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ITV sets out to transform extreme Brits
ITV controller of factual Bridget Boseley has commissioned a new factual strand which will see extreme characters given 'mental makeovers'.
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Tiger Aspect wins C4 orders
Channel 4 has ordered more than 40 hours of lifestyle programming from producer Tiger Aspect to fill daytime slots.
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Deayton to host guru series
ITV1 has commissioned a six-part, studio-based entertainment series, fronted by Angus Deayton, which explores the world of self-help gurus.
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Second outing for The Smoking Room
BBC comedy The Smoking Roomhas been commissioned for a second series. The 8 x 30-minute BBC3 and BBC2 co-commission, which features the humdrum lives of a group of work-based smokers, is due to air in the autumn. It will again be written by Brian Dooley, produced ...
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Vine returns to BBC1 for interview series
BBC Radio 2 host and political presenter Jeremy Vine is to return to BBC1's daytime schedule in March with a second series of his celebrity interview show. The new
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BBC2 commissions primetime car show
Indie Denham Productions is to make a primetime series for BBC2 focusing on the nation's relationship with cars. BBC senior commissioning executive Richard Klein has ordered the 3 x 60-minute Car Nationfor delivery in May. The series will offer a wry look at topical subjects, such ...
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Somethin' Else lands raft of R2 orders
Somethin' Else has landed a raft of commissions from BBC Radio 2, including a new 8 x 60-minute series of Soul Solutions, fronted by Mica Paris. The Charles Hazelwood Showwill return for a 6 x 60-minute run, while ...
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New sports programme from Nation 217
Producer-broadcaster Nation 217 has created sports show Backawinnerin the run-up to the launch of its sports channel. Hosted by former jockey Richard Dunwoody, the weekly Friday night show helps viewers pick winners for the weekend's sporting events and also provides sports-related trivia. The hour-long show is ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Maxine Watson
With What Ron Said and Who Do You Think You Are? on her CV, the commissioning executive BBC documentaries and contemporary factual would like to steal - and star in - Channel 4's Musicality
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Crow TV opens second facility
Crow Television is doubling its capacity by setting up shop on the doorstep of Endemol, Atlantic Productions and National Geographic.
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MBO gives Kanjee control of Evolutions
Evolutions Television is set for major expansion following a multimillion-pound management buyout led by managing director Simon Kanjee.
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TV Corporation sells Visions for£16.8m
The Television Corporation has agreed to offload its outside broadcast business, Visions, to US company NEP for£16.8m marking its withdrawal from the facilities market.
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TSI hires YTA finalist
TSI Post has hired BroadcastYoung Talent Awards best young editor 2004 finalist and non-linear editor Duncan Hill. Hill had worked at Skaramoosh for two years as an offline editor and his credits include Paul Burrell: A Royal Servant, a documentary for October ...
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Framestore buys kit
Framestore CFC has invested in Panasonic equipment with the purchase of an AJ-HD3700BE VTR. Framestore CFC senior supervising engineer Andy Howard said: 'With worldwide acceptance of this format and the ability to deliver HD on 16:9, 4:3 and Cinemascope [as well as] DVD and film transfer, we felt secure in ...
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Smoke for Solden Sq
Soho's Golden Square Post has set up a suite equipped with Discreet's Smoke after buying two Tezros workstations. It has also upgraded another suite with Smoke. Managing director Phil Gillies said: 'The extra Smoke gives us the flexibility to deal with the high-end projects that keep getting thrown at us.'
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New MD for FOR-A
Equipment manufacturer FOR-A has appointed Jackson Kitahara and Haruyuki Tomihara as managing director and technical director. Kitahara returns from the US after setting up the UK branch in 1985 and replaces Hiroshi Nakao who returns to the Tokyo headquarters. Tomihara also moves from the US, where he had been west ...
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Resolution gets flint
Resolution has bought Flint and Smoke on Linux, boosting its compositing and visual effects capabilities. The kit was bought through Discreet reseller XTFX.
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Gearhouse serves
Gearhouse Broadcast will be providing host facilities for Australia's Seven Network for the Australian Tennis Open in 2005. Facilities being provided include three edit suites, 59 cameras and seven vision mixers.
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Mainframe titles BBC sitcom
Mainframe has designed the titles for comedy According to Bex. The BBC comedy department-produced sitcom stars Jessica Stevenson ( Spaced, Sean of the Dead) as a secretary in a world of near misses. Lead designer Mike Alderson created the titles in After Effects ...
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ArenaP3 hails the Messiah
ArenaP3 has completed post-production on Objective Productions' Derren Brown: Messiah, a 60-minute special for Channel 4, in which Brown is filmed tricking Americans. Director Tim Knight and producer Debbie Young shot on Super 8 and Digibeta. Editing was by offline editors Guy Savin and Tristram Giff ...