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Bannister to star in BBC's Blood on the Carpet
BBC Production chief executive Matthew Bannister is to appear in a forthcoming episode of BBC 2 strand Blood on the Carpet, talking about his controversial overhaul of BBC Radio 1 in
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Smith plans mark BBC funding U-turn
Media secretary Chris Smith unexpectedly overturned his own policy and the previous government's policy when he unveiled a 'balanced package of measures' for the future funding of the BBC on Monday
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Inquiry into Sky/Vivendi extended
The Competition Commission has taken the unusual step of extending its investigation into Vivendi's purchase of a stake in BSkyB after it received 'important late evidence' just days before its report
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Canal+ set for London expansion
Canal+ has made its first major move into the UK market by backing a new London-based production and talent management outfit to be run by ex-William Morris Agency chiefs, writes Ashley
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PEARSON TELEVISION LAYS DOWN THE LAW FOR ITV
Pearson Television has been commissioned by ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott to make a 90-minute drama pilot called The Law, written by Wing and a Prayer writer Matthew Hall. Billed
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MAVERICK TV PREPARES 30-MINUTE DRAMA SINGLE
Indie Maverick Television has been commissioned for a 30-minute short film by Scottish Screen in association with Scottish TV. The film, Long Haul, tells the story of a long-distance lorry driver
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BAZAL MAKES FLATMATES DOCU-SOAP FOR CHANNEL 4
Bazal has been employed by Channel 4 outgoing commissioning editor, daytime Julia LeStage to make an 8 x 30-minute docu-soap about choosing and living with a new flatmate. Set in seven
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BBC 2 GIVES UNDERWORLD CHARACTER A SOLO PILOT
BBC Production's comedy entertainment department, under Jon Plowman, is working on a broadcast pilot for a new BBC 2 comedy show Buller. The 30-minute pilot is based on Ricky Grover's underworld
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CARLTON THREE-PARTER TO SCRUTINISE LONDON MAYOR
Roger Bolton Productions is to make three programmes for Carlton's regional First Edition strand about the issues facing the new London mayor. Focusing on transport, crime and the economy, the series
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BBC 1 THRILLER LINES UP ALL-STAR CAST
Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Holly Aird, Wil Johnson and Claire Goose have been lined up to star in a new 2 x 50-minute BBC 1 contemporary thriller, Waking the Dead. Set
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TO THE LIGHTHOUSE WINS NEW RADIO DRAMATISATION
Vanessa Redgrave and Juliet Stevenson are to star in a new dramatisation of Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse for BBC Radio 4. Produced by BBC Radio drama, the two-part drama will
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TIGER DEVELOPS SITCOM UNDER NEW ITV FUND
Tiger Aspect is developing a new sitcom for ITV that would star Ross Kemp and Julian Clary. The project is part of the Network Centre's new£1 million comedy initiative revealed
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BBC's NHU plans continent specials
The BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU) is to expand this autumn's£4 million blue chip BBC 2 series - working titled South America: The Lost Continent - into an annual series
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BBC's Garvie wins shows
BBC Production's Manchester based entertainment and features department has secured a raft of commissions, including a new peaktime BBC 1 entertainment strand and a new mid-week lottery format, writes Tim Dams.The
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Carlton one-off lands new peaktime ITV slot
ITV has ordered a full series of celebrity profile show Stars and Their Lives, from Carlton TV and Hanrahan Television Productions, writes Colin Robertson.ITV has signed-up a 6 x 40-minute run
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C5 lines up late-night slate
Channel 5 controller of news, current affairs and documentaries Chris Shaw has commissioned four new late-night programmes for transmission later this year, writes Tara Conlan.HTV Wales is producing a 6 x
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - BBC 2 Body Chemistry queers the ratings
Audiences were keener to hear hard facts about how hormones determine gender than to see their effect on fictional gay Mancunians on Tuesday (15 February) night, writes Ashley Davies.According to unofficial
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Cable switch off looms in 2002
Analogue cable services could be switched off by the end of 2002, according to Telewest chief executive Tony Illsley, writes Colin Roberston.Speaking at a Women In Cable event on Tuesday (22
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BBC nets CWC executive for interactive job
The BBC's controller of interactive TV and navigation Katherine Everett has appointed Helena Kania as managing editor, BBC Navigator in the the first in a series of new appointments to boost
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New BBC station to 'champion London'
The BBC has revealed details of its new London radio station, BBC London Live 94.9, which will replace struggling GLR on 27 March.The new station, which will recruit about a dozen