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Victrolux rotoscopes Greek gods
The BBC has used Victrolux Productions to rotoscope on the upcoming BBC3 two-part documentary series Gory Greek Gods. The Greek pantheon is presented like a fantasy family firm of mobsters who deal in the divine protection racket. Rotoscope animation is used to bring to ...
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One animates Nat Geo's new look
One post and Devilfish have created idents for the National Geographic Channel. The sequence of CGI-based idents incorporate live action elements into the 3D animation. The two were combined to create a sense of real depth and to avoid it feeling cartoon-heavy. One's 3D designers David Child and Duncan McWilliam ...
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BBC1 puts£4m into Willows film
BBC1 is developing an ambitious£4m version of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's story Wind in the Willows featuring state-of-the-art animatronics.
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Comedian gets CBBC show
Stand-up comedian Marcus Brigstocke is to front a children's comedy show for the BBC.
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BBC looks at night working
Welsh indie Aspect Television has been commissioned by BBC controller of daytime, Alison Sharman, to make a show about people who work during the night.
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Postman pat set to deliver until 2010
The BBC has commissioned Entertainment Rights to deliver further new episodes of Postman Pat that will continue the series' run into 2010. The 26 x 15-minute order is on top of an initial commission of 26 x 15-minute episodes and 4 x 30-minute specials which ...
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EYE to make children's eel island drama
Norwich-based indie Eye Film and Television has been commissioned to make a children's drama for Five as part of a clutch of new commissions. The 13 x 12-minute The Secret of Eel Island , ordered by Five controller of children's Nick Wilson, focuses on the ...
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Punt and Dennis to write Radio 4 sitcom
Comedy duo Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis have been commissioned to write a new topical sitcom for BBC Radio 4. The Party Line, described as a cross between Drop the Dead Donkey and My ...
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NewsWhy Gavin decided it was time to go
Rupert Gavin's decision to quit as chief executive of BBC Worldwide is closely linked to the increased likelihood of the privatisation of the company
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Commissioner's Q&A: Richard Woolfe
Bravo's director of programmes wants the channel to become the alternative home of sports in a bid to hold the attention of young men for more than three minutes
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Music therapy to fill gap left by Simpsons
BBC controller of daytime Alison Sharman has begun the task of replacing The Simpsons , by ordering a 20-part series featuring Fame Academy judges Carrie and David Grant.
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Five lures Sky One's Razaq
Five has poached Sky One commissioning editor Amina Razaq to join its factual entertainment department.
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Sit-up TV in£5m deal
Sit-up, the company behind bid-up.tv, price-drop.tv and Screenshop, will hand over large chunks of its schedule to infomercial broadcaster Vector Direct until 2008 in a£5m deal. Under the terms of the deal Vector will broadcast 24 hours a day on Screenshop and from 01.00 to 08.00 every night on the ...
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Red minorities help
Red Production Company has launched a training scheme aimed at developing more jobs for black and Asian people. Working in partnership with Media Training North West, the indie has taken on five trainees for the filming of its drama Blue Blood. All are on ...
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NewsTV's 50 most influential shows
This was never going to be an easy task: 13 television executives, three media journalists, a list of over 100 programmes and a mission to pick the 50 most influential programmes in British television history.
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Tackling a taxing issue
When Michael Grade was recently asked whether he was prepared to become unpopular with BBC staff by pushing through real, radical and painful reform, his answer was succinct: 'We have to be popular with the licence fee payer.'
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Five favourite to bag Joey in bidding war
A bidding war has begun for Friends spin-off Joey after Channel 4 failed to capitalise on its first-look deal. C4, which aired all nine series of Friends , did have a first look window with ...
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Mirren in frame to play queen in Diana film
Prime Suspect star Helen Mirren is being lined up by Granada to play the Queen in an ambitious new cinema film charting the death of Princess Diana from the view of the royal family and Tony Blair. The film is due to go into ...
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Capital and GWR rumours intensify
Capital Radio and Classic FM-owner GWR remained tight-lipped this week over speculation that they are in merger talks to create an£800m radio giant. Share prices have soared amid the rumours, with Capital seeing an increase of 51p and GWR growing by 20p since 8 July. The rumours stemmed from a ...
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Celador fails in bid to appeal ruling
Celador's application for permission to appeal against a High Court ruling which leaves it liable to potential damages of $40m (£23m) has been quashed. A judge ruled in May that Celador International had no grounds for breaking its licence contract with Arief, Indonesian producer of ...