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NewsBBC Wales: the next Salford
The BBC is planning a new drama village in Cardiff Bay that is likely to become the cornerstone of a “Salford for Wales”.
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The Bill: watch the opening minutes and new titles
The Bill returns to ITV1 tonight (23 July) in a new post-watershed slot and with a revamped opening title sequence.
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NewsSIS LIVE gears up for Champions League coverage
SIS LIVE will deploy its new OB 3 outside broadcast truck for ITV’s Wednesday night coverage of the Uefa Champions League next season.
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NewsDrama producers point to ‘systemic’ failures at BBC
Leading drama figures have called on the BBC’s most senior managers to stop hiding behind drama controller Ben Stephenson and use their power to tackle a “systemic” failing in drama commissioning.
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NewsNorth East’s £3m injection
Indies are to be invited to pitch for up to £3m in development and production grants from a new content fund to encourage long-term sustainable productions in the North East.
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NewsHigh exec salaries outrage staff
BBC staff have come out in defence of controllers who gave gifts on expenses - but have hit out at the size of their pay packets.
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NewsFive beats off Sky to win rights to FlashForward
ABC’s sci-fi drama FlashForward, primed as a successor to its hit genre-bending show Lost, is coming to Five.
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NewsAxe hangs over US Lyrics and Millionaire
RDF Media may face a double blow in the US after it emerged that Fox is considering dropping Don’t Forget the Lyrics! and Secret Millionaire.
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NewsBBC faces up to public scrutiny
BBC chief operating officer Caroline Thomson has described the publication of expenses and salaries as a “step change” in the corporation’s attempts to lead the way for public institutions to be more transparent.
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NewsFamily Guy-style puppet comedy heads to BBC3
BBC3 has commissioned an adult puppet comedy pitched as “Avenue Q meets Family Guy”.
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NewsLiving secures rights to US drama Supernatural
US drama Supernatural is to move from ITV2 to Living after Virgin Media secured the first-run UK TV rights to series five.
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Magic Lantern to launch CBeebies alphabet games
Magic Lantern Productions is plotting a contemporary Words and Pictures-style multiplatform series as part of CBeebies’ 2010 slate.
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NewsITV orders monthly Web Corrie content
Coronation Street is to get an online boost with a monthly order for 100 minutes of new web content that is set to be distributed globally.
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Monkey in deal with ITV Global Entertainment
Indie Monkey Kingdom has turned to ITV Global Entertainment to help expand its scripted portfolio into original dramas suitable for international sales.
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NewsGrand Designs presenter embarks on Grand Tour
Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud is to take a break from home renovation for a European travelogue series for Channel 4.
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Renegade to turn drinking doc into returnable strand
Renegade Pictures is to turn its one-off BBC3 documentary Drinking with the Girls into a returnable strand that examines how women deal with key issues at different stages of their lives.
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NewsKudos and Generator form Northern Irish JV
Kudos Film & Television has teamed up with Northern Ireland film indie Generator Entertainment to form a new joint venture TV production company in Belfast.
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NewsC4 adds religion to Lee’s specialist factual portfolio
Channel 4 has axed the post of commissioning editor of religion and ethics following Aaqil Ahmed’s defection to the BBC.
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NewsGreenlit gets first BBC order with cop comedy
Foyle’s War producer Greenlit Rights has won its first BBC commission: a “relationship-driven” comedy drama about a pair of police detectives.
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NewsDRG sells Collision in US
Digital Rights Group has sold ITV1’s upcoming drama Collision to five broadcasters, including PBS in the US.