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OMNIBUS SPECIAL FEATURES VINNIE JONES IN HOLLYWOOD
The BBC's in-house Omnibus team is working on a special for BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon about footballer-turned-actor Vinnie Jones' attempt to break into Hollywood films. Entitled Vinnie Goes to Hollywood,
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MESSENGER FRONTS CARLTON REGIONAL BABY SHOW
Carlton has teamed up with website WebBaby.co.uk to produce a 10 x 30-minute series of advertiser-funded programmes to be broadcast throughout Carlton's ITV regions. Baby Baby (left), hosted by pin-up mother
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R1 REPLACES KERSHAW WITH SLOT FOR NEW DJS
BBC Radio 1 is to replace DJ Andy Kershaw's slot on Thursday nights at midnight to 02.00 with a new show called One World, following Kershaw's departure last month. One World
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MTV PREPARES FOR GAY WEEKEND IN JULY
MTV is hosting its first Gay Weekend next month and has lined up a day of live and pre-recorded output for the event. Live shows include a 1 x 60-minute Gay
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ROSS TO FRONT NEW CARTLON REGIONAL GAMESHOW
Carlton has gone into production with its new regional gameshow format You Don't Say. The 10 x 30-minute Paul Ross vehicle is being produced by Mike Morrissey, with Duncan Rycroft as
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WISE BUDDAH TACKLES RELIGION FOR BBC WORLD SERVICE
Radio indie Wise Buddah has been commissioned by BBC World Service to make a new three-part series that explains why and when some people have turned to religion. Commissioned by World
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AIRBORN PULLS TOGETHER BRA WARS FOR C5
Independent UK producer/distributor Airbourne TV has sold a 30-minute documentary called Bra Wars to Channel 5. Bought by C5 controller of acquisitions Jeff Ford, Bra Wars follows the battle between multi-national
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ABBOT SIGNS FOR THREE EPISODES OF RED'S CLOCKING OFF
Paul Abbott has been signed up to write at least three episodes of the second series of Clocking Off, which Red Productions is making for BBC 1. Other writers on board
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Zenith in Famous Five deal
Zenith Entertainment's children and family department has tied up a co-development deal with The Enid Blyton Company to produce a modern-day series featuring the Famous Five characters, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The indie
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C4 plans disabled Seven Up series
Channel 4 has commissioned a long-running series similar to the award-winning Seven Up programmes but focusing on the lives of disabled children.C4 editor, education programmes Richard McKerrow has lined up Ricochet
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ITV signs Triple Echo for Cornish religious show
ITV controller of news, current affairs, religion and arts Steve Anderson has commissioned a new 6 x 30-minute religious series from Carlton Westcountry, writes Colin Robertson.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - ITV hits right note with celebrity warblers
Singing celebrities proved to be a winning formula yet again for ITV on Saturday (3 June) as one-off Ian Wright and Denise Van Outen show Sing it Your Way beat Sylvester Stallone in Rocky over on BBC 1, writes Simon Ellery.
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ITC wants joint election debate bid
The Independent Television Commission is lobbying the BBC and ITV to make a joint bid to establish US-style televised party leader debates for the next general election, writes Colin Robertson.
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Capital exec team in rejig
Capital Radio's acquisition of Border TV last month has led to a revamp of its own senior executive team, in a move that sees Border's two top executives taking TV-only roles, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC poaches ITV kids head Pickard
ITV controller of children's and youth Nigel Pickard has defected to the BBC to become controller of the newly integrated children's department.Pickard will report to new drama, entertainment and children's director
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C4 bolsters daytime department
Channel 4 has appointed Sadie Wykeham as the new deputy commissioning editor, daytime and has bolstered up its entertainment department by appointing former This Morning editor Sharon Powers to oversee The Big Breakfast, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Eyre rebuffs C5 plan to nab Bill and Neighbours
Channel 5's plans to poach The Bill and Neighbours were dealt a severe blow this week after Pearson TV chief Richard Eyre vowed the company would not transfer shows from their current homes to channels where it is a shareholder, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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IPC MAGS REBRANDS
IPC Magazines is to appoint a number of broadcast specialists and rebrand as IPC Media as part of a strategy to exploit its content on television and online. The group, headed
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PHILLIPS PONDERS OKTV!
GMTV could be looking for a new female presenter if Fiona Phillips decides to front the company's new early evening OK!TV commission. Confirming the deal, GMTV managing director Christopher Stoddart said:
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SKY SHARES TUMBLE
Shares in BSkyB fell by more than 9 per cent this week after German pay-TV company Kirch sold 20 million of its shares and Vivendi, which owns 49 per cent of