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NewsFincham is new BBC1 controller
The BBC has confirmed TalkbackThames chief executive Peter Fincham is the new BBC1 controller in what amounts to a job swap with Lorraine Heggessey.
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NewsPEER POLL: BBC job cuts
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Has Mark Thompson gone too far with cutting jobs at the BBC?
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NewsBBC1 decision imminent; Sharman favourite
The BBC looks set to name the new controller of BBC1 with daytime chief Alison Sharman being strongly tipped to take the job.
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NewsMacIntyre's Underworld stops 1.6m
Five's late night documentary MacIntyre's Underworld: Gangsterended a strong night for the broadcaster with a peak audience of 1.6 million (14.6%) at the start.
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VTR recruits three
VTR has appointed Flame artist Lyndon Gaul, TK operator Kai Van Beers and executive producer Rebekah Hay. Hay joins from Red Post Production while Beers comes from The Mill. All three joined this month.
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Mill's who record
Mill TV has broken UK television production records by creating 1,300 visual effects for the return of Doctor Who. A team of 10 CGI artists, seven Flame and Shake compositors and one digital matte painter completed the special effects over eight months. However, Framestore CFC managed ...
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Only nuts write letters
Broadcasters would welcome constructive critics but all they seem to get is 'angry of Tunbridge Wells' says Steven D Wright
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Schoonmaker joins Portman
FORMER Emap TV and radio chief Tim Schoonmaker has been made a non-executive director of Portman Film and Television, the rights group recently taken over by Chrysalis chairman Chris Wright, writesPaul Revoir.
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Nats posts Holy Warriors
Nats Post Production has completed work on Holy Warriorsfor Atlantic Productions. The 90-minute drama-documentary focuses on Richard the Lionheart and Salah Al-din, the leaders who came to symbolise the struggle between Christianity and Islam in the battle for the Holy Land. Location film footage was mixed ...
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Hammerhead posts
Equipment hire company Hammerhead has appointed VFG's Manchester video hire manager John Dardis as equipment manager. He started last week. Chief engineer John Hewart is also due to start at Hammerhead within a fortnight as engineering manager. Both former VFG employees will be based in Manchester.
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Zig Zag goes to real-life Wacky Races
ZIG Zag Productionshas won the contract to produce coverage of this year's Gumball 3000 rally for the Extreme Sports Channel.
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Joey gets second series in US and UK
Joey, the Friends spin-off dogged by plunging ratings, has been commissioned for a second season in the US and will again be screened by Five in the UK. US network NBC said the sitcom will return for a new run later this year, claiming it to be the 'best new ...
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ORTV on trail of wildebeest for Nat Geo
Factual indie ORTVis chronicling the annual migration of wildlife in Tanzania's Serengeti plains for National Geographic.
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Five and Seven Network spin off The Tribe
Five and Seven Network Australia have commissioned a spin-off from kids tween series The Tribe. The New Tomorrowis a 26-part sci-fi programme about a world with no adults. Indie Cloud 9 is due to start production in Australasia next month with delivery ...
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Pepper spices up Fingersmith
Pepper has completed visual effects on the three-part adaptation of the Booker-nominated novel Fingersmith. The crime drama, set in 19th-century London, is the story of conman Richard Rivers who enlists petty thief Sue Trinder on the most ambitious scam of his career. Joint managing director Shane ...
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Little Red Tractor makes European trip
BBC pre-school cartoon Little Red Tractorhas been picked up by German children's channel Kika. The channel has taken all 52 episodes of the series, which is co-produced and distributed by Entertainment Rights. The programme will air across Germany, Switzerland and Austria from the autumn, reaching around ...
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Mote to step down
Community Channel controller Jane Mote is to step down at the end of June. She will return to the BBC, from where she has been on secondment since January 2003, in an as yet unspecified role. The not-for-profit channel, run by The Media Trust, has advertised for a replacement. Meanwhile, ...
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RDF rights picks up Supersize She doc
RDF Rights has secured distribution of Five's forthcoming documentary on female body-building, Supersize She,and will launch it at MipTV in April. The 60-minute film focuses on the story of British woman Joanna Thomas and her bid to become Miss Olympia - the highest achievement in the ...
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TVF seals deals for UK factual shows
UK factual distributor TVF International has secured a series of deals throughout Europe with British programmes including the second in the BBC science documentary series, Motherland. Discovery Europe has picked up 60-minute film Motherland: Moving On, the follow-up to ...
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Format focus: The Cut
The world of fashion gets the reality show treatment in this glitzy format fronted by Tommy Hilfiger.