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    Stein to present Daphne Du Maurier doc

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Indie Denham Productions is making a 60-minute film for BBC2 focusing on writer Daphne du Maurier's relationship with Cornwall.

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    Crime and Investigation Network recounts West victim story

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Manchester-based indie Multi Media Arts has won a commission from the Crime and Investigation Network to make a documentary on a woman who survived a sexual assault by serial killers Fred and Rosemary West.

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    Neville the Blue Bear given BBC series

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    BBC children’s puppet Neville the Blue Bear will follow in the footsteps of Gordon the Gopher and Basil Brush after being handed his own spin-off show.

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    Cicada exposes wildlife crimes

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Cicada Films has gone undercover to reveal the world's worst wildlife crimes in a major six-part series for Animal Planet.

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    Kudos to super-indies?

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    What effect is consolidation having on the independent sector?

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    Celador faces life after Millionaire

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Celador Productions has 'moved into a new era' by completing the first stage of a management buyout from parent Complete Communications Corporation (CCCL) and getting ready for a future without Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.

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    Dragon's Jones to front Tycoon show for ITV

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Dragons' Den judge Peter Jones is to become ITV1's version of Alan Sugar next summer as the face of primetime business series The Tycoon.

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    Optomen TV show to help ailing shops

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Retail guru Mary Portas will use her expertise to revitalise flagging independent fashion shops for a major new series on BBC2.

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    National Geo prepares to move into UGC

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    National Geographic UK & Europe (NGC) will relaunch its website as part of a first move into user-generated content (UGC).

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    Pirates capture peaktime Boxing Day audience

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Before you tuck into the festive season figures, can I point out that this year - 2007 - will be the final full year of analogue television broadcasting in Britain. In the second half of next year the analogue network will begin to close down, starting with the Border region, ...

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    Vicar of Dibley brings festive cheer for BBC

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    BBC1 enjoyed a heavenly Christmas as The Vicar of Dibley, the smash hit of the holiday season, helped it to an average all-hours share of 25.1%.

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    Kitto joins Denham

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Indie Denham Productions has appointed Grace Kitto as its new head of production with immediate effect. Kitto, who had been working for Denham as a freelancer, will structure a team to develop new business, working alongside head of business development David Nottage.

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    Community buys

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Community Channel has acquired two shows from BBC2 and indie One Planet Productions to be aired early this year.

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    Take It or Leave It

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Gameshow network Challenge has commissioned IMG Media-owned producer TWI to make a second series of gameshow Take It or Leave It.

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    Vision Charity

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    The 31st annual Vision Charity ball last month raised more than£100,000 for visually impaired and dyslexic children.

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    Off the record - January 5 2007

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Stories that were 'Off the Record' from January 5 2007 issue of Broadcast.

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    And finally - Chris Maclean

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Chris maclean, dubbing mixer at Marmalade Studios, admits to playing bagpipes.

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    Springer opera team reinvent Question Time

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Wife Swapand Question Timewill be reinvented as unlikely operas for BBC1 next month by the team behind Jerry Springer - The Opera.

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    BBC braced for disappointment from Jowell

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    The BBC is expecting media secretary Tessa Jowell to confirm its below inflation licence fee settlement next week when the House of Commons returns after the Christmas break.

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    Leader: Less than it wanted - but not a disaster for BBC

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Scare stories about the BBC spending less on quality programming could be wide of the mark