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Root axes two more BBC 2 factual strands
Closure of long-running shows comes as channel controller fends off criticism of entertainment bias
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BBC mulls multicultural post
The BBC could be on the verge of creating a new multicultural commissioning division, if an internal BBC proposal expected to be put before director general Greg Dyke is taken up, writes Tim Dams.
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ITV puts£1 million into comedy kitty
The ITV Network Centre has set up a£1 million development fund to bankroll new sitcoms and sketch-based comedy shows.The initiative is the first under newly installed ITV comedy controller Sioned
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C4's Hayling joins Cosgrove
Channel 4 editor, documentaries Alan Hayling has been made editor, nations and regions as part of a reshuffle by department chief Stuart Cosgrove, writes Ashley Davies.
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Memoirs set to reveal swinging Birt
Former BBC director general John Birt will lift the lid on a colourful past in his forthcoming memoirs, revealing that he stood bail for defendants in the Oz trial and once worked as a bouncer for The Beatles, writes Tim Dams.
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On Digital Sport launch
On Digital will overhaul its sports programming at the end of this month with the launch of two sports channels, On Sport 1 and On Sport 2, according to sources, writes John Plunkett.
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LITTLE TO FRONT KOSOVO INVESTIGATION ONE YEAR ON
BBC 2 is to screen a detailed investigation into the Kosovan war that claims to reveal new evidence about the allies' real reasons for intervening.The 120-minute show is being produced by
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COMPANY PICS UNVEILS DETAILS OF NEW C4 LEGAL DRAMA
Company Pictures has signed up Cracker and Woman in White director Tim Fywell to direct its 10 x 60-minute Channel 4 legal drama series, Law Zone (working title). The drama, formerly
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SKY GRABS $35 MILLION WRESTLING DEAL
BSkyB has signed a new five-year $35 million (£22 million) deal to extend its coverage of World Wrestling Federation Entertainment (WWFE) events until the end of 2004. The new agreement means
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FORMER MBC MIDLANDS CHIEF WINS CARLTON COMMISSION
Isis Media, the new independent launched by former MBC Midlands managing director Ben Robinson, has picked up its first commission.Carlton TV has asked Isis to produce a second series of multi-cultural
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GRANADA STARTS FILMING WINSTONE DRAMA FOR ITV
Production has begun on Granada Television's 2 x 90-minute ITV drama serial Tough Love. Commissioned by ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott and starring Ray Winstone and Adrian Dunbar, the serial
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PERRY PREPARES DAY-LONG QUEEN SPECIAL FOR C5
Channel 5 controller of special events Adam Perry is to commission original programming for a day of themed programming paying tribute to rock band Queen in March. Details are still being
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UNITED DRAMA FOR BBC 1 CONFIRMS KIRWAN IN STAR ROLE
Dervla Kirwan has been confirmed as the lead in United Productions' new 7 x 60-minute BBC 1 drama Hearts and Bones. As exclusively revealed in Broadcast (8.10.99), the drama is about
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SKY ONE LINES UP MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE
Sky Networks managing director Elisabeth Murdoch has bought the first 22 x 30-minute episodes of US network Fox's hit show Malcolm in the Middle to air later this year on Sky
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Factual under fire as Root makes cut
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has axed two long-running factual strands, Under the Sun and Picture This, just as the channel is attempting to fend off criticism that it is reducing
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C4 ups music output
Channel 4 has tripled the output of late-night Wednesday music zone 4 Music to nearly 100 hours and introduced four new series, writes Ashley Davies.
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World to make BBC drama shorts
BBC 2 is to air a 10 x 10-minute series of short films from World Productions, all set in the back of a London taxi, writes Tim Dams.
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Marriage duo reunites for ITV film
The producer and director of acclaimed BBC 2 drama A Rather English Marriage have reunited to make a two-parter for ITV from Carlton TV and Little Bird, writes Steve Clarke.
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NewsComment - Patronising audiences
Andrew Wilson looks at the dangers of overestimating the viewer
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Overnight Ratings - ITV's Framed mars Ant and Dec's night out
The first outing of BBC 1's new Saturday night entertainment show fronted by Ant and Dec clocked up a respectable audience, but was still beaten by ITV stalwart You've Been Framed, writes Georgina Lipscomb.