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OPINION - ITC verdict: if it's not fake, it's fluff
It's official: TV is dumbing down. At least that's the almost inevitable conclusion the Independent Television Commission has allowed to be drawn of this industry with its latest performance reviews. The
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COOKERY SHOWS - How food fad became a flood
In recent years, programmes about food have escaped their daytime ghetto and multiplied in the evening schedules, attracting huge ratings - but who's commissioning the various formats and do they constitute a new 'food' genre?
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INTERVIEW - Thinking different
Nigel Turner, who arrived to head Quantel's marketing team two months ago after 10 years with US computer giant Apple, isn't just focused on product promotion. He will have a share in running the company as well.
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BROADCAST RATINGS ANALYSIS - Time for a change
Channel 4 is set in its ways - old-timers Brookside and Countdown are still its most popular shows. Is it time for the once-innovative broadcaster to try something new?
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OFF THE RECORD - Transfer listed
Hard to believe I know, but John Birt is being touted as a possible contender for the vacant job of chairman of the football Premier League. Footie fans who have watched
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OFF THE RECORD - Lovely bubbly
Say what you like about Michael Jackson (right), but he's certainly made a difference at Channel 4.No, not the programmes, silly, but C4's champagne-soaked spring launch, a very opulent affair at
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OFF THE RECORD - Alive and kicking
OTR was astonished to receive a phone call this week from none other than legendary funnyman Benny Hill. Well, not exactly because our Benny (he was a big hit in America,
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OFF THE RECORD - Paxman's Airfix kit
There's nothing like an armed conflict to give TV news bulletins the excuse to wheel out their latest groovy computer-generated maps and graphics.Except, apparently, if you work on Newsnight (above right).
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OFF THE RECORD - Ban the bomb
And talking of the Kosovo crisis, a memo to ITV Network Centre. OTR enjoys a war film as much as the next man (and his name's Norman Schwarzkopf) but wouldn't it
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OFF THE RECORD - Toilet training
An intriguing note reaches OTR regarding a jolly jape on a recent trip abroad by ITV's Wish You Were Here ..?team. OTR is understandably reluctant to go into detail, safe to
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Over-regulation blamed for UK TV's export deficit
Over-regulation of the domestic broadcasting market is holding back sales of UK programmes overseas, according to a long-awaited report on TV exports.In a draft copy of the David Graham Associates (DGA)
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Mentorn to produce TV Economist
Mentorn International, part of Mentorn Barraclough Carey (MBC), has struck a deal with The Economist to create a masthead TV version of the heavyweight current affairs title, writes Tims Dams.With a
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Senior BBC executives are understood to be keen to sign Denise Van Outen, following her split from agent John Noel Management, writes Alice Macandrew. Van Outen, who has been much in
Senior BBC executives are understood to be keen to sign Denise Van Outen, following her split from agent John Noel Management, writes Alice Macandrew. Van Outen, who has been much in
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Collins lined up for Tiger's ITV comedy
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has commissioned two new comedy series, giving leading roles to Michelle Collins and Timothy Spall, writes Nicola Methven.Collins will star in Up, Rising, a Liddiment
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ANTELOPE IN CO-PRODUCTION ON SREBRENICA SLAUGHTER
Antelope is producing the 104-minute documentary The Srebrenica Massacre, about the slaughter of 7,000 Muslim men by Serb forces in the town of Srebrenica, Bosnia in July 1995. The film is
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DILBERT SNAPPED UP FOR UK PREMIERE ON SKY ONE
Sky One head of acquisitions Penny Harris has bought the first series of the animated version of the popular cartoon Dilbert for its UK premiere on the channel on 29 April.
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BBC TAKES RIGHTS TO VAMPIRE FILM FROM CAGE COMPANY
The BBC has pre-bought UK rights to Shadow of the Vampire from actor Nicolas Cage's new production outfit, Saturn Films. Cage will produce the $10 million (£6.5 million) film, which stars
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SEVENTH ART GETS GO-AHEAD FOR BANK ROBBERIES DOC
Seventh Art Productions has been commissioned to make a one-off documentary, Great Bank Robberies, for ITV and the Discovery Channel. The 60-minute programme will feature three of the world's most infamous
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ICON TO MAKE INDIAN TRAVELOGUES FOR BBC 2 AIRING
Icon Films is producing a series of three travelogue documentaries with the working title Indian Journeys for BBC 2, which are due for transmission in autumn. BBC Religion executive producer of