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Sci-Fi signs deal to show classic movies and series
Universal Networks-owned cable and satellite channel Sci-Fi revealed this week it has clinched a deal with Twentieth Century Fox to buy more than 200 hours of programming. The acquisition gives the
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Straight wins raft of commissions for Granada and C4
Manchester independent Straight TV has picked up a string of new commissions from Granada TV and Channel 4. Granada has booked two regional shows.The first - with a working title of
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Radio 3 to support new generations of musicians
BBC Radio 3 is to broadcast a new strand designed to support young musicians, New Generations, from 20 September. Produced by BBC classical music, the initiative follows on from the Young
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Discovery Home & Leisure orders cookery show
Zenith Media has netted a commission from Discovery Home & Leisure to make a fourth series of Cookabout with Greg & Max. The new 15 x 30-minute run, Cookabout Route 66,
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Happiness dissected in new Radio 4 series
BBC religion is producing a four-part series based on the annual Happiness Lecture held at the University of Birmingham for BBC Radio 4. The lecture, which features prominent individuals discussing what
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Chegwin signs to present entertainment show for Live
Cable-exclusive channel Live TV has struck a deal with Keith Chegwin to present a new entertainment show. The new programme, which is scheduled to go out in the autumn, is described
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C4 up for parole in Century Films doc
Channel 4's documentary department has greenlit a major series about the Parole Board and a hybrid docu-drama set on a Leeds council estate.Century Films has gained wide access to the board,
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Scots tabby to air on kids' ITV
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Nigel Pickard has commissioned children's animation series Meeow from Siriol Productions and Scottish Television Enterprises (STE), writes Jason Deans.
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ITV orders second series of Granada A & E drama
Granada Television medical drama Always and Everyone has been recommissioned for a longer second run by ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott, while the first is still on air, writes Jason Deans.
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Saturday morning kids' show scores second run
Zenith Entertainment has had Saturday morning Ant and Dec vehicles SMTV:Live and CD:UK reordered for a further year, writes Jason Deans.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Aristocrats lords it over O'Hanlon drama
BBC 1 drama series Aristocrats started with a masterful 7.2 million viewers and a 33 per cent share at 21.00 on Sunday (20 June), writes Liz Shackleton
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Lythgoe hires Henson man as his new LWT deputy
LWT Productions controller of entertainment and comedy Nigel Lythgoe has recruited Martin Baker from The Jim Henson Company to become his deputy, writes Jason Deans.
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BBC policy chief moves to Number 10
BBC controller of corporate strategy Ed Richards is leaving the corporation to join the policy unit at No 10 Downing Street, writes Dominic Timms.
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Board has 'grave doubts' over Dyke
Up to half of the BBC's board of governors are believed to have serious doubts over appointing Greg Dyke as the corporation's next director general, according to sources.But reports that two
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Willis slams 'control freaks'
United Productions chief executive John Willis has called for television controllers and heads of department to give commissioners and programme-makers 'a little more room to breathe' creatively, writes Jason Deans.
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Parry-Davies to shut Rewind Productions
Rewind Media Group chief executive Chris Parry-Davies is attempting to wind up the radio production arm of the company, Rewind Productions, write John Plunkett and Liz Shackleton.
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Dickie Bird, Mark Ramprakash and Alex Tudor feature in the title sequence for Channel 4's debut Test Cricket programming. Created by small independent production company The Vision Consultancy (TVC),
Dickie Bird, Mark Ramprakash and Alex Tudor feature in the title sequence for Channel 4's debut Test Cricket programming. Created by small independent production company The Vision Consultancy (TVC), the titles
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Barron to quit Worldwide for BBC job in the autumn
BBC Worldwide director of factual Liz Barron is to return to a broadcasting or production role within the corporation later this year, writes Jason Deans.
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Granada shares soar
Shares in the Granada Group rose 46p on Tuesday (22 June) on the back of speculation that French company Vivendi, which acquired Pathe's 16.7 per cent stake in BSkyB earlier this
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BBC settles out of court
The BBC has reached a last-minute out-of-court settlement in the libel action brought by Mori and the market research company's chairman, Robert Worcester. The action centred on allegations made by the