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    Brown eyed boy given C4 comedy lab slot

    2002-11-06T12:27:05Z

    Indie Brown Eyed Boy, set up by former Chrysalis executive producer Gary Reich in June, has finished production on a 30-minute one-off, My Mouth Shalt Speak the Praise of Thy Lord Part 3, for Channel 4's Comedy Lab strand. Reich is the show's producer and ...

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    Real-life west wing

    2002-11-06T12:27:35Z

    The smallest room in the White House, in which all major international crises are debated, is to be recreated for a new BBC 4 programme in which a panel of eminent American decision-makers will be forced to react to a hypothetical global catastrophe, writes Leigh ...

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    BBCi joins up with daytime cooking show

    2002-11-06T12:28:05Z

    BBC 2 cooking show Saturday Kitchenhas been recommissioned in a new live interactive format as part of a wider push to get BBCi services into daytime, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    A triple whammy at Tiger Aspect

    2002-11-06T12:28:39Z

    Tiger Aspect has won a trio of commissions including a Channel 5 vehicle for XFM DJ Christian O'Connell, write Georgina Lipscomb and Penny Hughes

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    TWI snares BBC 1 Saturday LE slot

    2002-11-06T12:29:20Z

    TWI has kicked off its move into entertainment securing an eight-part Saturday night LE show for BBC 1, writes Colin Robertson

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    Fox poaches BBC's Glazier to head UK arm

    2002-11-06T13:02:33Z

    US producer Fox Television Studios is setting up a UK outpost in order to roll out European versions of its formats and has poached the BBC's editor of light entertainment Jonathan Glazier to head up the operation, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Maidstone Studios sold for£4.25m

    2002-11-06T16:09:29Z

    Telewest owned TVS Television has sold The Maidstone Studios to a consortium of local businessmen for£4.25 million, writes Will Strauss

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    Rise gets major overhaul

    2002-11-07T09:10:38Z

    Rise, the struggling Channel 4 breakfast show, is to be overhauled and moved from its Isleworth base to new studios in an effort to turn around its disastrous ratings performance, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    50 jobs go as Granada slashes GSB production

    2002-11-07T09:15:12Z

    Around 50 jobs are to go in Manchester after Granada slashed original production in its Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) joint-venture, writes Steve Aston

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    ITV Digital staff in row over pay

    2002-11-07T09:16:34Z

    Former ITV Digital employees have hit out at Carlton and Granada, claiming that the two former digital partners still owe them thousands of pounds after their notice payments were wrongly taxed, writes Paul Revoir

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    Freeview gets off to strong start

    2002-11-07T09:17:13Z

    Consumers appear to have given a respectful thumbs-up to the new Freeview service, with one major UK retailer claiming to have shifted over 10,000 set-top boxes since its launch last Wednesday (30 October), write Broadcast reporters

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    BBC 'books' Sunday slot for drama until 2004

    2002-11-07T09:17:52Z

    The BBC has thrown down the gauntlet to ITV over the scheduling of major dramas - by trying to book the Sunday evening slot in November for the next two years, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    TV sex excess sees Gardam shelve show

    2002-11-07T09:37:19Z

    Channel 4 director of television Tim Gardam has shelved a two-hour live interactive Saturday night sex show planned for next month, after becoming concerned that there was too much sex on TV, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Granada appoints regional TV 'tsar'

    2002-11-07T09:39:06Z

    Granada is hoping to allay concerns over the future of ITV's regional output by appointing ITV controller of documentaries and features Diane Nelmes as its new director of daytime and regional programmes, writes Steve Aston

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    JY quits

    2002-11-07T09:45:03Z

    'Sidelined' Sir Jimmy is leaving the BBC, but says he'll stay in broadcasting ...

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    So? now we know

    2002-11-07T09:45:34Z

    Graham Norton and Dawn French are both to be in this year's ...

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    News Corp reveals battle scars from tabloid wars

    2002-11-07T09:58:10Z

    The cut-throat tabloid price war has resulted in a shrp fall in profits at the newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's ne...

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    JY to sign off after 50 years

    2002-11-07T10:00:13Z

    Veteran broadcaster Sir Jimmy Young is to quit the BBC after more than 50 years. ...

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    Now it's movie MOBOS

    2002-11-07T10:05:00Z

    Ethnic TV and film awards launched. ...

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    BT and Sky consider new broadband channel

    2002-11-07T10:06:55Z

    The Telecoms giant BT is considering launching a channel on Sky television to educate viewers on broadband as part ...