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Blair denies authorising the leak of Kelly's identity
Tony Blair yesterday give his most robust defence of the government's conduct in the David Kelly affair, insisting ...
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The BBC must not be a casualty of war
All of us in the Westminster village - politicians, government officials, journalists - ought to be ashamed of ours...
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NewsCartoon character causes offence
Mencap has criticised the BBC over a character in one of its cartoon series that it says is deeply offensive to people with Down's Syndrome, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RatingsCutting Edge gives BBC1 major headache
A channel 4 documentary on unruly children - Cutting Edge: Bad Behaviour - last night (22 July) pulled in an impressive 4.3 million viewers (20.6%) at 21.00, dishing out an embarrasing and comprehensive defeat over BBC1's The Eustace Brothers in the process, writes Luke ...
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NewsAndrews appoints head of CITV programming
ITV controller of children's programming Steven Andrew is pushing ahead with plans to turn the CITV brand into a major kids business after appointing Estelle Hughes as head of CITV programming.
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NewsSpooks producer to make C4 drama
Channel 4 has ordered a low-budget, feature-length drama from the producers of Spooks looking at the sexual exploits of a group of Liverpool teenagers, writes Penny Hughes
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Fame Academy hits tech snag
The second series of the BBC's multimillion pound reality TV show Fame Academywill air for the first time tomorrow night (26 July) despite suffering serious technical difficulties during pre-production, writes Sam Espensen.
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Sanctuary opens in Frith Street
London facilities house Sanctuary Post has moved into new premises in Frith Street and added audio mixing and track-laying to its DVD authoring and video editing/compositing activities, writes Kevin Hilton.
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Framestore CFC and The Mill vie for Sfx Emmy
Visual-effects giants Framestore CFC and The Mill will battle it out for the outstanding special visual effects for a miniseries, movie or a special award at this year's Emmy Awards in the US, writes Will Strauss.
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FX move at Golden Sq
Golden Square Post Production has lured senior Flame artist Rachel Mills from Glassworks to head its effects department. Mills has eight years' industry experience and her previous credits include Sprite's Kebab commercial, Chris Cunningham's Orange photo messaging campaign and Aero's Bubble and Squeak spot. She was previously a 3D animator. ...
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BBC designer database
The BBC's costume and wigs department is launching a service to assist producers in sourcing designers for their productions. Designer Link, which is intended to save production teams' time, will provide details of designers' work from a database of costume designers and make-up artists and hopes to bridge the gap ...
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Post houses in tie-up
London post houses Component and Suite have consolidated part of their businesses. Component's edit, audio and machine room facilities will now be shared with Suite but the company's graphics, DVD and equipment hire divisions will continue to operate and trade independently under the existing Component name. Three redundancies have been ...
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Chris Smith to front Five show
Former media secretary Chris Smith is to present a 30-minute authored documentary for Five looking at Emily Brontes classic novel Wuthering Heights, as part of a handful of new arts orders, writes Penny Hughes.
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Celador wins R4 comic arts order
Celador Productions has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to develop a new arts discussion show, with a comedy twist, writes Michael Rosser.
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Disney serves cheesy cartoon for autumn
Toon Disney Channel is unveiling a brand new 26 x 30-minute animated series, Ratz, from 1 September. The show will air at 08.25 in a weekly slot as part of its autumn schedule. The series, bought from French production company Xilam for the cartoon channel, ...
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Men & Motors pays homage to little car
Granada Manchester is producing a 60-minute show paying tribute to the British classic the Mini to air on its joint-venture Men & Motors channel. Mini Magic, which follows on from previous shows on the Ford Cortina and Capri, looks at both the early Mini and ...
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Stand-up Bloom takes his problem to R4
Stand-up comedian Adam Bloom is making his first foray into radio with his own show on BBC Radio 4. The 6 x 15-minute series, The Problem with Adam Bloom, will mix stand-up with reconstructions of real events examining topics such as the origin of gossip ...
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Rejigged Fort Boyard returns to Challenge?
Flextech games and quiz channel Challenge? has ordered another series of gameshow Fort Boyard from Ronin TV with a new look and different presenters.
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Somethin' Else gives R2 more soul solutions
Radio and TV indie Somethin' Else has been asked to make a third series of its Mica Paris-fronted soul music series Soul Solutionsfor BBC Radio 2. Commissioned by Radio 2 head of programmes Lesley Douglas, the 16 x 30-minute series, which will air from 6 ...
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BBC4 examines what if? scenarios
Comedian Clive Anderson is to present a BBC4 series which will look at how past events might have turned out if we had known what we know now. Each episode of the six-part What If?will see Anderson joined by three studio guests discussing a particular ...