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Leith to exit Granada Wild
Granada Wild head Brian Leith has confirmed that he is leaving the company in October, but will remain linked to the company as executive producer on a new Nigel Marven-fronted ITV show.
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BBC2 orders major series on Middle East
The BBC is hoping to address concerns over its coverage of the Middle East with a landmark documentary on the peace process.
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BBC America co-pros
BBC America has agreed to co-produce two BBC TV movies from Talkback, written by Stephen Poliakoff. Friends and Crocodilescharts the shifts in power between a boss and his secretary and Gideon's Daughterstars Bill Nighy as a PR guru forced to re-evaluate his ...
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Linda O'Grady
Linda O'Grady, vice-president of research at Discovery Networks Europe passed away aged 38 on 9 June after a short acute illness. O'Grady joined the company in 1988 and headed the DNE research team for the past seven years. Before Discovery, Linda worked at BBC Broadcast where she was a broadcast ...
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Fifth Gear relaunches as one-hour show
Five motoring show Fifth Gearis to be extended to an hour-long format in a bid to ape the successful relaunch of BBC2's Top Gear. For its eighth outing in the autumn, The North One show will be filmed at a studio in Birmingham. ...
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BBC critic to head commons watchdog
Tory MP John Whittingdale, one of the BBC's more formidable critics, is to head the Commons watchdog that will scrutinise its activities.The former shadow media secretary is to replace Sir Gerald Kaufman as chairman of the cross-party Commons media select committee. Labour MP Kaufman, himself an outspoken critic of the ...
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Series to show celibate teenagers
Teens who volunteer to abstain from sex are to be filmed for a new BBC2 documentary. No Sex Please, We're Teenagers, commissioned from indie IWC Media, will follow a group of 12 Harrow teenagers aged 15 to 17 as they take a vow of chastity for ...
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Humphrys refuses to go easy on MPs
Todaypresenter John Humphrys has told politicians he has no intention of going easy on them and would resign if bosses told him to do so. He defended his interview technique when he and other broadcast journalists were cross-examined by a committee of peers. Labour's Lord Maxton accused him of usurping ...
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BBC governors to hold official AGM
The BBC's governors are to hold their first official annual general meeting in front of a 200-strong audience at TV Centre. The governors have held yearly conferences in the past, but the meeting on 19 July will be their first official AGM. It will give the audience the chance to ...
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Feeling the heat at ITV
Claudia Rosencrantz admits to being under pressure at the helm of ITV entertainment after high-profile flops, celebrity overkill and the need to deliver new audiences. But, insists the unflappable entertainment boss, it was ever thus.
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Championing the role of titles
Broadcastgets inside the mindset of the designers as three programme branding pitches are put under the microscope, while below David Wood explains why the end credits have yet to go up on the title sequence market.
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A matter of course
Suzy Bashford discovers how IWC sees training as a vital investment for the future of the firm - and of TV.
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Taking on the news giants
Risk-taker, ambitious and self-confessed news junkie - new ITV News Channel editor Ben Rayner talks tough about the challenges for the future.
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Will film slump hit TV?
With unfavourable exchange rates and the removal of tax breaks hitting profitability, many studio and post businesses which do TV work will be hard hit by the drop in their film work. Michael Grade is no stranger to bad news these days - whether it's in his role as BBC ...
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Giving us a natural high
As the audiences for Andy Murray's Wimbledon run and the Champions League final show, sport still offers us the ultimate in drama and entertainment, writes Lawrence Duffy.
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Slow and steady wins
Is the promise of quick mega bucks behind a rash of commissions for sketch shows, asks Kenton Allen.
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BBC3 defies its critics
Subject to criticism from day one, BBC3 has fought back to fulfil its remit - and pick up a Broadcast Digital Channel Award.
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NewsC4 quiz channel to launch on Freeview
Channel 4 is stepping up its commercial activity with plans to launch a live quiz channel on Freeview before the end of the year.
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NewsITV buoyant after fee cut
ITV has scored another major victory after Ofcom agreed to slash its annual licence fee payments by more than half, saving the company at least£135m a year.
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NewsBBC3 judged best entertainment channel
BBC3 won the Best General Entertainment Channel Award at the inaugural Broadcast Digital Channel Awards last night (Wednesday).