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OFF THE RECORD - Italian job
And so to Florence and the 'higher brow than thou' Prix Italia awards, where this year's organisers tried to entertain the assorted grands fromages with a specially commissioned variety show. Things
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OFF THE RECORD - White Riot
Disturbing news reaches Off The Record from the set of BBC 1's new seventies-set drama, In The Land of Plenty, in which art imitated life rather too closely for comfort. In
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OFF THE RECORD - Silent protest
On a similar note, the crew from BBC 1's rather more easy-on-the-ears adaptation, David Copperfield, couldn't do enough to win over the locals in the tiny Oxfordshire village where they spent
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OFF THE RECORD - Tanked up
Fishy goings on at On Digital, which chose an exotic aquarium from which to schmooze assorted MPs at this week's Labour Party conference in Bournemouth.Guests at the do on Monday were
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OFF THE RECORD - Shop window dummies
OTR was saddened to see there were no bubble perms adorning Sky One's new show, C15: The New Professionals. Apparently Bodie and Doyle are all in favour of a 'a younger,
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OFF THE RECORD - Car spotting
Last word must go to London News Network editorial manager John Glover, who was waxing lyrical this week about the joys of its fantastic new traffic bulletin, Travel Talk. In a
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Bannister drafts in Production fixer
BBC Production has expanded its senior management team, drafting in Michele Romaine to the new position of director of production.Romaine, currently BBC News head of production, continuous news, will report directly to BBC
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BBC keeps a grip on indies' rights
New figures from the BBC reveal that since the corporation's latest terms of trade for independent producers were introduced in April 1997, just 4 per cent of deals have resulted in indies retaining
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Fifty posts at risk as Carlton gets ready to axe pay-TV channels
Up to 50 jobs could be lost at Carlton Communications as a result of its plans to ditch three of its pay-TV channels, according to sources, writes John Plunkett.
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McKeown backs net distributor itstv.com
TV producer and SelecTV founder Allan McKeown is backing the launch of a new internet-based TV programming distributor, itstv.com, writes Jason Deans.
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United bags BBC drama
The BBC has commissioned what is believed to be its first-ever drama series from an ITV company, writes Steve Clarke.
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C4 BUYS NEW SOPRANOS AND SEX AND THE CITY SERIES
Channel 4 has acquired the two latest series of HBO shows The Sopranos (left) and Sex and the City, as well as signing up the first series of controversial new Columbia TriStar comedy
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WHERE THE HEART IS GOES INTO PRODUCTION FOR FOURTH RUN
Filming has begun on a fourth series of United Productions' Where the Heart Is for ITV. The 16 x 60-minute drama series is scheduled to air in spring 2000. The series' executive producers
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ISAACS LOOKS AT LIFE AND MUSIC OF POULENC FOR BBC 2
Jeremy Isaacs Productions is making a 50-minute music and arts special about the life and music of Francis Poulenc for BBC 2. The programme, starring soprano Felicity Lott and featuring pianist Graham Johnson, was
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C5 EXTENDS MISS WORLD RIGHTS FOR TWO MORE YEARS
Channel 5 has bought the rights to Initial-produced Miss World for the next two years. C5, which aired the show for the first time in 1998, will screen this year's event live on
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SOMETHIN' ELSE TO MAKE INTERACTIVE JAZZ ON 3
Radio indie Somethin' Else has been commissioned to make an interactive version of its long-running BBC Radio 3 show, Jazz on 3, for BBC Digital radio. The programme, which features an exclusive session
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ITV BOOKS 130 EPISODES OF DOG & DUCK FROM UNITED
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Nigel Pickard has committed to a further 130 x 10-minute episodes of United Productions' pre-school series, Dog & Duck, before the first run of the show
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VICAR OF DIBLEY SET TO RETURN THIS YEAR
A third series of The Vicar of Dibley starring Dawn French has gone into production for a new run on BBC 1. A Tiger Aspect production, the 4 x 40-minute series is written
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KING ROLLO BRINGS BACK SPOT ANIMATIONS
King Rollo Films has announced plans to make the first new Spot animations since the original series was created in 1997. The forthcoming 13 x 5-minute pre-school series, called Spot's Musical Adventures, will
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TALK UNVEILS MILLENNIUM DOCUMENTARY SEASON
Talk Radio is to broadcast a specially commissioned series of 8 x 60-minute documentaries to mark the new millennium. Created in-house, Communicators will look at the changing face of communications from the impact