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HOTHOUSE TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE OLYMPICS SHOW
London indie Hothouse Productions has won its first commission for BBC 2, a 5 x 45-minute series about the Gravity Games, the alternative sports world's version of the Olympics. The series
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BBC 1 LINES UP BATTLE OF BRITAIN SPECTACULAR
The 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain is to be commemorated in 195 minutes of tribute programmes on BBC 1 on 17 September. Ordered by controller Peter Salmon, the line-up
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GRANADA ORDERS NEW SLATE OF REGIONAL DOCS FOR 2001
Granada Television executive producer of regional programmes Eamonn O'Neal has lined up three new documentaries to be aired in the region next year. Rochdale-based Key Productions is making Rachel's Journey, a
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COOGAN OUTFIT PILOTS WALKING WITH DIANA DORS
Comedy indie Baby Cow Productions, co-founded by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, has co-produced a comedy sketch show pilot, Walking With Diana Dors, for BBC 1. Made with Avalon Television, the
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Salmon serves up drama-heavy slate
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon unveiled his most expensive drama line-up ever, as he launched the channel's£189m autumn schedule on Tuesday (8 August).Salmon said the BBC was setting 'great store'
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Factual orders roll in for Granada Television
Granada Television has scored a number of new factual commissions for broadcasters in the UK and abroad, including a new series of Savage Planet, writes Colin Robertson.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Oh Brother - Andy eviction slays Buffy
Last Friday (4 August) served up a feast of ratings winners with Channel 4's Big Brother again proving to be unmissable viewing, writes Georgina Lipscomb.According to unofficial overnights, 3 million (15
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Redhead to Hat Trick as drama head
Independent Hat Trick Productions has appointed Bafta-winning producer Mark Redhead as its new head of drama, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Granada's Allen faces festival quiz
Granada Media chief executive Charles Allen is to be grilled about the future of ITV in a set-piece interview at the Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival at the end of the month, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Granada unites compliance
Granada Media is bolting together the separate legal and compliance arms at its four franchises into single entities and is bringing in Granada managing editor for factual programmes Ian McBride to
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BBC 1 comedy to start life on BBC 2
The BBC has set up a 'substantial' new fund to develop comedy on BBC 2 that will breed shows for transfer to BBC 1.Head of comedy Geoffrey Perkins told Broadcast this
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October lands sequel to Staying Lost
October Films has landed a commission from Channel 4 to make a sequel to its controversial documentary series Staying Lost, writes Simon Ellery.
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Nickelodeon race hots up
Contenders for the managing director's job at Nickelodeon UK emerged this week, with a raft of internal and external executives tipped to make the shortlist, writes Simon Ellery.
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ITV SOAP VERDICT IMMINENT
Shed Productions, Yorkshire TV, Carlton TV, Hewland International and United Productions are braced for the outcome of the pitch for the new ITV teen soap which is expected to be announced
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GMG SELLS ENDEMOL STAKE
The Guardian Media Group has sold its 50 per cent stake in UK indie GMG Endemol Entertainment to its Dutch joint-venture partner Endemol Entertainment. The deal means that new Endemol Entertainment
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SKY UNVEILS AUTUMN SLATE
Sky unveiled its biggest line-up of original output at the launch of its autumn schedule on Wednesday (9 August). The new line-up is spearheaded by 12 x 30-minute Harry Enfield's Brand
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Chorion chairman Lord Waheed Alli is joining SMG as a non-executive director as part of a number of changes to the company's board.
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DCMS APPOINTS DGA
Consultancy service David Graham and Associates (DGA) has been appointed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport to carry out phase two of the Creative Industries Task Force Television Inquiry.
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ITV MULLS CELEB TV
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment is sounding out potential presenters for a new celebrity-based tea-time show, which is believed to have the working title Celeb TV, to replace its planned
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YTV SOAP TALKS TO TOYAH
Yorkshire TV is in talks with singer and actress Toyah Wilcox to join Emmerdale as it continues its strategy of using more glamorous storylines on the flagship show. Wilcox's agent confirmed