jo Wallace, deputy commissioning editor in C4's entertainment department, has given independent producer Planet 24 the
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FAVOURABLE VERDICT FOR FOURTH TRIAL BY JURY SERIES
BBC documentaries and history has been commissioned to make a fourth series of Trial By Jury for BBC 2. The new outing of the format, which features a fictional case tried
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LWT FIGHTS ON TO WIN NEW GLADIATORS COMMISSION
Contrary to expectations, ITV is set to recommission a new series of Gladiators from LWT. A company spokeswoman said new contestants were being sought but denied reports that the show was
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WEIL MAKES DEBUT WITH LAWRENCE SPECIAL FOR 5 LIVE
Stephen Lawrence: The Truth, newly formed indie BW Productions' first commission, is due to go out on BBC Radio 5 Live on Monday (11 January).The 120-minute production will feature a series
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SKY MOVIES BAGS TRACEY TAKES ON ... FOR PREMIER
Sky Movies has acquired Emmy award-winning US show Tracey Takes On ... to air on Sky Premier in February. Bruce Steinberg, general manager, broadcasting, Sky Networks, bought 40 x 30-minute episodes