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Attwell becomes deputy head at BBC Television News
Mosey restructures management with three new appointments
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Beresford moves to TalkBack
FilmFour head of physical production Joanna Beresford has been appointed head of production at independent TalkBack, writes Ashley Davies.She replaces Sally Debonnaire who has been acting head of
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NTL pays£26 million for stake in Aston Villa
UK's third largest cable company scores second Premier League club stake
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BSkyB to scrap plans for Sky Premier
BSkyB is considering ditching its plan to air comedy and drama series on Sky Premier in a bid to boost its general entertainment channel, Sky One, ahead of the launch of
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Shaps moves up in Granada revamp
Granada Television director of programmes Simon Shaps is to replace Andrea Wonfor and Jules Burns by becoming managing director of Granada Media Productions (GMP), the UK's biggest commercial TV programme-making house.Shaps'
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Broadcast Awards hail in-house producers
Walking with Dinosaurs won the best new programme award at the Broadcast 2000 Awards on Wednesday (19 January) while Wall to Wall was named top independent producer.In a reversal of last
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UK Arena switches from arts to drama
UKTV arts entertainment channel UK Arena will be relaunched at the end of March as a specialist drama channel called UK Drama, writes Tim Dams.A BBC/Flextech joint-venture channel, UK Drama will
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DCMS set to agree to extra BBC digital cash
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is thought to have resolved to give the BBC most of the cash it wants to extend its digital services, but not News 24, writes John Lewis.
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BBC CHARTS HISTORY OF TALK SHOWS FOR NEW SERIES
BBC Production's entertainment division is working on a 2 x 50-minute primetime series for BBC 1, The History of the Talk Show. Featuring a range of talk show hosts, such as
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MORAN SITCOM TO GO INTO PRODUCTION FOR CHANNEL 4
Assembly Film & Television goes into production next month on new 6 x 30-minute Channel 4 sitcom, Black Books, starring comedians Bill Bailey and Dylan Moran. Written by Moran and Father
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BADDIEL AND SKINNER RETURN WITH THREE-SERIES ITV DEAL
Indie Avalon Television has signed a three-series deal with ITV for a new live studio comedy vehicle for David Baddiel and Frank Skinner. Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned, which will begin its
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BALLYKISSANGEL COMMISSIONED FOR SIXTH SERIES BY BBC
BBC Northern Ireland has been commissioned for a sixth series of hit BBC 1 drama Ballykissangel. Commissioned by BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon from BBC Northern Ireland head of drama Robert
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TWENTY TWENTY HAS VISION FOR BBC 1'S SECOND SIGHT
Twenty Twenty Television has secured a firm commission for a full 6 x 60-minute series of Paula Milne-scripted police drama Second Sight. The news follows the broadcast earlier this month of
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NEW ANIMATED TV VERSION OF FRED BASSET TAKEN TO NATPE
UK indie distributor 2 Match is taking a new animated TV version of Daily Mail comic strip Fred Basset (right) to the Natpe programming market in New Orleans next week. US
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XFM TO LAUNCH SUNDAY AFTERNOON DANCE SHOW
Capital Radio-owned Xfm is to launch a new Sunday afternoon dance show, London Xpress. The two-hour slot, which promises to 'capture the diversity of underground dance music', will air at 16.00
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LOOSE ENDS TO MOVE TO SATURDAY NIGHTS ON R4
BBC Radio 4's long-running Loose Ends is to transfer from Saturday mornings to a new slot at 18.15 on Saturday evening from 15 April. A new interactive travel show is being
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PAXMAN DRAWS UP WISHLIST FOR ONE-OFF INTERVIEWS
Hilary Clinton, Rupert Murdoch and Steven Spielberg are some of the names on an interview wishlist being drawn up by Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman for BBC 2. A series has not