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JACOBI TO STAR IN CHARLES I ANNIVERSARY DRAMA FOR R4
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned BBC radio drama to produce a 90-minute drama documentary marking the 350th anniversary of the trial and execution of King Charles I. Sir Derek Jacobi, Timothy
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LWT'S FIRST INSIDE STORY SET FOR FEBRUARY SCREENING
LWT's first Inside Story documentary for BBC 1 is due to go out during the strand's next run, on Wednesday 3 February. Supergrass, which has been made by director/producer Todd Austin,
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GOODIER'S RADIO 1 WEEKEND SHOWS GO IN-HOUSE
Mark Goodier's weekend shows on BBC Radio 1 are to be produced in-house by BBC music entertainment from March. The show's former producer, independent Wise Buddah, will now produce Mary Ann
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THE CHIPPENDALES BARE ALL FOR SKY BOX OFFICE SPECIAL
BSkyB is set to be the first broadcaster to show The Chippendales' live show on TV, having secured the rights to the male dancing troupe's raunchy show for Sky Box Office.
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NEW COMMISSIONS FOR RADIO 3'S BETWEEN THE EARS
BBC Radio 3's Between the Ears series, which blends drama, documentary and music, is set to return on 13 February with a raft of newly commissioned programmes. They include Virtual Spires,
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ITV's 'This Life' to lead drama drive
ITV has commissioned new drama vehicles for both John Thaw and Juliet Stevenson as well as a series it hopes will become its answer to This Life.Thaw is to star in
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Biggest yet by UK Horizons
BBC/Flextech joint-venture channel UK Horizons has unveiled details of its biggest commission to date, writes Alice Macandrew.Supernatural Science, set to air on the channel next month, is a co-production between UK
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MBC North welcomes Stevenson
Mentorn Barraclough Carey North has recruited former Channel 4 commissioning editor for youth programmes David Stevenson as its head of programmes, writes Tim Dams.His arrival forms part of a restructure at
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Survival scoops£1.5m ITV series
ITV has commissioned United Wildlife production outfit Survival to make 8 x 60-minute episodes of Survival, in a deal said to be worth more than£1.5 million, writes John Plunkett.The films
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Hird's Lost For Words not lost for ratings
Thora Hird took on the SAS in a Sunday night ratings showdown and won hands down, writes John Plunkett.According to unofficial overnight figures, Hird's 90-minute one-off drama for ITV, Lost For
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Gray adds This Morning to his remit
Granada Television's flagship daytime programme, This Morning, is to move out of the lifestyle department and into the entertainment department, writes Nicola Methven.Granada controller of lifestyle James Hunt will now hand
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Talk gets go-ahead for music increase
The Radio Authority has approved a radical change in Talk Radio's Promise of Performance that allows the speech-based station to increase the amount of music it plays.Originally written in 1994, the
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Granada boosts team for 60-Minutes show
Granada Television has raided ITN and the BBC to staff up its new 60-Minutes-style current affairs magazine for ITV, writes Nicola Methven.The hour-long, as-yet-untitled, programme will be made by 35 production
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Public warms to sex on screen according to new BSC survey
Viewers have become more tolerant of sex on TV in the last six years, according to new research by the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), writes Claire Handley.The report, Sex and Sensibility,
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Hilary in front to replace Root at ICG
Bill Hilary, BBC independent commissioning group (ICG) head of entertainment, has emerged as the most hotly tipped candidate to replace Jane Root as head of the ICG, writes Jason Deans.Hilary has
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ITV NEARS 38% TARGET
ITV is understood to have come close to reaching its stated target of a 38 per cent peaktime share in 1998, achieving a 37.9 per cent average across the year.Excluding the
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EXTRA WORK FOR DOCHERTY
BBC Broadcast deputy director of television David Docherty has been given the additional title of director of new services. Docherty, who has been heavily involved in the development and launch of
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PACT VOTES FOR GRAHAM
Wall to Wall managing director Alex Graham has been elected unopposed as the vice-chair (television) of producers' alliance Pact, working alongside new chairman Beryl Vertue.Graham briefly held the vice-chair position two
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MOTORWAY LIFE TO RETURN
ITV has postponed the return of its docu-soap, Motorway Life, which was pulled last year after three episodes. The series was expected to return on 19 January but will now not
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STV SCRAPS REDUNDANCIES
Scottish Television, which also owns Grampian Television, has shelved plans for 41 compulsory redundancies after staff voted to strike in protest. Managers have agreed a moritorium on all compulsory redundancies until