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NewsDiversity awards: Have your say
Broadcast readers can now vote online and decide two winners in the Cultural Diversity Network Awards, which includes nominations for The Street, Skins and Big Brother.
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NewsSir Trevor to front Back2back’s troops message show for ITV1
Sir Trevor McDonald will send Christmas messages to soldiers in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province in a one-hour special for ITV1.
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NewsBBC Bristol lands first UKTV commission with show for Home
UKTV has commissioned its firstever show from BBC Bristol, ordering a Nick Knowles-fronted property restoration series for lifestyle channel Home.
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NewsGale’s BBC Bristol factual team gets three new execs
BBC head of Bristol factual Ben Gale has added ballast to his development team with three further appointments.
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NewsWall to Wall cleans up with raft of BBC deals
Wall to Wall has won 40 hours of BBC commissions, thought to be worth around £18m, including a six-part series about the cleaning of a National Trust property.
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Mainstreaming diversity nominees
Watch clips here of the 10 nominations for the Cultural Diversity Network’s excellence in creative output award for making diversity more mainstream nominees and CAST YOUR VOTE.
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NewsZig Zag and September make shock-docs for US
Zig Zag Productions and September Films have kept up their good international form by winning two shock-doc orders in the US.
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NewsWells back at ITV1 with Titchmarsh walks series
Former ITV Studios executives Mark Wells and Glen Middelham have secured the first commission from their old employer for their new indie Rain, teaming up with Spun Gold to produce a country walks series with Alan Titchmarsh.
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NewsCarbon to get inside the mind of the alpha male
Carbon Media has secured a raft of commissions including an 8 x 60-minute psychology documentary series for Sky 1.
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Shine recruits Nam and Stott for new positions
Shine Group has hired former Five head of rights Steve Nam and former ITV Global Entertainment marketing chief Caroline Stott to fill two new roles.
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NewsMPs criticise More4 over Crufts
A cross-party group of MPs has criticised More4 for picking up next year’s Crufts in a report prompted by BBC1 documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed.
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NewsSyfy in US transfer
BBC3 supernatural comedy-drama Being Human is to get an American makeover after Syfy greenlit a 13-part remake from RDF Media USA.
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NewsUK broadcasters win slew of AIB global awards
The UK dominated this year’s AIB Awards with Channel 4 and BBC News documentaries beating stiff competition from around the world.
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NewsTony Blair and Dolly Parton to discuss faith on BBC1
Fern Britton is to interview Dolly Parton and Tony Blair about their faith in a new BBC1 series this Christmas – one of the first commissions from its new religion chief Aaqil Ahmed.
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NewsPercy pleads to protect BBC
Award winning documentary maker Norma Percy launched a passionate plea to the government last night, urging politicians to protect the BBC and its licence fee.
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NewsPercy wins two gongs at Grierson Awards
Veteran film-maker Norma Percy claimed gongs for both best documentary series and the coveted trustees’ prize at the 2009 Grierson Awards last night [2 November].
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NewsMoyles quiz moves to Friday nights
Channel 4 is promoting Chris Moyles’ Quiz Night to Friday nights when the show returns next year.
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NewsLiza Marshall quits as head of C4 drama
Channel 4 head of drama Liza Marshall is the latest senior exec to quit the broadcaster for a job in the indie sector following the recent departure of head of comedy and entertainment Andrew Newman.
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NewsC4 exec joins SeeSaw
Channel 4 exec Matt Rennie is to join Arqiva-owned VOD service SeeSaw as commercial head.
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NewsBBC sports exec heads to college of journalism
BBC head of sports news James Porter - one of the first senior figures to decline the move to Salford - has secured a new 12-month post in the corporation’s college of journalism.