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NewsNureyev doc for BBC2
The BBC has produced a feature-length documentary on the life of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
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OFF THE RECORD - Canned turkey
Staying with Yentob, it seems he can't kick the acting bug. Botney made his second appearance in the well-intentioned BBC 2 spoof docu-soap, Operation Good Guys, last week. Regular visitors to
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OFF THE RECORD - Live and cheating
It is with heavy heart that OTR has to report the latest fakery scandal to hit the BBC, this time surrounding drama head honcho Mal Young.Younger readers will remember that our
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OFF THE RECORD - Gag of the Day
Maybe Des Lynam's shock defection isn't such bad news for the BBC after all. One unexpected side-effect this week was that it sparked life, Frankenstein-style, into his likely successor as host
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OFF THE RECORD - Bad reception
A case of out of the frying pan and into the fire for David Robey, newly appointed acting editor of the BBC's ailing London radio station, GLR.Robey is to continue as
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OFF THE RECORD - Poor coverage
An unexpected side-effect of this week's solar eclipse was some of the worst TV since the phenomenon last occurred in 1927. BBC 1's Eclipse: First Contact reached a nadir with an
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OFF THE RECORD - A Power play on words
As if serving in the south Atlantic for months wasn't enough, the good people of HMS Richmond also have to put up with broadcasts from Hampshire-based 103.2 Power FM. Not that
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Sky denies rift as digital chief exits
BSkyB digital chief Ian West has left the company suddenly, just two months after the arrival of the satellite broadcaster's new chief executive Tony Ball.The departure of West after 10 years
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Airey rules out move to BBC
Dawn Airey has ruled out a move to Greg Dyke's BBC - saying she intends to remain as Channel 5 director of programmes, writes Steve Clarke.Speaking at the station's autumn launch
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Two senior posts go as CVE restructures
Two senior Chrysalis Visual Entertainment (CVE) executives, managing director Julie Blessyn and Chrysalis Television International (CTI) managing director Nick Witkowski, are understood to be negotiating redundancy packages.The redundancies are said to
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S4C and BBC Wales launch joint channel
Welsh language broadcaster S4C is gearing up to launch a joint-venture digital channel with BBC Wales to provide coverage of the Welsh Assembly, write Alice Macandrew and Wale Azeez.The new channel,
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BBC EDUCATION DISSECTS THE PLAYS OF ARTHUR MILLER
BBC education goes into production next week with Miller Shorts, a 4 x 30-minute series for BBC 2 that explores the most famous plays of Arthur Miller. Each programme examines a
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THEAKSTONE TO NAMEDROP THE STARS IN BBC 1 SPECIAL
BBC entertainment and features in Manchester has gone into production with a new show for BBC 1 hosted by Jamie Theakstone (left). Namedroppers is currently a one-off special that, if successful,
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Road Wars returns again
Sky One has ordered a sixth series of reality show Road Wars(pictured) from Raw Cut Television, which will be shot in high-definition for the first time.
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ITV2 SECURES RIGHTS TO READING ROCK-FEST
ITV2 has secured the exclusive broadcast rights to The Reading Festival, held over the August bank holiday weekend. The general entertainment channel, aimed at a younger audience than the ITV network,
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ROGERS PRESENTS A ROUGH HISTORY FOR UK HORIZONS
BBC/Flextech joint-venture channel UK Horizons has commissioned a 10 x 30-minute series from Granada TV telling the anecdotal history of some of the UK's more unusual places of historical interest. A
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WHIZZIWIG RETURNS TO CITV FOR THIRD SERIES
Carlton Television children's drama Whizziwig has been recommissioned for a third series by ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Nigel Pickard. The 7 x 30-minute run, which features the antics
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MCGOWAN AIMS TO MAKE BIG IMPRESSION IN BBC 1 PILOT
Vera has produced a one-off show with impressionist Alistair McGowan (right) for BBC 1. Alistair McGowan's Big Impression is a 30-minute broadcast pilot due to air on Thursday 2 September. The
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RADIO 4 ORDERS PLAY TO ACCOMPANY BLITZ SERIES
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned independent Martin Wietz Associates to produce Dear Gerald, a play about a 12-year-old evacuated during the blitz, to coincide with its documentary series about the blitz,
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BBC 1 plans pair of thrillers for 2000
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has commissioned two new drama thrillers to air in the first quarter of 2000 from the channel's head of drama serials, Jane Tranter.The Wyvern Mystery, a