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TWI and Carlton work on Japanese history
TWI and Carlton have started production on their Japan at War in Colourseries for Japanese broadcaster NHK. There will be 2 x 60-minute instalments, which will chart the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire from 1931 to 1945. The production team is based in ...
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Five calls on Canada's decode for kids slot
Five controller of children's Nick Wilson has ordered pre-school shows Franny's Feetand The Save-Ums!from Canada's Decode Entertainment to air in its Milkshakekids strand. The 26 x 11-minute series Franny's Feetfeatures ...
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Somethin' Else profiles legends for Jazz FM
Somethin' Else has been commissioned to make a 10-part series on the greats of jazz for Jazz FM. The programmes, called Behind the Mask, will be fronted by singer Alison Moyet and produced by Sarah Cropper and Jez Nelson. Herbie Hancock is the subject ...
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Granada unearths saucy secrets of locals
Granada Television is planning an 8 x 30-minute series revealing the raunchy secrets of Cheshire residents. Cheshire Sexwill expose the hidden side of Greater Manchester suburbia and feature interviews with everyone from 'naughty northern novelists' to sexy sales staff. Set to air in the Granada ...
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SMG TV wins new ITV and CiTV commissions
SMG TV, producer of ITV's Club Repsis returning to the Mediterranean to make a 10 x 30-minute series about British twentysomethings in Greece. The Workerswill look at Brits who give up their careers at home to make a new life ...
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Conley will front ITV1 reality show
Endemol UK has been commissioned by ITV1 to produce a new Saturday night entertainment format presented by Brian Conley, writes John Plunkett.
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Geldof gets own show on Radio 2
Bob Geldof will make his BBC Radio 2 presenting debut with a series made by his own production company about the most influential songs in rock history, writes John Plunkett.
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BBC1 plots another crime drama
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has ordered yet another police drama - this time featuring a group of former officers brought out of retirement to crack a complicated murder case, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C4 goes to Ibiza with Maverick
Birmingham-based indie Maverick Television, has bagged£3m worth of Channel 4 commissions including a documentary about Christian ravers, writes Penny Hughes.
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MacKenzie takes on Rajar
The Wireless Group (TWG) is set to trigger one of the biggest splits in the history of radio audience measurement by launching a nationwide rival to Rajar, writes John Plunkett.
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RDF has second shot at regions
RDF Media has formed a joint programming venture with Manchester-based entertainment specialist Multi Media Arts (MMA) less than a year after it closed its former Manchester base, writes Penny Hughes.
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New BBC indie champion to face stiff test
The BBC is on the verge of appointing its much-vaunted 'indie champion' just days after it emerged the corporation would miss its independent quota for the second year running, writes John Plunkett.
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Channel 4 appoints Ahmed to run religion department
Channel 4 has appointed its first ever non-Christian to look after religion, following a year-long search to find a suitable candidate, writes Penny Hughes.
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CDN to create fresh targets
The Cultural Diversity Network (CDN) is to issue new ethnic minority employment targets for broadcasters after it emerged that the BBC, Channel 4 and Five have failed to meet their existing current targets, writes Penny Hughes.
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Mayer sues BBC over ?climate of fear'
Veteran BBC newsreader Laurie Mayer is suing the corporation for unfair dismissal after claiming he was sacked for protesting against the bullying of junior staff, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsITV1 plans Colditz epic
Thirty years after the classic BBC drama Colditz, ITV1 has commissioned Granada to make a£5m romantic epic based around the infamous German prison camp, writes John Plunkett
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NewsWoolwich loses bully case
The issue of bullying in the broadcast industry was put under the spotlight this week after current affairs producer Paul Woolwich was branded a 'bully' by a high court judge after losing his battle against indie Twenty Twenty for unfair dismissal, writes Penny Hughes
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BBC to defend governors over criticism of News 24
The BBC will today defend its board of governors against criticisms in a government-commissioned report into the Ne...
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How Cherie's friend cottons on to conman Foster but has door to No 10 slammed shut
, a BBC1 film about Cherie Blair's health guru and her partner, Peter Foster, has uncanny echoes of Martin Bashir's...
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BBC sacks pair who contested 17 tribunals
The BBC sacked two long-serving World Service producers yesterday who had contested 17 employment tribunals and cos...