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New chairman for BBFC
Former Teddington Studios chairman Ewart Needham has been appointed as the new chairman of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).Needham, who during 40 years in the television industry also
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Aardman and Nick tie up
Wallace and Gromit producer Aardman has teamed up with Nickelodeon to launch a storyboard competition giving six animators the opportunity to have an idea turned into a short film which will
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Ball fills in at Capital
Former BBC Radio 1 presenter Zoë Ball is returning to the airwaves with a seven-week stint on Capital Radio-owned London station XFM.Ball will fill in for Ricky Gervais and Stephen
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Glitches hamper global BBC site
Attempts to split content into two for international and UK users proving 'very problematic'
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Real radio beats BBC
Guardian Media Group Radio head John Myers claimed this week that the company's new Scottish commercial station Real Radio had already pulled in more listeners than BBC Radio Scotland.Real Radio,
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TV execs slip down Sunday Times rich list
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies emerges as richest man in TV in an otherwise poor showing for the industry
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Life of St Paul gets BBC 1 slot
Son of God team to tell story of Christianity's most famous convert
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Channel TV given pay-off
Legal row over use of Carlton and Granada's use of ITV brand to promote ITV Digital ends in out-of-court settlement
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Songs of Praise plans NHS tribute
Peter Williams Television has been commissioned to make a special Songs of Praise edition paying tribute to NHS staff.The 30-minute special, due to air on BBC 1 in mid-June, will
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Root backs second series of Manchild
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a second, longer series of 40-something comedy drama Manchild.The 8 x 30-minute series, to be produced in-house by Peter Thornton and executive produced
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September to look at seamy side of Vegas
The Travel Channel in the US has commissioned September Films to produce a 6 x 60-minute series on the seamy side of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Confidential.Jointly funded by The
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Radio 1 commissions bootleg programme
Somethin Else has been commissioned by BBC Radio 1 to produce 30-minute programme Get Ur Bootleg On.The programme, to broadcast as part of Lamacq Live at 23.00 on 22 April,
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Brian Waddell makes travel reality show
Brian Waddell Productions has been commissioned to produce a new 'travel reality series' for National Geographic Channels International commissioning editor Bryan Smith.The 13 x 30-minute series, Chasing Time in..., sees
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Splinter produces C4/QTV rock show
Splinter Films has been commissioned by Emap Performance managing director of rock Dave Henderson to produce a 4 x 15-minute series for QTV.New To Q will feature various Q magazine
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Teen spirited
Channel 4 controller of acquisitions June Dromgoole has bought a 22 x 30-minute teen comedy series from the creators of Frasier for C4 and E4, writes Penny HughesDubbed 'Ally McBeal meets