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    BELL MAKES RADIO DRAMA DEBUT ON R4'S JERUSALEM

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Veteran actor Tom Bell is to make his radio drama debut in a new comedy drama series on BBC Radio 4. Jerusalem, airing on Fridays at 23.30 from 22 October, is

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    C4 TAKES SECOND HELPINGS OF BAZAL'S DISHES

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned GMG Endemol Entertainment subsidiary Bazal for a second series of cooking and dating show Dishes. Ordered by C4 deputy commissioning editor daytime Jo McGrath and daytime strategy

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    EDMONDS TELLS RADIO LUXEMBOURG STORY FOR R2

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Noel Edmonds is to present a history of Radio Luxembourg for BBC Radio 2. The Great 208 - The Story of Radio Luxembourg is being produced by independent USP Radio Projects

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    NOMAD RUSH HOME FROM HOME WINS TARA COMMISSION

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    New indie Nomad Rush Productions has been commissioned to produce 12-part series Home from Home for Irish cable and digital entertainment channel Tara TV. The show, which will include interviews with

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    2000 to 1 quiz takes BBC 1 into new year

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 is launching a millennium quiz show with a top prize offering the winner the whole of the year 2000 off work.Called 2000 to 1, the quiz will be a

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    BBC features pens BBC 2 Sound Track

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    BBC features in Bristol is working on a£3 million 8 x 60-minute series tracing the history of pop music for BBC 2, writes Tim Dams.

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    Convergence to offer C5 a Private View

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 has commissioned Convergence to make its flagship arts programme for 2000, writes Tina Mistry.

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    Granada films Anchor Me for ITV

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Location filming began this week on Granada Television's new ITV drama, Anchor Me, starring Iain Glenn and Annette Crosbie, writes Jason Deans.

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    OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Cold Feet helps ITV to Sunday triumph

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Television viewers were spoilt for choice last weekend as both BBC 1 and ITV earmarked 24-25 September for the return of some of their most popular dramas, writes Tina Mistry.

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    C4 bags brace of drama deals in US

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has struck pilot development deals for two of its cult dramas with two separate US majors.The outfit's distribution arm, Channel 4 International (C4I), has linked with Warner Bros Television

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    BBC gives up Business Breakfast

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    BBC 1 is to revamp its early morning output, scrapping the hour-long BBC Business Breakfast programme, which starts at 06.00, writes Tim Dams.

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    Barb to mix methods for digital data

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Barb is this week expected to announce controversial measurement plans for digital-only TV viewing that involve the use of different techniques for Sky Digital and On Digital, writes Tina Mistry.

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    Animation may get government help

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Government support for the UK animation sector, including possible access to lottery funding, is one of the key recommendations from the panel investigating the television export deficit, according to industry sources.Ways

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    Smith warns BBC over limits to future growth

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Media Secretary Chris Smith this week conceded that the BBC might have to scale down its ambitions to extend services, writes John Lewis.

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    Airey slams C4 and BBC1 at RTS

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey has launched a scathing attack on her former employer, Channel 4, accusing the station's chief executive, Michael Jackson, of being 'up his own arse', writes Steve Clarke.

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    GARCIA BOOSTS BBC SPORT

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has created the new position of sports scheduler, the latest in a series of moves to bolster its beseiged sports department. BBC daytime scheduler Javier Garcia takes up the

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    GWR LINES UP MARCHER BID

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The GWR Group is understood to be considering a bid for the Wrexham-based Marcher Radio group of stations. The five-station group would be GWR's third major UK deal this year following

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    NEWS 24 GETS EC APPROVAL

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission has approved the financing of BBC News 24 through licence fees, ruling that such state aid is acceptable as it funds the delivery of 'services of general economic

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    ITV EXTENDS RSL TERMS

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Restricted Service Licences (RSLs) for small-scale TV broadcasters are to be extended from two to four years, the Independent Television Commission announced on Wednesday (29 September). The extension, aimed at encouraging

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    TALK COVERS EURO DECIDER

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Talk Radio has beaten BBC Radio 5 Live to the exclusive live radio rights for the crucial Sweden v Poland match on 9 October, which will decide if England can still