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ITV2 lands Letterman
ITV2 has struck a deal with CBS and household goods manufacturer Procter & Gamble (P&G) to buy exclusive UK rights to US comedy talk show The Late Show With David Letterman, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC 2 TO BRING ARTISTS TOGETHER IN CONVERSATION
BBC 2 is to launch a new conversational arts strand in which a major artist will be interviewed by other names from the arts world. Called The Conversation, the occasional 40-minute
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CHRYSALIS TO TWEAK THIRD TOP TEN SERIES FOR C4
Channel 4 has asked Chrysalis to redevelop its Saturday night Top Ten ... music series from a genre-based concept - as in Top Ten Boy Bands - to a year-based one,
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MURPHY CALLS FOR RISKIER PITCHES
BBC Choice head of programming Stuart Murphy has called on programme makers to submit 'riskier' proposals to his channel. Murphy said he wanted more shows along the lines of the channel's
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WATCHMAKER SECURES ITV RECOMMISSIONS
ITV has recommissioned two series from Watchmaker Productions. The first is a new series of celebrity profile show The Unforgettable, which in the past has featured Hattie Jacques and Richard Beckinsale.
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SKY PREMIER TO AIR TAYLOR TRIBUTE CONCERT
Sky Premier is to screen fundraising concert Elizabeth Taylor - A Musical Celebration, a star-studded tribute to the Hollywood actress, which takes place at the Royal Albert Hall in May. Sky
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ROOT RECOMMISSIONS TRIBE FOR BBC 2
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a second series of Tribe from BBC entertainment features in Manchester. The 10 x 30-minute series goes into production this week and is expected
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Hat Trick prepares ITV prison comedy
Hat Trick Productions is to make its first ever comedy for ITV in the form of a broadcast pilot set in a high-security prison.The new comedy is part of a slate
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Griffee signs new doc
The BBC's English regions department is preparing the first of the landmark shows it promised when it axed regional strand Out and About last year, writes Ashley Davies.
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NewsRadio Advertising Bureau hires King as chair
Former Capital Radio managing director Martina King has been appointed chairman of the Radio Advertising Bureau, the body charged with drawing advertisers to commercial radio.
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Ant and Dec win BBC 1 slot
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has commissioned a longer second run of Saturday night entertainment show Friends Like These and has taken out an option for a third series, writes Tim Dams.
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Dying Rooms duo to make jail kids doc
The makers of acclaimed documentaries The Dying Rooms and Eyes of a Child have begun work on a feature-length BBC 1 documentary about juvenile imprisonment, writes Tim Dams.
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Overnight Ratings - Al-Fayed security man grips Tonight audience
ITV clocked up a number of successes last week, with strong showings for programmes across the week, writes Paul Donovan.
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McGrath steps up to C4 daytime role
Channel 4 daytime deputy commissioning editor Jo McGrath has been confirmed as the channel's new department head, replacing Julia Foote LeStage who returned to the US last month, writes Ashley Davies.
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Dunlop and Jermey head ITN channel
ITN has named EuroNews director of news Bill Dunlop as editor of ITN's new 24-hour channel and ITN director of development Mike Jermey as launch managing director, writes Tara Conlan.
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ITV opens soap pitch and rejigs daytime
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has asked a selection of preferred suppliers to come up with a new teen soap to replace Home and Away, in the week that the
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Smith quits R1 to head Capital FM
Capital Radio has poached BBC Radio 1 head of music policy Jeff Smith to become programme controller of London station 95.8 Capital FM, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Britt Allcroft buys Media Merchants
Britt Allcroft has bought Art Attack indie Media Merchants for£14 million as it looks to boost its presence in children's programming and merchandising, writes Ashley Davies.
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Blackburn to see first BBC 'open centre'
The BBC is pressing ahead with its controversial plan to create a chain of multimedia centres in high streets across the UK, with the first pilot store due to debut in Blackburn this autumn, writes Tim Dams.
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SRH BIDS FOR BORDER
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) tabled a£116 million hostile bid for Border Television on Wednesday (15 March). SRH chief executive Richard Findlay made an offer to Border shareholders after failing to