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Darling Buds team to drive Reed vehicle
The team behind ITV's top-rating drama, The Darling Buds of May, is to make another HE Bates adaptation for the network, this time starring Oliver Reed, writes Nicola Methven.
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C4 swaps unloved circles for new identity
Channel 4's unloved circles logo will disappear on Good Friday (2 April), to be replaced by a new identity based on moving bands of colour.The on-screen look will feature vertical bands
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Ex-Ginger chief wins ITV thriller for indie
Michael Foster, former chief executive of Chris Evans' Ginger TV, has joined independent Northwestone Films and won a drama commission from ITV, writes Nicola Methven.
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TalkBack to think big for BBC 1 pilot
TalkBack Productions is to shoot a pilot for an ambitious BBC 1 gameshow, which is being lined up for a possible early Saturday evening slot, writes Liz Shackleton.
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YEAR OF PROMISE IS ITV NEW MILLENNIUM RESOLUTION
ITV is to give a full day's schedule over to a millennium project described by chief executive Richard Eyre as 'the ultimate New Year resolution'.The network is to launch ITV's Year
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PALADIN TO MAKE DIANA ANCESTOR DOC FOR C4
Indie producer Paladin Pictures is making a biographical documentary for Channel 4 on one of Diana, Princess of Wales' eighteenth-century ancestors, Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire.The one-off special, which is due to
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SKY GETS AHEAD IN FILM ON ITS MOVIE CHANNELS
Sky Movies is producing two new series to air on its film channels in April. A 10 x 30-minute run of How to Get Ahead in Film, produced by Simon Kerslake
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BBC 2 COOKS UP A CROSS-ATLANTIC STEW
BBC features and events is in production on a new 6 x 30-minutes food programme for BBC 2 primetime transmission from 4 May. Big Kevin, Little Kevin, produced by Andrew Fettis
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WADDELL TO MAKE IRISH TRAVEL SERIES FOR TV3
Brian Waddell Productions is producing a 13-part travel series, Daytrippers, for Irish commercial broadcaster TV3. The show features celebrities introducing their favourite patch of Ireland. Transmission is scheduled for late spring.
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BBC BUYS INTO BKN'S ROSWELL CONSPIRACIES
The BBC has acquired a children's animation series, Roswell Conspiracies, from New York-based children's programming network BKN. The series is scheduled to launch on BKN affiliates in the US this autumn.
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C4 TO HIGHLIGHT CORNISH SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Channel 4 deputy director of programmes Karen Brown has ordered a series of shorts about this summer's solar eclipse in Cornwall from Plymouth-based indie A38 Films. The 5 x 3-minute films,
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YORK HIRED TO THROW LIGHT ON WESTCOUNTRY ECLIPSE
Westcountry Television is to cover the biggest event of the year in its region with a 3 x 30-minute documentary, Eclipse '99, from London-based indie York Films.
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Wearing takes on 'epic' Nature Boy
Catherine Wearing, producer of Our Mutual Friend and Common as Muck, is working on a high-profile, four-part drama for BBC 2.The original script for Nature Boy has been written by Brian
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Five-show deal for UK Play
UK Play has signed a volume deal with BBC Entertainment to produce five new shows for the channel, including a new vehicle for comedian Matt Lucas, Shooting Stars' George Dawes, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Shearman goes to vet for docu-soap
Tiger Aspect Productions subsidiary Shearman Productions is shooting a docu-soap about a south-east London veterinary practice for ITV, writes Annie Dare.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Red Nose briefly turned blue by quiz show
ITV tried to scupper BBC 1's Comic Relief party on Friday (12 March) by scheduling an hour-long Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? special in the middle of the fund-raising effort, writes Tim Dams.
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Front Row seals pair of movie deals
Cable pay-per-view (PPV) service Front Row has boosted its movie offering with two new Hollywood studio output deals that will give it non-exclusive access to titles including Shakespeare in Love and
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ITC predicts extra DTT reception
Up to 16 per cent more UK homes will be able to receive digital terrestrial TV (DTT) services before analogue is switched off, according to a report from the Independent Television
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Lux adds comedy to duties at ICG
Danielle Lux, currently head of entertainment features at the BBC's independent commissioning group (ICG), has had her role expanded to include comedy, writes Liz Shackleton.
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Liddiment unveils ITV summer slate
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment announced the network's spring/summer 1999 programming line-up on Wednesday (17 March), claiming it would add to the 'confident start' achieved by the new peaktime schedule.Liddiment