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JO WHILEY GETS FOURTH RUN ON CHANNEL 4
Channel 4 has commissioned a fourth 10 x 50-minute series of music show Jo Whiley from At It Productions. Scheduled for spring 2000, it was reordered by deputy commissioner for music
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JAM COMMUNICATIONS SCOOPS R2 RECOMMISSION
Radio indie Jam Communications has had Evelyn Glennie's Classics recommissioned by BBC Radio 2 controller Jim Moir. The programme, in which the world-famous percussionist selects her favourite classical music, returns for
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DEADLY FILMS BEGINS WORK ON DOYLE SCREENPLAY
Deadly Films Production has gone into production in Dublin on Roddy Doyle's original screenplay, When Brendan Met Trudy, backed by BBC Films, BBC Worldwide, the Irish Film Board and RTE. Starring
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CAPITAL GOLD SIGNS MASTHEAD DEAL WITH OK!
Capital Gold has sealed a masthead programming deal with OK! magazine to broadcast two celebrity gossip and interview shows each week. The show, OK! On Air, will be hosted by Capital
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ATTABOY CLICKS ON THE WEB FOR CHANNEL 5
Channel 5 controller, features and arts Michael Attwell has commissioned independent Attaboy TV to make 2 x 30-minute shows about the internet as part of the station's upcoming theme night about
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CUTTING EDGE TO FEATURE TWO NEW DISABILITY DOCS
Channel 4 has ordered 2 x 30-minute documentaries focusing on disability as part of the forthcoming 16-part run of Cutting Edge. Love is Blind is made by Hannah Berryman for Carlton
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TROUBLE AND INITIAL KIDS TO MAKE TEENAGE COMEDY
Flextech-owned Satellite and cable channel Trouble has joined forces with indie Initial Kids to co-produce a 26 x 30-minute teenage comedy, Ed Stone is Dead, a ghost story set in Notting
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Tiger Aspect bags pair of ITV dramas
Tiger Aspect Productions has been commissioned to make its first ever dramas for ITV, including a contemporary thriller starring Sarah Lancashire.My Fragile Heart is a 2 x 90-minute drama in which
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BBC 2 orders new sitcom from rookie writer Nickson
BBC entertainment head of comedy Geoffrey Perkins has lined up a new sitcom for BBC 2 written by 20-year-old fledgling writer Susan Nickson, writes Wale Azeez.The sitcom, provisionally entitled Two Pints
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CNN and Sky News launch millennium programming
CNN and Sky News have unveiled details of their millennium coverage with more than 140 hours of live broadcasts, writes John Plunkett.Sky News will air a 42-hour continuous show, Into 2000,
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DNI and Hit fund elephant doc
Discovery Networks International (DNI) and Hit Wildlife are jointly funding a groundbreaking documentary about the behavioural patterns of a herd of elephants, writes Annie Dare.The production will use a specially commissioned
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - EastEnders makes splash with 15 million
The Mitchell brothers' dramatic crash into the Thames helped EastEnders steal the show for the BBC over the last week with Thursday's episode (14 October) attracting 14.8 million and an impressive
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Action Time cuts back NW office
Action Time, the wholly owned Carlton production house, is scaling down its Manchester office. The move comes amid fears by programme-makers that broadcasters are commissioning fewer programmes from the regions.From January,
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Favourites emerge for UK Gold job
Three front-runners have emerged as favourites to take over as channel editor of UK Gold, writes Tim Dams.BBC Choice programming executive Katy Thorogood, UK Gold assistant channel editor Sarah Dewhurst and
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On Digital serves up interactive TV
On Digital partners Carlton Media and Granada Media have linked up to develop an interactive TV service for the digital pay-TV platform, which could eventually be transferred to ITV programmes and
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Barb digital system delayed again
Barb - the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board - has postponed the introduction of its new digital-only measurement system for a second time following teething trouble measuring digital audiences, writes David Wood.The
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NewsPresentable to make BBC4 quiz
RDF-owned indie Presentable is to make a University Challenge-style quiz show for BBC4 and a third Oz and James show that has a British twist.
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ITC takes local TV bids
Potential frequencies for another 36 Restricted Service Licences (RSLs) were identified by the Independent Television Commission this week, ushering in the next generation of local TV broadcasting, writes John Plunkett.The ITC
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Spindler replaces Adams at BBC drama
BBC Production has appointed an internal candidate to replace Colin Adams as controller of drama, writes Tim Dams.Susan Spindler, currently BBC drama deputy head and head of strategy, takes over from
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WIRELESS TO BUY IRG
Kelvin MacKenzie's Wireless Group was understood to be on the verge of clinching a deal to buy the Independent Radio Group (IRG) as Broadcast went to press. The purchase is believed