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PICKARD READIES£5.9 MILLION BEANSTALK TOON
ITV controller of children's and youth Nigel Pickard is to screen the $4 million (£5.9 million) fully-animated version of Jack and the Beanstalk from Entertainment Rights and Martin Gates Productions. The
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ZENITH HEADS TO A HOUSE IN TUSCANY FOR UKTV SERIES
Zenith Production's ongoing series A House in ... has been recommissioned by UK Horizons and UK Style channel editor Andrew Lowrey. Zenith head of features Alan Ravenscroft will present and executive
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ITV RETHINKS OLDEST MUMS DOC AFTER NEW BLAIR ARRIVAL
ITV has abandoned plans to screen its Real Life: Britain's Oldest Mums documentary to tie in with the birth of Leo Blair last weekend. Instead the film will run after Euro
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CFN'S GRAY TO MAKE ITALY EASY IN NEW SLATE OF SHOWS
Carlton Food Network director Anne Gray has ordered four new series including a 24 x 30-minute show Cucina Valentina from Cucina Valentina Productions.Directed by Simeon Pines and produced by Derek Hanlon,
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ITV AND LWT COME TOGETHER FOR LENNON 60TH SPECIAL
LWT is hoping to repeat the success of last year's Abbamania extravaganza with a similar one-off tribute to the late former Beatle John Lennon.ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has ordered
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Rapido prepares to make its film debut
Rapido is preparing for its first major push into films and is working on two TV film proposals and one for cinema.Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo has commissioned the
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BBC 1 buys DLT show
Indie DLT Entertainment UK is making a new pre-watershed comedy for BBC 1 starring Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wannamaker, writes Tara Conlan.
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C5 chiefs order docs and cops
Channel 5 has announced a raft of new commissions from controller of news, current affairs and documentaries Chris Shaw and features and arts chief Michael Attwell, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Football scores with ITV and BBC viewers
ITV scored highly in the ratings game on Saturday (20 May) as the FA Cup final and the Stars in their Eyes Live Final attracted large crowds, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Company to adapt White Teeth drama
Company Pictures is developing an adaptation of 24-year-old Zadie Smith's debut novel White Teeth for the BBC, writes Ashley Davies.
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Reprieve for The Money Programme
BBC News financial current affairs strand The Money Programme has won a reprieve, but will relaunch in a new midweek slot from the autumn backed by a bigger budget, writes Tara Conlan.
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Health channel in pipeline
A former BSkyB programme executive is launching an interactive women's lifestyle channel called Channel Health with plans to fill at least a quarter of its airtime with original productions, writes Simon Ellery.
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GMTV wins OK!TV show from Carlton
Carlton TV has lost its OK!TV commission, with GMTV expected to pick up the contract.OK! magazine publisher Richard Desmond has asked GMTV to check the next series of the show for
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Indie duo take Foreign Office deal
Two independent broadcast specialists have won the Foreign Office contracts to run British Satellite News (BSN) and London Radio Service (LRS), writes Steve Clarke.
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Euronews selects C5 deputy Adams
ITN channel Euronews has appointed Channel 5 news deputy editor Mark Adams as its new Lyons-based editorial director, writes Colin Robertson.
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NEW THIS MORNING EDITOR
Granada is looking to recruit a new editor for This Morning following editor Sharon Powers' decision to quit the show at the end of its current run. Powers, who has no
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LANE QUITS PRINCESS
Kelly Lane, assistant managing director of Princess Productions' recently launched talent agency Princess Talent, has left the company less than three months after joining. Lane, who joined the new start-up from
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R4: 'NO RADICAL CHANGES'
Helen Boaden, the new controller of BBC Radio 4, reassured MPs this week that there would be no radical changes in the pattern of R4 broadcasting.MPs have become jittery after last
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WIRELESS GROUP TO FLOAT
The Wireless Group is to float on the stock exchange this Thursday (25 May). Shares will be priced at 190p to raise£40 million for acquisitions, valuing the group at£183