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NewsOn The Box - Playing the drama queen
Noelle Morris is surprisingly disappointed by period drama The Line of Beauty, but is equally surprised to be seduced by the silly plotlines that characterise Lost
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Carey hangs up Question Time boots
Mentorn director of programmes George Carey has stepped down as executive producer of Question Timefor BBC1 after eight years. Carey has quit the job to concentrate on his other duties at the Tinopolis-owned indie. He is acting as creative director while a replacement is found ...
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Big Brother no match for X Factor
ITV1's celebrity version of The X Factor is the most recent show in the commercial network's arsenal of event TV programmes as it tries to counteract Channel 4's Big Brother.
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NUJ in warning over BBC news staff job cuts
More than 130 news staff are still facing compulsory redundancy at the BBC, prompting threats of a strike by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).
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Union warns BBC of backlash over rates
Broadcasting union Bectu is advising its members to adhere to their current rates in a bid to pressure BBC factual and learning to review proposals to standardise pay for freelance crew.
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Available Light to make Sex Wars for ITV
Bristol-based indie Available Light has hired Phillipa Forrester to front a 6 x 30-minute series for ITV on how men and women tackle different tasks. Forrester, who presented Robot Warsfor BBC2, will host Sex Wars, to be screened on ITV ...
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Sunset + Vine wins treble for Ashes
Sunset + Vine's coverage of England's cricketing triumph over Australia last year gained it three gongs at the RTS TV Sports Awards on Wednesday (31 May). The Tinopolis-owned indie won sports programme of the year and live outside broadcast of the year for its coverage of the Ashes Test Series ...
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Granada sells Ant and Dec royal interview
Granada International has sold The Three Princes: 30 Years of the Prince's Trust- the Ant and Dec interview with Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry - to 10 international broadcasters.
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Input animates JD sponsorship
Sports production facility Input Media has created a series of JD sponsorship sequences for the World Cup programme Destination Germany, produced by North One for Pitch International.
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V Good wins Five order about firefighters
V Good Films has won its first commission from Five, with a series following fire officers in the Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service. In Inferno: 999, firefighters will wear body-mounted cameras to record their working lives, from roadside rescues to burning buildings. Currently in ...
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DJ goes back to 7/7 bombers' roots
DJ Bobby Friction is to travel to the home town of several of the 7 July bombers for an authored documentary on British Asians. Bobby Friction: Generation 7/7, being made by Redback Films for Channel 4, sees the DJ talking to young British Asians about ...
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More4 appeals for human bodies
Anatomy for Beginners professor Gunther von Hagens is to convince members of the public to donate their bodies for research after they die, in a new documentary for More4.
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BBC3 to put obese on Stone Age diet
Eight overweight people are to be sent to a remote location in Namibia for a month and challenged to eat like Stone Age humans for a new BBC3 series.
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Barcud pumps£3m into HD OB
Welsh facility Barcud Derwen is investing£3m in a high-definition outside broadcast truck in a bid to win new BBC Wales contracts.
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Matthews floats Big Fish for BBC2
Morgan Matthews, the Bafta-nominated director of Taxidermy: Stuff the World, has won a four-hour series commission from BBC2. Matthews is to direct Big Fish(working title), a series on weird and wonderful competitions. Commissioned by Richard Klein, the series is being ...
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NewsRise and rise of super-indies
IMG Media's purchase of Tiger Aspect confirms the continued rise and rise of the super-indie - a top tier of producers dwarfing the scores of companies smaller than them, as shown in Broadcast's annual league table of the independent production sector.
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NewsInterview - Scott Taunton: Still talking tough
UTV Radio's MD Scott Taunton plans to make Talksport the number one national commercial station
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NewsWanted: the next US hit
The US networks offer plenty of quality shows, but standouts are in short supply. What will the UK buyers bid for?
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Top Up TV goes into voluntary liquidation
Top Up TV has placed itself into voluntary liquidation after undergoing a corporate restructuring and name change. According to information posted at Companies House, Top Up - in which Five took a stake earlier this year - has re-named itself Minds 1 and is now in liquidation. According to Top ...
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LA Screenings spawn first deals at Sky
Sky One has made the first signings of the LA Screenings picking up Hidden Palmsfrom Dawson's Creekcreator Kevin Williamson and Lovespring International, the new project from Will and Grace's Eric ...