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    YTTTP to make C4 special

    2001-03-09T14:59:00Z

    Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions (YTTTP) controller of features Bridget Boseley has secured the company's most ambitious factual entertainment project to date - a five-hour 100 Greatestmovie special for Channel

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    Linda Robson to front Nick Jr pilot

    2001-03-09T14:35:00Z

    Kids channel Nick Jr is making a broadcast pilot starring Birds of a Featheractress Linda Robson.You Do Too , a 25-minute 'make and do' show, will be made at Nickelodeon's

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    Winter return for Only Fools and Horses

    2001-03-09T14:26:00Z

    Only Fools and Horses is expected to return to BBC 1 for a new series this winter.Writer John Sullivan has been in 'delicate discussions' with the BBC for some time

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    Sky looks to expand into digital radio

    2001-03-09T11:32:00Z

    Likely deal with Radio First would pave way for national digital radio network around Premiership football clubs

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    X-Ray FX loses Quantel Editbox to con-men

    2001-03-09T10:02:00Z

    £200,000 piece of kit stolen in broad daylight

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    Carlton strike threat could hit Crossroads

    2001-03-09T09:54:00Z

    Union members at Carlton Central balloted on industrial action following rejection of 2.5% pay increase

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    BBC KICKS OFF FEE CAMPAIGN.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is taking a humorous look at its flagship programmes in a campaign to persuade viewers to pay their licence fee by direct debit, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    C5 shifts news and adds chat.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 is shifting its main evening news programme to 17.30 from the start of the forthcoming general election campaign, despite the fact that the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has not

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    BBC drama worst hit by blast.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The bbc drama department has borne the brunt of disruption caused by the bombing in Wood Lane, London last week, with parts of Centre House closed until at least the weekend, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    C4's Bender to freelance.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, night-time, Darren Bender has quit, writes Steve Aston.

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    Benson heads F&L full-time

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    BBC controller of specialist factual Glenwyn Benson has taken on the post of factual and learning co-director on a full-time basis, despite having previously turned the job down.Benson was originally made

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    C5 GLADIATOR TRIUMPH.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 has won the British terrestrial television first-run rights to the multi-Oscar nominated film Gladiator after a 'keenly contested' battle with other broadcasters, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Gearhouse sells off its assets.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Audiovisual equipment specialist Gearhouse Group, which went into receivership two weeks ago, has been disbanded after the sale of a number of its assets to two different parties, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    Granada revamps kids department.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Granada has restructured its children's department following its takeover of United Productions' children's assets, rebranding the division as Granada Kids, writes Colin Robertson.

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    Carlton sex doc injunction.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Carlton has been further prevented from broadcasting Tara's Story, its controversial regional documentary on under-age sex, following a high court injunction lodged by Nottinghamshire County Council, writes Steve Aston.

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    BBC News never went off air - First hand experience.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    On Saturday evening, I was in town when a member of my team called me to say there had been a bomb warning and they had been told to evacuate the

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    BBC's digital channels 'offer very little'.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    THE BBC is targeting too narrow an audience with its planned digital channels, a leading business academic claimed this week, writes Nick Radlo.

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    Emap/C4 teen portal scrapped.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Emap Digital and Channel 4's planned teen portal, Slam.com, has been shelved after the two companies admitted they had drastically rethought the project, writes Steve Aston.

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    Shopping channel studios catch fire.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    A fire service investigation has been launched after a blaze in the warehouse and studios of satellite shopping channel Ideal World on Tuesday night (6 March) caused serious damage and forced the channel off the air, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Acquisitions head is fresh loss to Hit.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Hit Entertainment head of acquisitions Peter Curtis has joined creative director Kate Fawkes in quitting the indie, writes Steve Aston.