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FORMER MBC MIDLANDS CHIEF WINS CARLTON COMMISSION
Isis Media, the new independent launched by former MBC Midlands managing director Ben Robinson, has picked up its first commission.Carlton TV has asked Isis to produce a second series of multi-cultural
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GRANADA STARTS FILMING WINSTONE DRAMA FOR ITV
Production has begun on Granada Television's 2 x 90-minute ITV drama serial Tough Love. Commissioned by ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott and starring Ray Winstone and Adrian Dunbar, the serial
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PERRY PREPARES DAY-LONG QUEEN SPECIAL FOR C5
Channel 5 controller of special events Adam Perry is to commission original programming for a day of themed programming paying tribute to rock band Queen in March. Details are still being
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UNITED DRAMA FOR BBC 1 CONFIRMS KIRWAN IN STAR ROLE
Dervla Kirwan has been confirmed as the lead in United Productions' new 7 x 60-minute BBC 1 drama Hearts and Bones. As exclusively revealed in Broadcast (8.10.99), the drama is about
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SKY ONE LINES UP MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE
Sky Networks managing director Elisabeth Murdoch has bought the first 22 x 30-minute episodes of US network Fox's hit show Malcolm in the Middle to air later this year on Sky
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Factual under fire as Root makes cut
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has axed two long-running factual strands, Under the Sun and Picture This, just as the channel is attempting to fend off criticism that it is reducing
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C4 ups music output
Channel 4 has tripled the output of late-night Wednesday music zone 4 Music to nearly 100 hours and introduced four new series, writes Ashley Davies.
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World to make BBC drama shorts
BBC 2 is to air a 10 x 10-minute series of short films from World Productions, all set in the back of a London taxi, writes Tim Dams.
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Marriage duo reunites for ITV film
The producer and director of acclaimed BBC 2 drama A Rather English Marriage have reunited to make a two-parter for ITV from Carlton TV and Little Bird, writes Steve Clarke.
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Overnight Ratings - ITV's Framed mars Ant and Dec's night out
The first outing of BBC 1's new Saturday night entertainment show fronted by Ant and Dec clocked up a respectable audience, but was still beaten by ITV stalwart You've Been Framed, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Scots MPs fear for Grampian identity
Gerald Kaufman's media select committee is being urged to widen its inquiry into ITV's new evening schedule to consider allegations that the Scottish Media Group is failing in its coverage of the Grampian region, writes John Lewis.
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Dyke revises Producers' Guidelines
Greg Dyke is to unveil a revised version of the BBC Producers' Guidelines later this week, in what is being seen as an attempt by the new director general to stamp his authority on BBC editorial values, writes Tim Dams.
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BBC Knowledge to be 'TV version of R4'
The BBC is to reposition digital educational channel BBC Knowledge as a television version of BBC Radio 4, as part of its ongoing overhaul of non-terrestrial stations.Currently positioned as an educational
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Pearson status no threat to ITV indie quota
ITV's mandatory quota of indie commissions is not expected to be affected by Pearson's loss of its independent producer status, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC to get clean bill of health
Auditors appointed by media secretary Chris Smith to give a second opinion on the BBC's request for digital funding are understood to have given the corporation a relatively clean bill of health, writes John Lewis.
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UK joins Oscar race
Two UK films and a UK co-production have been nominated for next month's Oscars in the best foreign language film and best documentary categories, writes John Plunkett.
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E4 APPROACHES MURPHY
BBC Choice head Stuart Murphy is understood to have been reapproached to run new Channel 4 entertainment channel, E4. Murphy is believed to have met senior C4 executives last week to
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FA APPOINTS FAULL'S .COM
Interactive broadcasting outfit sit-up.com has been appointed as a strategic consultant to the Football Association to advise it on the sale of future broadcast rights to FA Cup and England home
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GWR INVESTS IN NET ARM
Classic FM parent GWR is to pump£6.5 million into a new internet-related business, Ecast Ventures. The new outfit will have three arms: a raft of local websites, an entertainment portal
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GREENWAY LEAVES ITV
Tory MP John Greenway has resigned from his role as an ITV consultant to become a shadow culture, media & sport minister. Greenway, an ITV adviser for the last two years