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Hague under fire for attack on Dyke
A last-minute attempt to revive Greg Dyke's bid to become BBC director general was under way this week following William Hague's claim that Dyke's politics should rule him out of the
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C4 appoints first drama serials chief
Channel 4 has poached BBC Casualty and Holby City producer Jonathan Young with a brief to get Brookside back on track and to find a new returnable drama series for the station, writes Tim Dams.
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Broadcasters make play for kids
The UK looks set for an explosion in dedicated kids' TV stations in the next 12 months with a number of major broadcasters looking at new launches, including Nickelodeon and ITV.Nickelodeon
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BBC names editorial executives
The BBC has named Adam Kemp and David Mortimer as its new editorial executives - the two newly created posts designed to ease the workload of BBC 1 and 2 controllers
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STOP PRESS
Channel 5 is to slash original production quotas after the ITC agreed to alter the terms of its licence for the fifth time, writes John Plunkett.
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OSMONDS HEAD SLATE OF DOCS COMMISSIONED BY C5
Channel 5 controller of features and arts Michael Attwell has ordered a raft of commissions and recommissions. Indie Antelope is making a 30-minute documentary on the Osmonds to coincide with their
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FESTIVE FOLLOW-UP DUE FOR AUTUMN DELIVERY
French animation company Millimages and Columbia TriStar Television are co-producing one-off children's animation Do You Believe In Santa Claus?, featuring Rik Mayall as the voice of Father Christmas. Written by Geoffrey
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REDMAN TO STAR IN WAINWRIGHT YTV DRAMA
Yorkshire Television has signed up Amanda Redman (Close Relations, Blonde Bombshell) to star in Sally Wainwright's new 6 x 60-minute drama At Home With The Braithwaites. Peter Davison (Doctor Who, All
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INDIE TAKES ON BBC WALES CURRENT AFFAIRS SLOT
BBC Wales has commissioned an indie to produce current affairs output for the first time. The Welsh-language documentary, Dathliad Gwag? (Empty Celebration?), will look at the work of human rights organisation
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BRIGHTER LINKS FOR FILMFOUR BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL
FilmFour has commissioned independent Brighter Pictures to produce a series of 25 interstitial links promoting its month-long season of British films in July. Three actors, including Gina McKee (My Friends In
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OWEN AND IRVING MOVE ON TO TRAVEL PHONE-IN
Cable and satellite channel Travel has signed Nick Owen and Jayne Irving as the new presenters of its thrice-weekly Travel Live phone-in programme.Owen and Irving will present the programme on alternate
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NINTH SERIES OF EAST TO EXAMINE IMPACT OF TOURISM
BBC Birmingham's Asian current affairs strand East is to launch its ninth series with an in-depth look at the devasting effect of tourism on the south Indian state of Goa. Series
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CELTIC C0-PRO TO AIR IN THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Scottish Television Enterprises (STE) has started work on a co-production with RTE in Ireland and the Gallic Broadcasting Corporation. The 3 x 60-minute series, with the working title Celtic States, is
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EVENT FILMS BENEFIT FOR BREAST CANCER CHARITY
Event Television has been commissioned by BBC 1 to televise a major benefit concert, Wicked Women, for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. It will be staged in Hyde Park on 24 July and
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C4 celebrates end of the world
Channel 4 has lined up a themed evening to mark the date on which Nostradamus predicted the world would end, writes Alice Macandrew.The mainstay of C4's Nostradamus Night on 3 July
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MBC makes first Nat Geo UK shows
Independent Mentorn Barraclough Carey (MBC) has clinched the first ever original commission for the National Geographic Channel UK.Launched 18 months ago, National Geographic UK has lined up MBC to produce a
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Motion signed up for R4 study of the muse
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 for a 60-minute documentary charting 75 years of poetry on BBC Radio, writes John Plunkett.
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Remembrance Day goes under spotlight
Channel 4 is to mark Remembrance Sunday this year with an hour-long documentary questioning the meaning and role of the day, writes Tim Dams.Lest We Forget, produced and directed by Ian
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - ITV wins Champions League challenge
ITV scored last Wednesday (26 May), with an average 15.5 million viewers tuning into Manchester United's win in the Champions' League Final, writes Liz Shackleton.
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Talk and R5 share football rights
Talk Radio has secured live coverage of matches in the FA Cup and England internationals played at home for the next three years in its first joint rights deal with the BBC, writes John Plunkett.