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Impossible gears up for new C5 animated series
Impossible Television, the animation division of Carlton-owned production house Planet 24, has started work on its first major series commission for Channel 5, writes Jason Deans.TooMuchTV, a 13
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BBC Northern Ireland to make new run of Ballykissangel
Salmon orders sixth series of hit BBC 1 drama
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NewsLazarus lands Sumo.TV commercial role
Digital broadcaster Cellcast has hired entertainment executive Steve Lazarus as user-generated content channel Sumo.TV's commercial director.
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Paxman draws up interview wishlist
Hilary Clinton, Rupert Murdoch and Steven Spielberg are some of the names on an interview wishlist being drawn up by Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman for BBC 2, writes Tim Dams.
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Twenty Twenty police drama gets BBC 1 series
Twenty Twenty Television has secured a commission for a 6 x 60-minute series of Paula Milne-scripted police drama Second Sight, writes Ashley Davies.The new series will comprise of three separate
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BSkyB to scrap plans for Sky Premier
BSkyB is considering ditching its plan to air comedy and drama series on Sky Premier in a bid to boost its general entertainment channel, Sky One, ahead of the launch of
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Shaps moves up in Granada revamp
Granada Television director of programmes Simon Shaps is to replace Andrea Wonfor and Jules Burns by becoming managing director of Granada Media Productions (GMP), the UK's biggest commercial TV programme-making house.Shaps'
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Broadcast Awards hail in-house producers
Walking with Dinosaurs won the best new programme award at the Broadcast 2000 Awards on Wednesday (19 January) while Wall to Wall was named top independent producer.In a reversal of last
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UK Arena switches from arts to drama
UKTV arts entertainment channel UK Arena will be relaunched at the end of March as a specialist drama channel called UK Drama, writes Tim Dams.A BBC/Flextech joint-venture channel, UK Drama will
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DCMS set to agree to extra BBC digital cash
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is thought to have resolved to give the BBC most of the cash it wants to extend its digital services, but not News 24, writes John Lewis.
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BBC CHARTS HISTORY OF TALK SHOWS FOR NEW SERIES
BBC Production's entertainment division is working on a 2 x 50-minute primetime series for BBC 1, The History of the Talk Show. Featuring a range of talk show hosts, such as
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MORAN SITCOM TO GO INTO PRODUCTION FOR CHANNEL 4
Assembly Film & Television goes into production next month on new 6 x 30-minute Channel 4 sitcom, Black Books, starring comedians Bill Bailey and Dylan Moran. Written by Moran and Father
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BADDIEL AND SKINNER RETURN WITH THREE-SERIES ITV DEAL
Indie Avalon Television has signed a three-series deal with ITV for a new live studio comedy vehicle for David Baddiel and Frank Skinner. Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned, which will begin its