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PSYCHO GAMESHOWS - Games without frontiers
Will the no-holds-barred brand of voyeurism and public humiliation that has made Channel 4's Big Brother such a success provide the template for a new era of copycat shows or will it turn out to be a mere flash in the pan? James Curtis reports.
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INTERVIEW - Game for a laugh
Head of BBC comedy Geoffrey Perkins is under pressure to deliver the laughs - and not just by re-running old successes. He has a string of new shows and funds to cross-fertilise BBC 1 and 2 ideas, but will he pull it off?
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NewsFremantle picks up more US drama
FremantleMedia Enterprises has acquired two new dramas from Toronto and LA-based production company Blueprint Entertainment, including a dark series about spouses who have killed their other halves starring cult director John Waters.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Children's power
Even among four to sevens adult shows such as Coronation Street are topping the ratings, while eight to 11 year-old girls are giving kids' shows the cold shoulder.
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OFF THE RECORD - No news like old news
Off the Record was delighted to hear that all is well over at Radio 4. The nation's most respected radio news network has its finger on the pulsing button of topicality
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OFF THE RECORD - It takes deadication
Tofu-eating Big Brother loser Sada could learn a thing or thing or two from one of the game birds taking part in BBC 1 doc Surviving the Iron Age which has
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OFF THE RECORD - What a load of crop
As if those crazy cats at the GWR radio empire haven't got enough to do. Not content, it seems, with integrating the radio assets of the Daily Mail and General Trust,
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Granada strikes Korean deals for Cracker and Dracula
Granada International's Hong Kong office has sold a raft of programming including a substantial drama package, to broadcasters in South Korea.
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OFF THE RECORD - Change the record
OTR's favourite thrusting TV exec James Baker has made headlines again. It seems the latest reshuffle over at Isleworth sees the erstwhile Sky One sultan lose his entire TV production empire.
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OFF THE RECORD - T-birds storm the web
Interest in the return of The Thunderbirds to our screens is growing apace. Set to relaunch (that's Thunderbirds are go) on BBC 2 in September, publicists are this week keen to
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OFF THE RECORD - Lookalikes - you're so vane
Reel at the similarities between these two hot telly smoothies, retired weather uberlord Ian McCaskill and Campaign for Quality TV czar Ray Fitzwalter.While one keeps his finger on the pulse of
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NewsMirren drama extends its reign
All3Media International has announced a further raft of deals for Company Pictures' award-winning period drama Elizabeth I, starring Oscar winner Helen Mirren.
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Fox Kids UK targets pre-schools
Ninety-minute weekday strand marks channel's first foray into toddler's TV
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DCMS appoints DGA as consultant
David Graham and Associates to advise on phase two of DCMS' Creative Industries task force inquiry
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BSkyB lobbies on 'unfair' carriage rules
White Paper submission urges government to adopt policy of platform neutrality as analague switch-off nears
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NewsFuller follows Beckham to LA
Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment is to produce a six-part reality series for US network NBC following former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham as she sets up home in LA.
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Marks quits Video Networks
Head of programming leaves as Walt Disney's de Villiers signs on as non-executive director
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Granada unifies compliance
Managing editor for factual programmes McBride to spearhead launch of 'one stop shop'
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BBC1 lines up Battle of Britain spectacular
Over three hours of tribute programming set aside to mark 60th anniversary of Battle of Britain