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TX - TRULY WEIRD
Producer: Granite ProductionsBroadcaster: Sky OneStart: 20.00, 5 AugustLength: 3 x 30-minutesCommissioned by: James Baker, Jamie RobertsExecutive producer: Simon WelfareProducer/directors: Kerry McKibbin, Simon WestcottWhere can you find a cockroach Hall of Fame,
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Off the Record - Neighbours aren't always good friends
The ghost of Greg Dyke hung heavy in the air at Pearson's half-yearly results presentation at the British Library on Monday. Pearson grand fromage Marjorie Scardino did her best to exorcise
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Off the Record - Baz of all trades
Is there no end to Peter Bazalgette's talents? Eagle-eyed readers will have spotted the great man's byline in the book review section of Off The Record's favourite weekend rag, The Guardian.
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Off the Record - Cheese bored
OTR is a sucker for food programmes and can't wait for Crazy About Cheese, the latest offering on the widely watched Carlton Food Network. The show, which starts next week and
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Off the Record - Server cues
A disturbing press release arrives from the good people of Sony regarding the trial of its new server system at the BBC's Millbank studios. The Beeb, it appears, has decided not
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Off the Record - Blinded by the light
Readers concerned about how to take a peek at next week's solar eclipse without hurting their eyes need only consult Virgin Radio spin guru Russell Millard. Our Russ, OTR is informed,
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Off the Record - Snatch of the Day
No-one was more surprised by Des Lynam's (right) defection to commercial TV than Match of the Day executive editor Niall Sloane. Speaking after the Office of Fair Trading's court case defeat
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Off the Record - News on the Street-Porter
OTR's peepers usually glass over at any mention of the millennium, but we perked up this week when we heard that those cash-strapped hacks at The Independent have thought up a
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Off the Record - Press Gang
No matter how frantically busy today's TV execs get, somehow they can always find time get their names in the papers. In a new spot we round up their latest inky musings so you don't have to bother ...
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C4 revamps programming structure
Channel 4 has rejigged its programming structure in a bid to free up department chiefs Tim Gardam and Karen Brown for more strategic roles, while encouraging cross fertilisation among departments.Commissioning editor
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Carlton ditches trio of digital channels
Carlton Communications managing director of production Lord Waheed Alli has decided to axe three of the outfit's pay-TV channels as part of a major overhaul of its digital strategy, according to
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Sullivan snubs BBC to sign ITV contract
One of the BBC's top comedy writers, John Sullivan, creator of hits such as Only Fools and Horses, has snubbed the BBC by signing a deal with ITV, writes David Wood.Sullivan,
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BSkyB and BBC out on top against OFT action
BSkyB and the BBC won a landmark court victory on Wednesday (28 July) when a judge ruled that their£743 million deal with the Premier League was not against the public
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INITIAL KIDS' COMIN' ATCHA SCOOPS SECOND RUN ON ITV
ITV has ordered a second run of Initial Kids' series Comin' Atcha starring teenage girl band Cleopatra. The show has been commissioned by ITV controller of network children's and youth programmes
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SMITH AND FORRESTER TO HOST DREAM WHEELS FOR BBC 1
BBC science has signed up Mike Smith and Phillipa Forrester to front Dream Wheels, the new primetime 6 x 30-minute BBC 1 series exploring the future of transport (Broadcast, 4.6.99). The
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SOMETHIN' ELSE TO LOOK INTO PIONEERS FOR RADIO 1
Independent Somethin' Else has been commissioned by BBC Radio 1 for a 4 x 30-minute new music documentary series, Pioneers, for broadcast in the Lamacq Live evening slot in January. The
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TRAVEL FOLLOWS TRUCKERS ACROSS WESTERN AFRICA
Cable and satellite channel Travel has commissioned a new 12 x 30-minute fly-on-the-wall documentary series from A Wing and a Prayer Productions to broadcast on the channel in October. Truckin' Africa
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SOUL MUSIC MIXES RELIGION AND MUSIC FOR CENTRAL
Central TV has ordered a new 6 x 30-minute series combining music and religion from its factual department. Soul Music will explore the creative musical talent in the midlands while at
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ALL-STAR CAST LEADS RED PRODUCTION'S FACTORY
Red Production Company has gone into production on BBC 1's first Paul Abbott-scripted drama since the corporation lured him from ITV in February. Factory, commissioned by BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon
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CHANNEL 4 PULLS IN MCKENNA FOR HYPNOTISM SPECIAL
Hypnotist Paul McKenna is to appear in a one-off post-watershed Channel 4 show made by Objective Productions, described as hypnotism meets Candid Camera. Invited guests are hypnotised, and then placed in