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PRODUCTION - A BLUFFER'S GUIDE TO: AUTHORING.
Radio 4 presenter John Humphrys has been banging on about the debasement of the English language
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PRODUCTION - ON LOCATION - THE TRAVELLING CIRCUS.
Travel Sick was an unexpected success for Class Films, inspiring a return. Series director Duncan Wilson reports on blowing up and setting fire to his presenter in exotic locations.
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Production - Bells and whistles of DVD design.
DVD authoring is far more than stitching together out-takes. Ian White asks producers how they get into the minds of buyers.
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Production - TX - The Bill's live challenge.
Filming a one-off live episode of The Bill will be a challenge for Thames, not least in ensuring the 20th anniversary show stays on air, no matter what. Stephen Tate monitors the team's painstaking preparations.
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OFF THE RECORD - KING REIGNS AS TV'S.
1980s pop idol It's amazing what a bit of nostalgia can do to a group of
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OFF THE RECORD - BROWN LEAVES A DAZE.
The award for overstretching your part at the National Television Awards this week went to Channel
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RatingsBrookside ends on an audience high
The swan song performance of Brooksidelast night (4 November) managed to gain 1.9 million (20.7%) - around four times its recent usual audience.
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Nokia pushes for 'mobile' TV
Telecoms giant Nokia is urging television producers and broadcasters to buck up their ideas and start providing unique content for mobile phones.
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CD: UK plans live spin-offs
ITV has ordered three 30-minute spin-off editions of Blaze Television's Saturday morning pop show, CD:UK. The CD:UK - Spotlight Specials will run after the main CD:UKshow on Saturdays from 15 November and feature pop acts Pink, Christina Aguilera and Britney ...
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Xfm seeks more success for its mix outside London
Xfm is shifting its focus away from London and is looking to introduce bespoke content for major cities around the UK to bolster its national presence.
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ITV bars Royal Variety acts from BBC event
ITV has banned pop acts from appearing on the BBC's Children in Need charity event if they want to appear on its flagship Royal Variety Performance after the two events were scheduled within three days of each other.
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Legal action halts TV show
Brighter Pictures this week defended its format There's Something about Miriam in which six men were stunned to discover that the beautiful woman they had been wooing was a transsexual.
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Sky's Baker drops Live Boob Job
New Sky One controller James Baker has kicked off his tenure by rejecting a major live surgery event planned by his predecessor Sara Ramsden.
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Ex-C4 entertainment chief set for Avalon
Former Channel 4 head of entertainment John McHugh is poised to join comedy production company Avalon Television in a wide-ranging production role.
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BBC goes all out to pick Euro song
The BBC is to create a big prime-time 'very sexy' Saturday night event to choose next year's British Eurovision song contest entry after the national humiliation of scoring nil points this year.
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NewsJohnny Vegas signs comedy deal with BBC
Comedian Johnny Vegas, the former face of the now defunct ITV Digital, is to become one of the leading names on the BBC after signing an exclusive development deal with the corporation.
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NewsCoogan and Reeves plan family ITV show
Comedians Steve Coogan and Vic Reeves are to team up to write and perform in an ITV comedy sketch show series.
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NewsCan you spell 'repetition'?
The American phenomenon of national spelling events, as seen in the current Oscar-nominated hit movie Spellbound, is to be brought to the UK with both the BBC and Channel 4 developing formats.
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NewsMurdoch Jnr bids to keep top talent
BskyB's new chief executive, James Murdoch, is set to hand chief operating officer Richard Freudenstein a beefed-up role as his second in command.