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INTERVIEW - Pro7's Rola coaster
When ProSieben lured Rola Bauer from Alliance International, it signalled the German broadcaster's move towards making more international fiction like Total Recall (below) to complement its Hollywood imports.
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TX - BOB THE BUILDER
Producer: Hit EntertainmentBroadcaster: BBC 1Start: 15.45, 12 AprilLength: 26 x 10-minutesCommissioned by: Theresa Plummer-AndrewsExecutive producers: Kate Fawkes, Peter CurtisOriginal idea: Keith ChapmanDirector: Sarah BallBob the Builder is the latest character
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OFF THE RECORD - Bargain basement
Never let it be said that Off The Record doesn't know a bargain when it sees one. Anyone who is on the lookout for a cheap On Digital set-top box (one
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OFF THE RECORD - Will Dyke crack?
If that nice man from the Department of Trade & Industry, Stephen Byers, rejects Rupert Murdoch's bid to buy Manchester United, it could ruin Greg Dyke's chances of becoming the next
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OFF THE RECORD - Elstein makes the Grade
Michael Grade will be gutted. The Daily Mail has finally passed on the dirty raincoat of shame - AKA its 'pornographer in chief' tag - to none other than Channel 5
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OFF THE RECORD - The mighty have fallen
It's reassuring to hear Noel Edmonds hasn't lost his sense of humour, despite the demise of his hilarious House Party. Our Noely took part in some April Fool's Day japes with
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OFF THE RECORD - Joke from a distant Galaxy
On a similar April Fool's note, those lovely people at the Radio Authority were understandably less than amused when dance station Galaxy 101 told listeners the authority was about to shut
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OFF THE RECORD - A classic boy band
Classic FM went one better when it broadcast a classical version of the Boyzone hit When the Going Gets Tough and told listeners it was a rare Baroque piece by the
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OFF THE RECORD - Last of the big spenders
Get out your diaries for it has been announced that the next Wildscreen natural history telly talkfest is to take place in October next year.And no-one will be more excited about
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C5 'must improve quality and range'
The Independent Television Commission has told Channel 5 to improve both the quality and the range of its programmes across the board, in its second end-of-year report on the broadcaster.In its
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ITV and CRCA call for public debate over BBC funding
ITV and the commercial radio sector are joining forces to attack the BBC in a joint submission to the panel reviewing the licence fee, according to sources.It is understood that, as
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Granada Girls usher in ITV film nights
The ITV Film Initiative, launched in 1996, will bear fruit later this month when the first of nine movie premieres transmits on the channel, writes Nicola Methven.Granada Film's Girls' Night, one
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New facility eyes autumn launch date
Soho will get its first major new commercials facility in four years when plans being hatched by market research company founder Philippa Gillies come to fruition this autumn, writes Dominic Timms.Code-named
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BBC 2 lines up Flaubert two-parter
BBC films and single drama is producing a two-part adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary for BBC 2, writes Liz Shackleton.Pre-production on the 2 x 75-minute drama is due to start
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TALK RADIO CATCHES RIGHTS TO LIVE COCA-COLA CRICKET
Talk Radio has secured exclusive UK radio rights for live ball-by-ball coverage of the upcoming Coca-Cola Cup cricket tournament in Sharjah, Dubai. The commercial radio broadcaster will carry live daily coverage
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NEW SERIES FOR HOLBY, SUNBURN AND PLAYING THE FIELD
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has ordered second series of dramas Holby City (left) and Sunburn, and a third run of Playing the Field. The first two were commissioned from head
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CHANNEL 5 GETS SECOND HELPING OF FLOYD
Keith Floyd is set to appear in his second food and drink show for Channel 5, Floyd Around the Med. Produced by Denham Productions, the 9 x 30-minute series will be
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PICKARD RECOMMISSIONS MOPATOP'S SHOP UNTIL 2001
Nigel Pickard, ITV controller of children's and youth programmes, has recommissioned pre-school series Mopatop's Shop until 2001. Programme-makers Carlton and The Jim Henson Company have signed a deal to supply ITV
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HAT TRICK SHOOTS SECOND RUN OF THE PETER PRINCIPLE
Hat Trick Productions began recording the second series of BBC 1 sitcom The Peter Principle last week. The series, featuring Jim Broadbent in the main role as an incompetent bank manager,
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HEWLAND LINES UP NEW DREAM TEAM AND DREAM DATES
Hewland International has been commissioned to make a third series of its award-winning drama, Dream Team, for Sky One. Sky One head of programming and general manager James Baker has ordered