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Quotes of the day
'If anyone needed further evidence of the dumbing down of TV news, they should look no further than your six o'clock bulletin earlier this evening'Alastair Campbell, prime minister Tony Blair's offical
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Wise Buddah/Worldpop to make radio singles chart
Indie links with music mag for global chart show
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Endemol sale sparks indie quotas rethink
One of the UK's largest independents, GMG Endemol, looks set to lose its indie status in a development that is expected to have dramatic repercussions across the independent production sector.The move
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BBC TV pitches for extra cash
Top BBC Broadcast executives have begun hammering out blueprints to secure extra cash for key TV services, with BBC 1 pitching for up to£100 million and BBC 2 seeking£75 million extra a year, writes Tim Dams.
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Tiger and Wark Clements join forces
Tiger Aspect and Wark Clements have banded together to form a 50:50 joint-venture indie to produce comedy, entertainment, drama and factual programmes in Glasgow, writes Ashley Davies.
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BBC2 drama to tap into dotcom fever
Award-winning This Life and The Cops producer World Productions has started work on a major 20-part drama series for BBC 2 about an internet start-up, writes Tim Dams.
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Treays quits United for Granada TV
Granada Television head of documentaries Bill Jones has poached acclaimed film-maker Jane Treays from United Productions, writes Ashley Davies.
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ITV2 acquires new series of HTV's Nuts and Bolts
ITV2 director of programmes Brian Barwick is in the final stages of acquiring a second series of Welsh teen soap Nuts and Bolts (right) from HTV Wales, three weeks into the
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SKY MOVIEMAX DROPS MOVIE BABYLON
Sky MovieMax show Movie Babylon has failed to secure a recommission for a new series. Produced in-house, the 30 x 30-minute show presented by Sue Perkins, first aired in October 1999.
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THE SLEEPER NOW WIDE AWAKE AND IN PRODUCTION
BBC Production drama serials department has gone into production with The Sleeper, a psychological/supernatural thriller for BBC 1. Billed as a darkly humorous tale of strange goings on at a haunted
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THIRD MAN TO PRODUCE BRIDGE DOC FOR CARLTON
Plymouth indie Third Man Productions has been commissioned to produce two series for Carlton's West Country region. The Bridge is a 2 x 30-minute programme following a team working on a
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YATES FRONTS CONTROVERSY-BASED VIDEO HISTORY SHOW
Sky One has lined up Paula Yates to front a new show about censored, cut and controversial clips from music and video history. The Censored Video Show is a 2 x
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Salmon calls for more BBC drama
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon said he wants to see more drama on the channel, as he launched a£242 million spring/summer season this week.Unveiling 10 new dramas, he said: 'I
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Reeves in solo project
Comedian Vic Reeves is to make his first ever solo TV project without partner Bob Mortimer, a 13 x 24-minute show called Vic Reeves' Mind for UKTV music and comedy channel UK Play, writes Tim Dams.
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GMTV signs itsy bitsy deal
GMTV has signed its biggest international co-production deal in its history, linking with US production shop itsy bitsy Entertainment Company to create a pre-school puppet and animation show, writes Colin Robertson.