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GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL ATTRACTS WIDE COVERAGE
BBC Production music entertainment has recently signed an exclusive deal with The Television Company's Ben Challis to co-produce the 1999 Glastonbury Festival. The 1999 event will be covered by BBC 2,
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RIVALS SQUARE UP IN FIGHT FOR RICH AND FAMOUS
Carlton Productions and independent RDF Television have become rivals in a bid to get a showbiz series about the lives of the rich and famous commissioned by ITV. RDF is making
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GASKELL DRAMATISATION GOES INTO PRODUCTION
The BBC 1 adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's popular novel, Wives and Daughters, has recently gone into production. Adapted by Andrew Davis and produced by Sue Birtwistle, the serial is expected to
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Allen takes on comic slate
Former Lucky Dog managing director Kenton Allen is working on a number of Granada TV comedy department projects, including a Sermon from St Albion's special to mark the second anniversary of
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Indies fare well in ITV Real Life debut
Independent producers have grabbed the lion's share of commissions for the first run of ITV's Real Life documentary strand, edited by RDF Television director of programmes Stephen Lambert.Eight of the 12
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S+V subsidiary plans brief encounter for C5
Independent Sunset + Vine (S+V)'s newly created Leeds subsidiary has secured its first commission, a two-part history of lingerie for Channel 5, writes John Plunkett.Second Skin, a 2 x 60-minute series,
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Rusedski Davis Cup disaster a smash hit
Davis Cup tennis was the BBC's Easter ace, writes John Plunkett.
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ITV share hits year low despite new schedule
ITV's share of total viewing last week slumped to its lowest level this year, just four weeks after the introduction of its much-hyped post-News at Ten schedule.The network attracted 29.7 per
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ITV's Elliott sentences The Bill to two years
Long-running Pearson Television drama The Bill, which was being written off by industry pundits just a year ago, has been recommissioned for two more years, writes John Plunkett.The police station-based drama
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Neil takes on broad remit at Discovery Europe
Former BBC Production chief executive Ron Neil has re-emerged on the broadcasting scene as editorial consultant to Discovery Communications Europe (DCE), writes Alice Macandrew.Neil, who retired from the BBC at the
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Pebble Mill cuts 30 jobs to save cash
BBC Resources Birmingham is to axe around 30 jobs in a bid to cut costs in the latest round of redundancies to hit the corporation's troubled Pebble Mill studios, writes Dominic
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ISBA in call for ads on BBC
The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) has outlined funding schemes that it claims could raise an additional£335 million of revenue a year for the BBC in its submission to
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On Digital was set to announce plans on Thursday (8 April) to show a final four-part special of LWT's Gladiators over the May bank holiday weekend, writes Alice Macandrew. The digital
On Digital was set to announce plans on Thursday (8 April) to show a final four-part special of LWT's Gladiators over the May bank holiday weekend, writes Alice Macandrew. The digital
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NO ACTION AGAINST LEE
The police are to take no further action against Janet Lee, deputy head of programming and advertising at the Radio Authority, following her arrest last November.Lee was suspended by the authority
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TONIGHT BEGINS ITS RUN
Granada Television is to launch its new current affairs show, Tonight, on Thursday (8 April) with an hour-long interview featuring the five suspects from the Stephen Lawrence murder case.Martin Bashir spoke
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ATLANTIC 252 GETS LW RIVAL
Atlantic 252 managing director Travis Baxter has failed in a bid to win a second national long wave licence for the UK. The Isle of Man Communications Commission has awarded the
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UNITED CHIEFS WIN BONUS
United News & Media chief executive Clive Hollick was last year awarded 77,710 shares - worth£600,000 - as part of the group's executive reward scheme, in addition to his£667,626
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SHUKMAN'S FOREIGN AFFAIR
BBC News has appointed David Shukman as its new foreign affairs correspondent.The former Europe correspondent replaces George Alagiah, who has become the new anchor of the weekend editions of the One
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Live lays off staff in City TV rethink
Live TV has laid off around a third of the staff in its Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester offices as part of a rethink of its City TV services.The 18 redundancies across
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Sky looks at indie Mirror
Indie Illuminations Television is understood to be talking to BSkyB about airing a follow-up to The Mirror, its 1997 experimental BBC 2 project that embraced television and the internet, writes Adrian