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BBC dramas line up Poliakoff/McGovern
New TV dramas by Jimmy McGovern and Stephen Poliakoff have been commissioned by head of BBC films and single drama David Thompson.The McGovern project, Liam, his first for the corporation since
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Hare goes Wilde for R3
Former EastEnders star Patsy Palmer is to make her BBC Radio 3 acting debut in David Hare's The Judas Kiss, part of a R3 season of shows marking the centenary of Oscar Wilde's death, writes John Plunkett.
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Diverse gets neo-Nazi doc for C4
Channel 4 commissioning editor, documentaries Peter Dale has greenlit a one-off documentary from Diverse Productions about neo-Nazis, writes Ashley Davies.
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Impossible Television, the animation arm of Carlton-owned production house Planet 24, has begun work on its first major series commission for Channel 5, writes Jason Deans. TooMuchTV, a 13 x 30-minute
Impossible Television, the animation arm of Carlton-owned production house Planet 24, has begun work on its first major series commission for Channel 5, writes Jason Deans. TooMuchTV, a 13 x 30-minute
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Gormenghast proves a fantasy for BBC 2
BBC 2's adaptation of Mervyn Peake's fantasy novel Gormenghast made a fantastic debut on Monday (17 January), writes Tara Conlan.
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Elliott announces drama package
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has greenlit a raft of 90-minute dramas, featuring stars including Samantha Janus and Ray Winstone, to run at 21.00, writes Jason Deans.
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ITV prepares to launch kids pay-TV
ITV is gearing up to launch a CITV-branded children's pay-TV channel before the end of 2000, writes Jason Deans.
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C4 set to hire 30 staff for E4 launch
Channel 4 managing director of pay-TV channels Gerry Bastable is to hire 30 new staff, including a director of programmes, to form the launch team for entertainment channel E4.The executives are
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C4 News shake-up rocks indies
ITN's Channel 4 News independent commissioning team has shaken up its regional output deals, in a move that sees two indies dropped and a new fund open to all indies launched, writes Tara Conlan.
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BBC arts job on hold
BBC Production has decided to postpone its search for a new arts chief until after director general designate Greg Dyke unveils his review of BBC Broadcast, writes Tim Dams.
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Atlantic 252 wields axe for relaunch
Atlantic 252 has announced plans to relaunch within weeks, following the departure of programme director David Dunne, writes John Plunkett.
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MILLIONAIRE SUFFERS BLOW
ITV's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? suffered a ratings blow this week, when it was beaten by BBC 1 soap EastEnders on both Monday (17 January) and Tuesday (18 January).
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BTDA RETHINKS STATISTICS
UK distributors' trade body the British Television Distributors' Association (BTDA) has introduced a new methodology for collating TV export statistics, along with the Office of National Statistics and the Department for
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CLASSIC SETTLES WITH RAY
The copyright dispute between Classic FM and the late Robin Ray has been settled out of court. Ray, who died in November 1998 and was employed by the station as a
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FILMFOUR BEATS TARGET
FilmFour recorded a total of 252,000 subscribers at the end of 1999, well above its own forecasts of 150,000-200,000. The subscription level was 45,000 at the end of 1998 and the
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365 TV TO MAKE TYSON DOC
Internet venture 365 Corporation, headed by football and music journalist Danny Kelly, has launched its own production company 365 TV. Its first production, for BBC Choice, is a one-off documentary about
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MCDANNELL JOINS YAHOO!
Former Chrysalis Group, group managing director Philip McDannell is joining Yahoo! as operations director. McDannell left the media and entertainment group last May (Broadcast, 6.5.99) and was replaced by Chrysalis Radio
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ITV unveils plan to boost peak share
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has promised more drama events, factual entertainment and live football as part of a plan to hit its adjusted 38.5 per cent peaktime share target
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Indies prepare new R2 shows
BBC Radio 2 has ordered a raft of new music shows from indies, including Say It Loud, a 6 x 60-minute series on funk from Somethin' Else, writes John Plunkett.
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C4 lines up sex one-off
Channel 4 has commissioned indie Maverick TV to make a one-off sex advice show, agony.uk, using viewers' questions from a specially launched C4 website, writes John Plunkett.