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BB exec to Granada
Granada has poached the Endemol series editor of Celebrity Big BrotherDavid Williams to join its entertainment division. Williams, who has also held the same role on the main Big Brotherseries, will work across a number of new projects for Granada in the ...
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BBC appoints Young
The BBC has appointed Penny Young to the new post of head of accountability, nations and regions within the governance unit. Young takes up the role next week and will report to director of governance Nicholas Kroll. Her brief will include helping the BBC governors in their role as trustees ...
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Alli, TWG in talks to merge ad sales
Waheed Alli, the Labour peer bidding for SMG-owned Virgin Radio, has held talks with Talksport-owner The Wireless Group about merging their advertising sales operations. Backed by venture capital group 3i, Lord Alli is offering£100m for Virgin Radio, a figure that SMG said undervalues the business. But if shareholder pressure leads ...
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Ace FM wins FM bid
Ofcom has awarded a new FM licence in Kidderminster to the Midlands News Association-owned Ace FM. The new station will launch later this year and reach around 100,000 adults in Kidderminster and the surrounding Severn Valley region. It will target the over-25s with classic hits and local news. Other bids ...
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BBC puts£9m into regional comedy
The BBC has ring-fenced£9m to commission comedy programmes outside London and is restructuring its entertainment and comedy commissioning.
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C4 looks at special village
Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary charting life in a North Yorkshire community where 200 members of its adult population have learning difficulties.
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Raw uncovers talent of multicultural Britain in C4 late show
Channel 4 is showcasing new animation, documentary and comedy talent in a late-night magazine show designed to reflect multicultural Britain.
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Somethin' Else profiles Sun Ra for BBC4
BBC4 has commissioned indie Somethin' Else to produce a documentary on innovative jazz musician Sun Ra. Delivery of the 60-minute special, titled Space is the Place - The Sun Ra Story, is due in April, although a broadcast date has yet to be confirmed. The producer ...
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C4I sells Uncle Adolf to Germany
Channel 4 International has made a series of new sales in Germany including Company Pictures' drama Uncle Adolf. The 90-minute ITV1 drama, which tells the story of the Nazi leader's relationship with his niece and Eva Braun, has been picked up by Pro7. C4I has also ...
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C4 science and education to be carved up
Channel 4 has disbanded its science and education department in the wake of Simon Andreae's decision to move to the US.
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Smoke and Mirrors finishes graphics on C4's The Exorcism
Smoke and Mirrors has produced graphics work on the promo for Channel 4's programme The Exorcism. The graphics were created on Nitris by DS artist Dan Andrew who worked with director
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Diverse pursues hare hunt for BBC2
BBC2 has commissioned Diverse to make a documentary about the end of the controversial sport of hare-coursing. Killing a Hareis produced and directed by Paul Yule, whose company, Berwick Universal, is co-producing. The hour-long programme, commissioned by BBC factual senior commissioning executive Richard Klein, chronicles the ...
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ITV invests£10m in two new Taggarts
SMG's detective drama Taggartis to remain on ITV until the end of 2006 following a major recommission worth£10m.
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BBC1 to make a 'star' out of T-Rex
The team behind Walking with Dinosaurshave secured co-production partners for a light-hearted BBC mock-umentary about the 'career' of Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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ITN signs up 02 to mobile news delivery
ITN has signed a distribution deal with O2, which will give the mobile phone operator's customers news and archive content dating back 50 years. The service, which launches this month as part of O2's new 3G offering, is the latest in a series of 3G mobile phone deals ITN has ...
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On the 'at risk' register
Multichannel choice and narrowing margins are putting the production of top-quality kids TV under threat.
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Off to the knacker's yard
As his 40th birthday looms, Steven D Wright wonders whether the youth-hungry TV world will have any further use for him.
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Tough times for kids TV
There are now more than 20 children's channels in the digital television world, but for programme-makers more could be less as competition intensifies for terrestrial slots - and both ITV and the BBC squeeze budgets. Alexandra Jardine reports.
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Indestructible...
As Gerry Anderson returns to outer space with a CGI remake of his cult classic Captain Scarlet, he tells Emily Booth about his zest for work, lack of business sense and the thrill of jettisoning the
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Exorcising judgement
As Channel 4 tests taboos with a live exorcism, Ofcom is redrafting the rules on programmes dealing with the paranormal. But will the regulator succeed in casting out confusion, asks Jessica Hodgson.