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MURPHY TAKES BBC2 COMEDY ORDER FOR BBC CHOICE
BBC Choice head of programming Stuart Murphy has ordered a comedy series originally destined for BBC 2, while continuing to fund it at BBC 2 rates. Breezeblock was developed by BBC
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NewsBBC Worldwide sets financial targets
The BBC's commercial arm BBC Worldwide has set itself the challenge of doubling profits to£200m over the next five years to help make up for the corporation's disappointing licence fee settlement.
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CARLTON GREENLIT FOR NEW WELCOME TO ORTY-FOU RUN
Carlton Television has gone into production with a new 7 x 30-minute series of children's comedy drama Welcome To Orty-Fou (left). Filmed at Carlton's Nottingham studios, the series is being produced
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HALLMARK ENTERTAINMENT TO ADAPT LORNA DOONE
Hallmark Entertainment has confirmed that it has started developing a drama based on RD Blackmore's Lorna Doone. A spokesperson said the channel is looking at a variety of options for the
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OCTOPUS PRODUCTIONS WINS FIRST FULL COMMISSION
Octopus Productions has secured its first full commission since it was launched by parent company Octopus Publishing last year to develop its titles for TV. Super Herbs is a 15 x
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DOUBLE CHILDREN'S WHAMMY FOR RED BALLOON
Newcastle-based indie Red Balloon has won its first commissions. BBC head of acquisitions for children's entertainment Theresa Plummer-Andrews has ordered a 26 x 12-minute animated series The Lampies. The series features
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NewsEndemol produces mobile music video for MySpace star
Endemol has teamed up with MySpace star Tila Tequila to produce a music video exclusively for mobile phones.
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HOTHOUSE TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE OLYMPICS SHOW
London indie Hothouse Productions has won its first commission for BBC 2, a 5 x 45-minute series about the Gravity Games, the alternative sports world's version of the Olympics. The series
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BBC 1 LINES UP BATTLE OF BRITAIN SPECTACULAR
The 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain is to be commemorated in 195 minutes of tribute programmes on BBC 1 on 17 September. Ordered by controller Peter Salmon, the line-up
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GRANADA ORDERS NEW SLATE OF REGIONAL DOCS FOR 2001
Granada Television executive producer of regional programmes Eamonn O'Neal has lined up three new documentaries to be aired in the region next year. Rochdale-based Key Productions is making Rachel's Journey, a
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COOGAN OUTFIT PILOTS WALKING WITH DIANA DORS
Comedy indie Baby Cow Productions, co-founded by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, has co-produced a comedy sketch show pilot, Walking With Diana Dors, for BBC 1. Made with Avalon Television, the
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Salmon serves up drama-heavy slate
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon unveiled his most expensive drama line-up ever, as he launched the channel's£189m autumn schedule on Tuesday (8 August).Salmon said the BBC was setting 'great store'
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Factual orders roll in for Granada Television
Granada Television has scored a number of new factual commissions for broadcasters in the UK and abroad, including a new series of Savage Planet, writes Colin Robertson.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Oh Brother - Andy eviction slays Buffy
Last Friday (4 August) served up a feast of ratings winners with Channel 4's Big Brother again proving to be unmissable viewing, writes Georgina Lipscomb.According to unofficial overnights, 3 million (15
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Redhead to Hat Trick as drama head
Independent Hat Trick Productions has appointed Bafta-winning producer Mark Redhead as its new head of drama, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Granada's Allen faces festival quiz
Granada Media chief executive Charles Allen is to be grilled about the future of ITV in a set-piece interview at the Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival at the end of the month, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Granada unites compliance
Granada Media is bolting together the separate legal and compliance arms at its four franchises into single entities and is bringing in Granada managing editor for factual programmes Ian McBride to
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BBC 1 comedy to start life on BBC 2
The BBC has set up a 'substantial' new fund to develop comedy on BBC 2 that will breed shows for transfer to BBC 1.Head of comedy Geoffrey Perkins told Broadcast this
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October lands sequel to Staying Lost
October Films has landed a commission from Channel 4 to make a sequel to its controversial documentary series Staying Lost, writes Simon Ellery.
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Nickelodeon race hots up
Contenders for the managing director's job at Nickelodeon UK emerged this week, with a raft of internal and external executives tipped to make the shortlist, writes Simon Ellery.