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Xfm launches 6pm to 9pm weekend show
Indie station Xfm has reshuffled its schedule to introduce a new show to its weekend line-up. The Weekenderwill air from 6pm to 9pm on Friday and Saturday, fronted by Adam Longworth, replacing the Best of X show that shifts to 3pm to 6pm on Sunday. The ...
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Hopscotch analyses Iranian film for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned Glasgow-based Hopscotch Films to make a slate of programming worth£250,000 to tie in with an upcoming Iranian film season. Shows include documentary Cinema Iranabout the country's recent film history and an as-yet-untitled documentary about Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. The indie is also ...
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Done and Dusted to make T4 pop event
Done and Dusted has been commissioned to produce this year's T4 summer pop event. Previously called Popbeach, this summer's bash will be rebranded as T4 on the Beachand be broadcast from Weston Super Mare. Hamish Hamilton has been lined up to direct ...
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Ofcom investigates C4 over sex scenes
Channel 4 is under investigation by Ofcom for showing scenes of penetrative sex in Danish director Lars von Trier's film The Idiotslast Monday (7 March). The movie, which appeared as part of the channel's Bannedseason about censorship, was shown without any editing ...
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C4 seeks next science star
Channel 4 has launched a Pop Idol-style talent search to find a new star science presenter.
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S4C co-production head quits
Cenwyn Edwards has quit as head of co-productions for Welsh broadcaster S4C after 14 years at the channel. Edwards will continue to work for S4C as an advisor but will mainly consult on international co-productions for indies. Edwards said he was leaving S4C to take advantage of new opportunities in ...
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3DD picks up Christian Andersen rights
London-based distributor 3DD has secured the worldwide TV and DVD rights to an international event to commemorate Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen. Once Upon a Time - Hans Christian Andersen, a Celebrationis taking place on 2 April in Copenhagen and will feature music, dance and ...
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Non-Blonde gets own BBC3 show
ONE of the stars of acclaimed comedy 3 Non Blondeshas gone solo in a new sketch show for BBC3.
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Ware leaves BBC after 20 years
BBC Learning creative director of Nick Ware is leaving after 20 years at the corporation. Ware, who helped mastermind learning projects linked to programmes such as Fat Nationand Who Do You Think You Are?, has no job lined up, but suggested he ...
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Rights to Bo' Selecta! creator's new show go for£1m
RDF's distribution arm has sold the DVD rights to Bo' Selecta!creator Leigh Francis' next Channel 4 show ' four months before it goes out.
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Emma B leaves R1
BBC Radio 1 DJ Emma B is leaving the station after seven years and will be replaced by 1Xtra presenter Letitia. Emma B has presented R1's weekly phone-in show Sunday Surgerysince 2000 and will leave the station at the end of the month. Dr Mark Hamilton ...
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NewsBBC1 benefits from Red Nose '05
BBC1's celebrity singing contest Comic Relief Does Fame Academyproved once again to be a popular attraction, especially with younger viewers.
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The power of two
The duo at the helm of GMG Radio, a brand which encompasses the Smooth FM, Jazz FM and Real Radio network, insist that their group is not up for sale and their focus is firmly on expansion.
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Lost in translation
As NBC airs its US remake of The Office, Kenton Allen argues that British comedy should be able to cross the Atlantic without reversioning.
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The self-shooting survival guide
Self-shooting directors, APs on second camera and researchers with a handheld are now commonplace in factual programme-making. In a special report, Gareth Watkins
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Never had it so good?
The success of the big players in the indie world must not be allowed to threaten those working on a smaller scale.
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Which way forward for indies?
As investors eye the TV production sector, new routes to growth have opened up for indies. Belinda Archer
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Please don't pick me
Impending cuts and a change of values has turned the once-prized post of controller of BBC1 into a poisoned chalice.
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Breaking free from TV
As Channel 4 invests in FourDocs, an open access broadband channel, has the time finally arrived for broadcasters to embrace the democratising possibilities of broadband technology, asks Peter Keighron.