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BASIL BRUSH TO FRONT NEW CBBC SITCOM.
CBBC controller Nigel Pickard has commissioned a 26 x 30-minute sitcom featuring the cult character Basil Brush. Each show, produced by Entertainment Rights and The Foundation at Maidstone Studios, will feature
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LNN FACTUALS STUDIES SEX AND DRUGS FOR LWT.
LNN Factuals has scored a raft of commissions for the London regions and the US. The 6 x 30-minute history series Sin City, will look at how vices such as sex
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PARKIE TO HOST TOP TV MOMENTS OF 2001.
Chat show host Michael Parkinson is to host a special Saturday night primetime show on BBC 1 marking the best television moments from last year. The live 90-minute show, 2001 TV
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POINT OF VIEW ON WEATHER AND ISLAND LIFE.
New indie Point of View (POV) has received its first commissions, securing an order from Carlton Westcountry for series on weather forecasting and life on the Isles of Scilly. POV's husband
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ENDEMOL TO MAKE SECOND CHAINED FOR E4.
Endemol UK Productions has been commissioned to produce a second series of Chained for E4. The 16 x 30-minute series, presented by former Big Brother contestant Melanie Hill, follows a group
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BBC 4 COMMISSIONS GREEN BAY MUSIC DOC.
Cardiff-based indie Green Bay has been commissioned to make two programmes for BBC 4, including a 90-minute special on music in the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Playing Elizabeth's Tune will
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Channel 4 sends World to prison.
The maker of Channel 4's controversial drama Men Only, World Productions, has secured an eight-part commission from the channel about life in a northern men's prison.The 8 x 50-minute series, Buried,
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BBC 4 raises curtain.
THE BBC'S NEW digital culture channel BBC 4 will launch on 2 March, simulcasting on BBC 2, with a programme about artist Michael Landy, who destroyed his possessions in the name of art, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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WHEN LILY MET BETTE.
ITV has ordered a one-off programme from indie RDF, which takes its inspiration from the recent advertisements from mobile phone operator One 2 One, writes Penny Hughes. Live Forever, ordered by
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Just TV theme evenings for UK Horizons.
UK Horizons channel editor Liam Keelan has ordered a brace of hour-long programmes from Just TV to anchor two upcoming theme nights, writes Simon Ellery.
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Major Cotswolds facility opens.
Kevin Godley of 10cc fame is behind Cotswolds-based TV facility Blue Egg Studios which launches next week, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Pinewood launches broadband service.
Pinewood Shepperton Studios is launching a new service next month called Studiolink to provide broadband connectivity to film and television studios in Europe and the US.The new service, which will be
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Animated Gorillaz perform live at Brits.
Cult virtual band Gorillaz played live at the Brit Awards this week thanks to Passion Pictures, whose team was behind the band's pop videos, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Sony spin-off wins #5.5m private funds.
Sony subsidiary Go Interact TV has raised #5.5m of investment from a private equity fund manager in its first round of external financing, writes Barbara Marshall.
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DEVILISHLY STRANGE.
Molinare's drama dubbing team were responsible for building the supernatural audio atmosphere of Strange, a murder mystery with a devilish twist, produced by BBC entertainment with Big Bear films for BBC 1, writes Barbara Marshall.
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NOTHING REAL DEAL.
US visual effects software firm Nothing Real has been bought by Apple. Details of the deal were unavailable as Broadcast went to press but in a statement Apple said it 'plans
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Unique to develop radio EPG
UBC Media's software unit Unique Interactive has been appointed to help develop an electronic programme guide for the terrestrial digital radio system (HD radio) in the US.
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STOLEN KIT WEBSITE.
Cheff, the trade body set up by UK facilities' chief engineers, has set up a webpage with details of stolen equipment to help recover and prevent the resale of the kit.
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SPORTAL CHIEF TO DITG.
Former Sportal chief executive Neil MacDonald has joined the Digital Interactive Television Group (DITG) as sales and marketing director. MacDonald will lead the commercial development of the group's interactive TV interests,
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CLOCKWORK HIRING.
Broadcast equipment and finance provider Clockwork Capital has appointed former BBC MediaArc interactive account manager Nick Looby as broadcast account manager. Before joining BBC Media-Arc, Looby was business development manager with