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Prescott criticises BBC over Iraq war bias
The BBC is facing complaints from both major parties over its election coverage in the final week before polling day.
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BBC Worldwide and HBO in comedy deal
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with HBO to co-produce Ricky Gervais's new comedy series Extras. The deal will see the six-part series aired on HBO, as well as being broadcast on BBC2 over the summer. The show is written by co-creators of ...
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DGP arranges TV club nights
DGP has designed and produced titles for a new strand on Thomson TV, produced by the Travel Channel. Freestyleis a weekly programme showcasing club-based hen and stag breaks in the sun for the 18 to 30-year-old age group. Designer Liam Corner worked in Photoshop and Flint ...
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Ofcom PSB thinker goes it alone
Ofcom's leading thinker on public service broadcasting is to leave to become an independent consultant after one final project for the regulator. Robin Foster, the strategy and marketing developments partner who put together Ofcom's -pivotal PSB review, will spend six months from July looking at how to cut red tape ...
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Watson doc to air on BBC daytime
The BBC has achieved a coup for its daytime line-up, commissioning veteran documentary-maker Paul Watson to make a fly-on-the-wall series.
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Five to air Sky election show
Sky News has been given its first terrestrial window for its general election coverage after agreeing to simulcast the results on Five.
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Autocue international in administration
Autocue International, the company that owns the 50-year old Autocue prompting system, has gone into administration and could be sold within weeks. Administrators Ernst & Young LLP said it was currently
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Rivals acquire VFG kit and staff
The recent collapse of equipment hire business VFG has benefited two of its main competitors.
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BSkyB spends£5m on Sony HD facility
BSkyB is spending£5m with Sony on establishing its high definition facility in west London.
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Robinson designs on sex for C4
Freelance animator Robinson designs on sex for C4freelance animator Keith Robinson has created stylised visual effe...
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Angel Eye makes comedies for Radio 4
Indie Angel Eye is using the talents of three stand-up comedians to bring the tragic tales of two losers to life for BBC Radio 4. Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymorecentres on a deceased anti-hero who returns to his house as a ghost. The 6 x 30-minute ...
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C4 gives The Other Side earlier slots
Channel 4 is handing new documentary talent primetime slots after the success of its late-night strand The Other Side.
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C4 buys superplane test flight doc
Factual producer Darlow Smithson is making a 120-minute documentary about the world's biggest airliner, which took its maiden test flight this week. Channel 4's commissioning editor for documentaries, Simon Dickson, has ordered World's Biggest Airliner: Building the Airbus A380. The documentary is being executive produced by ...
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ABC Australia buys 35 hours from C4I
Channel 4 International has sold 35 hours of programmes to ABC Australia including the fourth series of Tiger Aspect drama Teachers. ABC has also picked up the second series of Brat Camp, two-part documentary Who Wrote the Bible?,the second run of comedy ...
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BBC2 prepares to mock the week with Bremnar
Impressionist Rory Bremner is teaming up with comedian Dara O'Briain for a new Sunday night comedy show for BBC2.
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ITV2 profiles button
ITV2 has commissioned Scream Films to make a 60-minute documentary following the lives of British Formula 1 driver Jenson Button and his wife-to-be, former Fame Academy starlet Louise Griffiths. The show, which will look at the respective careers of the pair and the build-up to their wedding, will be executive ...
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Blue stitches up celebs for ITV1
Broadcast post facility Blue has created the look for the new ITV1 series Celebrity Stitch-Up.Blue graphic designer Simon Wye created the title sequence, bumpers and stings using Adobe's After Effects on Apple G5s. The titles use footage from the show of practical jokes being played on celebrities, ...
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Salmon's new waters
Unimpressed by the prospect of moving to Manchester, BBC head of sport Peter Salmon is taking the opportunity to jo...
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Naming or shaming?
Will a Channel 4 Comedy Lab strand prove to be empowering or merely encourage insults to be hurled at the disabled?
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Height of TV manners
Even TV has an etiquette code. So if you plan on going far in your television career, you'd better take note, says Daisy Goodwin.