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SPORT - Can sport win in peak?
Has ITV's The Premiership shown that sport can't match the viewing figures of gameshows and soaps in primetime or will broadcasters' new strategies for presenting sport pay off?
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INTERVIEW - The profit-maker
As Granada Content's director of programmes, north, John Whiston is charged with maintaining staples Coronation Street and Emmerdale, while acting as an ambassador for its expanding drama output.
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INDIE FINANCE - Telling the tale of Tweenie success
Set up in 1994 by two former actors with strong ideas about children’s programming, Tell-Tale Productions struck gold when its Tweenies idea won a BBC commission. Soon it may gain its own distribution arm.
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TX - Escapades with a star
There's got to be a downside to filming in the jungle with a chirpy Ewan McGregor who doesn't mind sleeping in a hammock, putting on the same wet clothes every morning
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RATINGS: WEEK ENDING 9 SEPTEMBER - Soapstars finds singing to Popstars' tune tough
Looking at this week's data - the last before the terrorist attacks that hit America - there are hints that in television programming the certainties may no longer apply. So while
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OFF THE RECORD - A Royle blunder
Just because you're funny on the telly doesn't necessarily mean you'll be funny in real life, or at awards dos. Just ask Craig Cash aka David from The Royle Family who
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Location Story...Capturing the decrepit grandeur of St Petersburg
Where many productions have wimped out, the BBC took the plunge and chose to spend three weeks shooting Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment in St Petersburg. 'Everybody said no, don't go
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Interview?There's more to Inferno than just sparkle
Ever watched an Atomic Kitten promotion and wondered how the girls manage to leave seemingly spontaneous vapour trails in their wake? Or, perhaps more worryingly, why Tina Turner hasn't altered that
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Emap and indies plan FHM TV series
Emap Elan is in talks with a number of indies to develop a TV format based on men's magazine FHM.It is thought Emap Elan - part of the publishing group
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BBC 2 plans new caroline aherne comedy
BBC 2 controller Jane Root is set to commission 6 x 30-minute family-based comedy Dossa and Joe, starring Caroline Aherne.Set in Australia and produced by Granada Productions Australia, the drama
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Carlton making Pollyanna adaptation
Carlton has begun production of its film adaptation of children's fable Pollyannafor ITV.The 120-minute film is set for broadcast on the network next year. It has been adapted for
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Family Affairs given major recommission
Channel 5 controller of drama Corinne Hollingworth has commissioned 260 new episodes of Family Affairs from Thames TV.The recommission will run from November this year to November 2002. The series
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Discovery to revisit Falklands War
Cromwell Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks Europe to produce 120-minute special The Falklands War: a Military History.Featuring interviews with veterans from both sides, the documentary will mark the
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Open Uni orders interactive science series
Leeds-based Screenhouse Productions has secured a commission from the BBC and the Open University to produce 6 x 30-minute interactive show Science Shackfor BBC 2.Commissioned by BBC Online editor
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Tigress wins prime slot for elephant doc
Factual indie Tigress Productions has secured the first programme in the BBC strand Natural World.Fifty-minute The Lost Elephants of Timbuktutracks a herd of elephants living at the edge of
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Granada sport wins ITV basketball contract
Granada Sport has won a contract from ITV to produce a series of live basketball matches for the ITV Sport Channel.The series will run from the end of September for
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Former Disney chief joins Carlton
Etienne de Villllies, who quit as head of Walt Disney International Europe last April, joins Carlton board in non-executive role
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UK outfits win Russian gold
Pazap and Professional and Broadcast Digital Systems share in spoils of£10m Russian contract
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Hive's DVD design team buzzes over to GSP
Golden Square Post poaches Lambert, Letley, Matthews and Skews in bid to push into new markets
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The Mill launches TV arm
Commercial and film facility goes for long form television market with new Throssell-fronted Mill TV