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Imago to make Gobi desert documentary
Independent Imago Productions has been commissioned by Hit Wildlife to make a documentary on life in the Gobi desert for transmission on the National Geographic Channel.Entitled Legends of the Gobi,
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Citizen wins double order from ITV
ITV has commissioned a sporting archive series and a half-hour comedy special from Dele Oniya's Citizen Television.The 6 x 30-minute series, Sporting Vintage, will be produced and directed by Krishna
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Radio 3 to go rural for an evening
BBC Radio 3 is to devote an evening of programmes to issues surrounding rural Britain as foot and mouth continues to ravage the countryside.The themed evening, entitled In a Green
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Channel Health wins pregnancy brief
The NHS has commissioned Channel Health to produce a new interactive series on pregnancy as part of a£1.2m award to the broadcaster.The Sky Digital channel is to make a
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Kingfisher scores with soccer series
Kingfisher Television has landed a 10-part documentary series, Frankly Football, for Carlton TV. The half-hour shows will feature interviews with players and archive and recent footage.Each show will deal with
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Granada goes Wild
Jettisons inherited United Wildlife brands Partridge and Survival in favour of Granada Wild
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Working Title to make Lucky Jim for ITV
Working Title is to make a two-hour film of the classic Kingsley Amis novel Lucky Jim.Stephen Tomkinson will star as the book's eponymous hero, alongside Helen McCrory, Robert Hardy and
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Rushes lures Sillery and Man
Commercial facility Rushes has signed Allen Sillery and Phil Man to its Inferno team, writes Dominic Timms.Sillery joins the Old Compton Street facility from rival VTR where he worked across Flame
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Pace predicts 40% will have digital TV by year end
Latest Pace Report upbeat about take-up of DTV claiming 13% of UK viewers will switch in next 8 months
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Zig Zag commissions led by ugly show
Zig Zag has won three commissions from Channel 5 and Channel 4.The success of London's Ugly Model Agency is explored in Ugly, commissioned for C5 by Michael Attwell, senior controller
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Archer to act in TV version of stage play.
Disgraced former politician Jeffrey Archer will appear in his first TV acting role when a version of his interactive stage play The Accused airs on the small screen, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Endemol buys out Brighter for£10m.
Endemol Entertainment has bought entertainment indie Brighter Pictures outright, in a deal thought to be worth£10m.The deal was signed after a year of discussions between the two companies and means
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RDF buys stake in drama launch Touch Paper.
RDF Media has taken 30 per cent of a new populist drama indie Touch Paper, launched this week by Carlton Productions executive producer Rob Pursey, writes Katy Elliott. In a double
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BBC dismisses Gavin rumour.
The BBC has dismissed speculation that BBC Worldwide chief executive Rupert Gavin is quitting the corporation, write Simon Ellery and Colin Robertson.
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Kinninmont leaves Independent Image.
Former Kilroy producer Independent Image has lost one of its joint managing directors, Tom Kinninmont, who left last week to set up independent production company Panache & Brio with his wife and Women in Film & TV chair Kate Kinninmont, writes Penny Hugh
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C4'S New face.
Channel 4 is developing a youth show fronted by a virtual TV presenter called The Head, writes Penny Hughes. A 30-minute pilot is poised to go into production through the Comedy
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beeb Ventures profits in the face of the dotcom downturn.
The BBC has said its ISP beeb.net has entered the black for the first time since launch in September 1999, although it has refused to name revenue figures, writes David Wood.
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BBC shows what's in pipeline.
BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux has announced her first raft of commissions, ordering 14 shows from in-house and independent producers, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Pearson faces Pop Idol legal wrangle.
Pearson Television and independent 19 TV could face legal action over their forthcoming Pop Idol ITV series, following accusations from Australian production outfit Screentime that the show contravenes copyright of its worldwide hit Popstars, writes Colin
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Hague in S4C safety pledge.
Opposition leader William Hague has pledged that Welsh channel S4C would survive Tory plans to sell off Channel 4 if the Conservatives confound pollsters and win the general election, writes David Rose.