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SIMON NYE SCRIPTS TV MOVIE OF THE RAILWAY CHILDREN
Men Behaving Badly creator Simon Nye is scripting a TV movie version of E Nesbitt's classic family story, The Railway Children, for Carlton and ITV. The 120-minute drama will be screened
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BEAN SIGNS UP FOR ITV'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LEAD
Sean Bean has been cast to play the lead in ITV thriller Extremely Dangerous, which is being made by former ICM co-chairman Michael Foster's independent, Northwestone Films (Broadcast, 19.3.99). The 4
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COUNTRY TRACKS RETURNS WITH CELEBRITY MUSCLE
BBC Birmingham network production is producing a second series of Country Tracks, the BBC 2 outdoors show. Presented by Pete McCarthy, the series will feature location reports from all over Britain,
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CARLTON TO START SHOOTING ONE-OFF LONDON DRAMA
Carlton has gone into production with Blue Murder, a TV movie for ITV. The 120-minute single drama, which stars Gary Mavers as a policeman who falls for a rich woman played
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AWARD-WINNING STUDENT ADVICE PROGRAMME RETURNS
Wobbly Picture Productions has just started shooting annual BBC 2 university entry advice special Student Choice '99. The 60-minute show, which will again be presented by Jayne Middlemiss, is due to
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NewsCramer backs African news channel
Former CNN boss Chris Cramer is taking a lead role in the launch of a new multimedia pan-African news channel. [ALL]
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ALL-STAR LINE-UP SET FOR PRINCE'S TRUST PARTY ON ITV2
Fuji International Productions will be supplying ITV2 with six hours of coverage of The Prince's Trust Party in the Park on Sunday (4 July). The concert footage, which was commissioned by
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ITV TARGETS GAMESHOWS FOR NEW COMEDY DRAMA SERIES
Keith Allen and Denis Lawson will be taking supporting roles alongside Michael Barrymore in Bob Martin, Granada TV's comedy drama for ITV. Allen and Lawson will play, respectively, warm-up man and
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TENTH ANNIVERSARY FOR EDINBURGH NIGHTS
BBC Scotland is producing its tenth guide to the Edinburgh Festival. This year's Edinburgh Nights, which will air at 23.15 on BBC 2 over the last two weeks of August, will
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MERIDIAN TO DISH UP ANOTHER SERVING OF SURPRISE CHEFS
Meridian Broadcasting has commissioned a seventh series of regional show Surprise Chefs from Action Time. Produced by Pat Pearson and directed by Peter Chipping, the 10 x 30-minute series will be
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C4 to reveal Ideal World's Other Side
Channel 4 has taken the unusual step of commissioning Scottish indie Ideal World to produce 60 x 60-minutes of 'raw' late-night television documentaries made by film students, established film-makers and members
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Siriol to create animation of kids' book classic for S4C
S4C has commissioned Cardiff-based production firm Siriol to make an animated version of the classic Welsh-language children's book character, Sali Mali, writes Lexie Goddard.
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ITV prepares religious docu-soap
ITV controller of news, current affairs and religion Steve Anderson has commissioned indie Moore TV to make a religious docu-soap about a Christianity course for young people, writes Jason Deans.
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NewsLBC signs deal with Friction.tv
Talk radio station LBC 97.3 FM will air selected listener-generated content after signing a deal with online debate website Friction.tv. [ALL]
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History Channel strikes co-pro deal
The History Channel UK has struck a major new co-production deal with distributor Electric Sky and indie Basic Films to make a slate of documentaries, writes Alice Macandrew.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Barbara sours repeat of Summer Wine
Carlton Television's new six-part ITV comedy, Barbara, more than earned its 20.00 Sunday (27 June) spot, writes Tim Dams.
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Celador unveils feature film arm
Indie Celador Productions has set up a feature film arm, Blue Films, in partnership with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? co-creator Steve Knight.Blue Films' first production will be Dirty Pretty
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Smith plans switch-off timetable
Media Secretary Chris Smith is to announce a 'trigger formula' for the switch-off of analogue TV - the first time the Government has committed itself to making a clear statement about its timetable for the move to digital, writes John Lewis.
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Jones sets up TV rights consultancy
Philip Jones, Carlton International director of international relations, is quitting after 17 years with Carlton and Central TV to set up his own TV rights consultancy.Jones, who will leave Carlton's distribution
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Talk catches cricket deal
Talk Radio has bought the exclusive live rights to England's cricket tour of Pakistan, the second overseas series it has signed in three months, writes John Plunkett.