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CARLTON DENIES SAS RECONSTRUCTION MISLED PUBLIC
Carlton Television has denied claims that its 1996 series, SAS - The Soldiers' Story, misled the public by using agency extras to help re-enact the 1980 storming of the Iranian embassy
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GRIFFITHS GETS MARKETING ROLE FOR BBC NETWORK RADIO
BBC Radio 4 marketing manager Vanessa Griffiths has been appointed marketing manager for the whole of BBC Network Radio. Griffiths, 30, joined the BBC in 1997 as part of R4 controller
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MTV PREMIERES TWO DOCUMENTARIES IN MARCH
MTV will screen two UK premieres in the series Movie Special. The first, on 7 March, is an exclusive documentary on the Sundance Film Festival.The second, on 15 March, is The
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LNN SEEKS BLACK JOURNALISTS FOR TV TRAINING SCHEME
London News Network is to set up a training scheme aimed at encouraging non-white journalists to join its ranks. Starting from April, three African, Caribbean or Asian radio or print journalists
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LIVE TV TO AIR ULTIMATE WRESTLING MATCHES IN MAY
Live TV has joined forces with the Ultimate Wrestling Alliance (UWA) to televise its night of matches at Crystal Palace on 11 April. The Mirror Group-owned cable TV channel will film
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LOACH FIRST PATRON OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S TV WORKSHOP
Renowned film-maker Ken Loach is to become the first patron of HTV West's Television Workshop for young people. Drama workshop leader Adam Fresco said that gaining the support of Loach, who
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BLAKSTAD DEPARTS CORPORATION FOR BRAVE MOVE
Documentary film-maker Lucy Blakstad has left the BBC after 10 years to join The Brave Film Company as a freelance director working on commercials and documentary projects. Blakstad, whose most recent
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PARKER DEATH SHOCKS LWT
London Weekend Television was said to be 'shocked and saddened' last week by the death of tape editor Clayton Parker in a car accident. Parker joined LWT at the age of
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GRIERSON DOC AWARD
The Grierson award for the best British documentary will be announced at a ceremony to take place at the Savoy on Thursday 25 March. The speaker will be Sir Denis Forman
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BBC WALES GOES FM
BBC Radio Wales switches on to the FM frequency on Monday (1 March).This is the first phase of a rolling show to put Radio Wales onto FM and covers almost half
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TALK'S MELLOR AD BANNED
A controversial advertisement for Talk Radio depicting David Mellor as a giant breast has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority.The ad for Talk Radio's Saturday afternoon sport programme, 5.05, shows
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PILGER FILMS ABORIGINES
Veteran documentary-maker John Pilger is to make a third film for ITV about the Aboriginal struggle. Airing in the spring, the programme investigates how, as the country prepares to host the
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Unilever finances Bazal's C5 series
GMG Endemol Entertainment production subsidiary Bazal is making a popular factual series about a US marine theme park for Channel 5, funded by Unilever.The 13 x 30-minute series, Animal Alert, is
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BBC drama fosters Choice talent
BBC drama has produced a low-cost BBC Choice adaptation of a radio play about a Belfast child living through the events since the Good Friday peace agreement, writes Jason Deans.Hambone's Diary,
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Former Animal Magic presenter Johnny Morris is returning to children's TV to front a strand in the ITV series Wild Thing. The 7 x 15-minute Tyne Tees Television series will run
Former Animal Magic presenter Johnny Morris is returning to children's TV to front a strand in the ITV series Wild Thing. The 7 x 15-minute Tyne Tees Television series will run
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Wallace leaves CWC for Cable & Wireless
Graham Wallace, former chief executive of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), has been appointed to lead Cable & Wireless plc, writes Helen Sage.He will be replaced in his current job at
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Fielder quits BBC to make HTV history
Mark Fielder, series producer of the BBC's Driving School, is turning his back on docu-soaps and defecting to HTV to make historical documentaries, writes Nicola Methven.Fielder, 40, leaves Bristol-based BBC features,
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Hobbins Sides has created the title sequence for new BBC documentary series The Builders. Designed and directed by Mark Hobbins, the sequence features quirky animation in the style of a Carry
Hobbins Sides has created the title sequence for new BBC documentary series The Builders. Designed and directed by Mark Hobbins, the sequence features quirky animation in the style of a Carry
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XTV has produced a series of 6 x 30-minute and 1 x 10-minute promos for the launch of Nokia and CNN's forthcoming news notification service, which provides mobile phone users with
XTV has produced a series of 6 x 30-minute and 1 x 10-minute promos for the launch of Nokia and CNN's forthcoming news notification service, which provides mobile phone users with
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BBC Creative Services has created eight new title stings for UK Play's new season of live music concerts. Parodying the classic Rank Films openers, the titles were designed by BBC Promotions
BBC Creative Services has created eight new title stings for UK Play's new season of live music concerts. Parodying the classic Rank Films openers, the titles were designed by BBC Promotions