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OFF THE RECORD - A matter of life or death
The makers of Cold Feet got rather more than they bargained for when filming an episode of the second series in a multi-storey car park in Manchester. Producer Christine Langan and
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OFF THE RECORD - Going for a gong
And so to Switzerland for the annual telly schmoozefest which is the Golden Rose of Montreux, where no-one was having more fun than the good people of Tiger Aspect.The award-winning indie
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OFF THE RECORD - Lost in translation
Still at Montreux, OTR happened upon one reason why UK TV isn't selling more shows abroad. The press jury, during one of its marathon viewing sessions, found itself in stitches at
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OFF THE RECORD - Bob the image-builder
Animated kiddies' favourite Bob the Builder isn't just doing good business for producer Hit Entertainment - he's also doing wonders for the building industry. Fed up with being stereotyped as lazy,
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OFF THE RECORD - Keep your hair on
OTR can't wait to find out if the Beeb is going to reorder its favourite sitcom, Mrs Merton and Malcolm. But one person who won't be overly disappointed if it doesn't
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BBC and ITN count cost of covering Kosovo war
The BBC and ITN could be forced to scale down their in-house coverage of major news stories later this year because of the enormous expense of covering the war in Kosovo.Industry
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Mel and Sue sign for Granada's ITV comedy quiz show
The stars of Channel 4's Late Lunch, Mel Giedroye and Sue Perkins, have been signed by Granada Television to host a new comedy quiz for ITV, writes Nicola Methven.The Casting Couch,
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Yentob emerging as top BBC candidate
BBC Broadcast director of television Alan Yentob is emerging as the leading internal candidate to succeed Sir John Birt as director general and is believed to have the support of Media
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Worldwide sale to C4 blocked
The BBC Corporate Centre has blocked the sale of UK Horizons series Supernatural Science to Channel 4 in a move that is understood to have cost BBC Worldwide more than£200,000.Worldwide
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NICKELODEON DEAL BRINGS COUNTRY MOUSE TO KIDS TV
Nickelodeon UK has concluded a deal with Cinar Europe that gives it the rights to a slate of new kids' programming, including a 26 x 30-minute run of pre-school animated series
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SHOOTING STARTS ON BBC 2'S IN A LAND OF PLENTY
TalkBack/Sterling Pictures have gone into production with 10 x 50-minute BBC 2 drama In a Land of Plenty. The adaptation of the novel by Tim Pears stars Robert Pugh, Helen McCrory
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DISNEY SNAPS UP CANADA'S INCREDIBLE STORY STUDIO
Walt Disney International has picked up the first 26 episodes of Canadian kids' TV series Incredible Story Studio, with options on any additional episodes, for its Disney Channels in the UK,
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ANGEL EYE TO RUN AGAIN WITH EDINBURGH FLY-ON-WALL
Angel Eye Film & TV Productions has been commissioned by Cheryl Taylor of Channel 4 to produce a second helping of festival documentary series Edinburgh or Bust. The fly-on-the-wall 6 x
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DISCOVERY BUYS VSI DOCU-SOAP WILD THING FROM VSI
Independent Visionsport International (VSI) has sold 13-part docu-soap Wild Thing to Discovery Channel Europe for transmission on its Animal Planet channel. Wild Thing takes a look at the work of animal
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NEW MEDIA UNIT READIES FRONT ROOM FOR BBC KNOWLEDGE
BBC Birmingham's new media unit has been commissioned to produce one of the flagship shows for BBC Knowledge, the corporation's new digital service launching on 1 June. Front Room, a 60-minute
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GRANDSTAND PITCHES UP WITH GOLF'S GOLDEN OLDIES
The BBC has signed a contract with golf's European Tour for television coverage of the 1999 Wentworth Senior Masters. The final 36 holes of the competition will feature on Grandstand on
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WISE BUDDAH SYNDICATES BOY GEORGE DANCE SHOW
Radio indie Wise Buddah has syndicated its Boy George Clubversive show to Vibe FM, the commercial dance station in the east of England, and Kiss FM in Cyprus. The weekly 120-minute
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BRIGHTER PICTURES POINTS THE CAMERA AT LANDLADIES
Independent Brighter Pictures has been commissioned by Carlton TV to produce B&B 2000, a fly-on-the-wall documentary about landladies gearing up to put up the thousands of revellers expected in London for
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Ecosse to film£7m Faulks adaptation
FilmFour has commissioned independent Ecosse Films to produce a£7 million feature film adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' novel, Charlotte Gray.The commission follows the independent's success with the Bafta award-winning Mrs Brown,
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BBC conjures up kids magic
Head of BBC children's commissioning Roy Thompson has ordered a new BBC 1 Sunday teatime action drama to be co-produced by UK independent Kudos Productions and Canadian outfit the Forefront Entertainment