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Soccer pundit Bob to quit ITV
ITV's football host Bob Wilson yesterday announced his retirement from presenting. ...
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Beastly Trevor leaving square
EastEnders bad boy Trevor Morgan has revealed he is walking out of Albert Square for good. ...
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Anna Thickole Smith
Busty blonde Anna Nicole Smith has stunned viewers with a string of dippy outbursts in her own reality TV show. ...
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NewsITV 2 goes back to its roots
ITV2 is refocusing on its former goal to become a breeding ground for new talent with a 10-part order featuring gags from up and coming comedians and members of the public, writes Steve Aston
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RatingsViewers find sex a turn-off
Sex may sell, but no-one was buying last night as both BBC 2 and Channel 4's coitus-related shows drew only moderate audiences, writes Jon Rogers
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ITC makes safety video
The ITC has released a training video to help producers use flashing images and regular patters on TV responsibly. The 13-minute video 'Impact with responsibility' covers the medical impact of certain visual techniques on viewers susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy - where convulsions are caused by flickering light. The highest profile ...
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Molinare hires three
Television Corporation facilities arm Molinare has made three new staff appointments. Ex-M2 sales and marketing director Peter Walton joins as sales director. Nick Anderson, who worked on Lads' Army, joins as online editor and Graham Holtom is the company's new Telecine colourist. Holtom's credits include: ...
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Inferno artists to VTR
London post facility VTR has appointed Inferno Artists Dan Williams and Glyn Tebbut to its team. Both join from Red Post Production. Williams, who has also worked at The Mill, won an MTV special effects award for Madonna's 'Frozen' promo. He also worked on Kylie Minogue's 'Can't Get You Out ...
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PA expands broadcast
The Press Association, which recently bought INP (International News Productions), has expanded its broadcast unit and upgraded its facilities to become more user-friendly for foreign broadcasters working in the UK, as well as regional broadcasters reporting in London. The new set-up will have four full-time camera operators plus extended editing ...
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Mini-DV series for Fox
Satellite children's channel Fox Kids UK is filming a new low-budget 25 x 2-minute interstitial series called VWF (Vegetable Wrestling Federation), shot entirely on mini-DV using a Canon XL1. It will be edited using Final Cut Pro on a Mac and then brought into an online suite and transferred to ...
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Blue Zoo finds new home
London animation and graphics house Blue Zoo will move to new premises this month after outgrowing its current offices, writes Will Strauss
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Barcud Derwen in 422 buy-out deal
Creative facilities group 422 has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Wales-based facility Barcud Derwen, writes Will Strauss
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Shennan pulls plug on R5's Sunday Service
BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has axed the network's critically acclaimed politics programme Sunday Serviceafter three years. A new Sunday show is being planned which will be presented by R5 Live breakfast news host Julian Worricker. It is expected to launch in January ...
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Daily soap to feature on BBC Asian network
BBC radio drama is to produce a new daily 'Asian soap' to broadcast on the new digital radio station The Asian Network that launches in the autumn. The as-yet-unnamed project, commissioned by head of the network Vijay Sharma, will receive an investment of£1m and create job opportunities for Asian talent ...
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Green Inc wins nostalgia recommissions
BBC Northern Ireland head of broadcast Tim Cook and head of entertainment Mike Edgar have recommissioned Belfast-based indie Green Inc to make second series of two popular shows. Nostalgia quiz Big Crash, produced by Chris Jones and executive produced by Stephen Stewart, will return for an extended run of 15 ...
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Music Box produces Kerrang awards show
Television Corporation subsidiary Music Box has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a 60-minute special on the 2002 Kerrang! Awards on behalf of Emap Performance, part of the company that owns Broadcast. Tania Alexander will produce the show, which is due to air later ...
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BBCi to clean up with new web-based sitcom
The BBC is to launch a new sitcom written for and aired exclusively on its BBCi website. Cleaners, which is based around a group of late-night office cleaners, will be written by seven new writers - chosen from over 300 applicants - who won't meet ...
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OSF sends Fast Show's Williams out on boat
Fast Show star Mark Williams is set to front a new history and science series by Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) for the Discovery Channel. Where There's Muck, a 10 x 30-minute series, will look at the industrial revolution and each ...
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4learning makes modern-day Twelfth Night
4Learning, Channel 4's education arm, has commissioned a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which presents its main characters - Viola (played by Bend It Like Beckham actress Parminder Nagra - pictured) and Sebastian (Ronny Jhutti) - as asylum seekers. The 100-minute piece ordered by ...
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Scooby Doo dives into lap of 'Toon Network
Cartoon Network has struck its biggest ever programme acquisition deal, securing 300 hours of content from Warner Bros International Television Distribution including the next series of Scooby Doo, writes Georgina Lipscomb. The 13 x 30-minute series, set to air on ...