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    Diverse to celebrate Peter Pan centenary

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Indie Diverse is making a biography about Peter Pan for BBC1 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the children's literary classic, written by JM Barrie.

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    Cartoon Network grabs Garden Gnome

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    New BBC pre-school series Gordon the Garden Gnome has been picked up by the Cartoon Network for launch next spring. The 52 x 11-minute series, made by indie Collingwood O'Hare, features the voice of gardening expert and Ground Force presenter ...

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    Sharp Capital return

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Former Heart DJ Pat Sharp is to rejoin the Capital Radio Group hosting a new evening show on the Century network. Sharp, who left London station Heart 106.2 in August, will broadcast a new evening show across three Century stations covering the north-east, north-west and the East Midlands from January.

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    UK Post looks beyond London

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Post-production trade body UK Post has so far failed to 'fulfil its brief', according to its own chairman.

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    The Station titles Berlin journey

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    The Station has produced the title sequence for ITN Factual series The Road to Berlin. The series follows pub comedian Al Murray as he follows in the footsteps of the Allied forces from Normandy across Europe to Berlin in the final months of the ...

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    Celador in the running for Belfast FM

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Celador has revealed plans to bid for the new Belfast FM radio licence with Lagan FM, a music and talk format targeting the over 40s. The company - which produces ITV1 hit Who Wants to be A Millionaire? - said if its proposal was successful ...

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    UKTV hires Beaton

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    UKTV has hired former Action Time joint managing director Caroline Beaton to help market its channels. Beaton, who will continue to run her own consultancy Road Trip Media, will become 'brand champion' and be charged with creating a single brand strategy for programming, marketing and commercial relationships across UKTV's nine ...

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    Five signs deal for live NBA basketball

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Five has struck a deal with the NBA to show live coverage of American basketball. The two-year deal, which kicked off this week with the Sacramento Kings against the Dallas Mavericks, will see Five screen 25 games at 1.05am on Tuesdays. The channel will also air the high-profile Play Offs ...

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    Wish You Were Here back

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    ITV is to bring back its Wish You Were Here...? spin-off for another daytime run.

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    Format Focus: Alpine Ranch

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Similar in style to surprise hit The Farm , this celebrity-based reality show could help to keep the format fresh

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    Five airs opening of Eygptian tomb

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Five is to broadcast the live opening of a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Golden Mummies as part of a week of programmes in December dedicated to the country's ancient history.

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    MTV and CNN join forces for aids special

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    MTV International and news network CNN International are to embark on their first ever co-production, a special on Aids. The pair, owned by Viacom and Time Warner respectively, have joined forces to produce a 30-minute news report on HIV and Aids. Staying Alive: An MTV ...

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    Little Britain again

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    BBC3 comedy sketch show Little Britain , the digital channel's biggest hit, is set to return for a third series. BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy and head of comedy entertainment Jon Plowman have ordered a 6 x 30-minute series, which is due to air first on ...

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    Blue adds to HD

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Blue has expanded its HD facilities with an Avid DS Nitris because of increased demand for high-definition editing, such as work on Fat Fiancés , a 50-minute documentary for Cicada Films. Fat Fiancés will air on the Discovery Channel in ...

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    Humphrys about

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    John Humphrys, the presenter of Radio 4's Today programme and scourge of Big Brother , has been lined up as the star turn at the Media Society's Great Reality TV Debate next week. Humphrys will join fellow reality television baiter, ...

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    Five cuts 7pm news in half

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Five is to slash its 7pm news bulletin to 15 minutes from January after Ofcom agreed to reduce its news output requirement by more than 60 hours a year.

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    BBC4 explores Vanity Fair

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Flashback Bristol is to make a film about highbrow celebrity glossy Vanity Fair as part of a series of magazine profiles for BBC4's Profile strand.

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    C4 gives go-ahead for civil war series

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 has confirmed a commission for its former director of television Tim Gardam's landmark two-part series about the English Civil War. Mentorn is producing Civil War: Blood on our Hands and Civil War: Regicide for January after getting the ...

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    Imago puts new boy together for C4

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Norwich-based indie Imago Productions is making a one-hour documentary designed to change four teenage boys' lives for Channel 4. New Boy , created and presented by life coach Kate Marlow, takes the four participants away from home for a month and teaches them how to ...

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    4 Ventures to bring German quizzes to E4

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4's commercial division, 4 Ventures, has struck a deal with a German broadcaster to trial interactive quiz formats on entertainment channel E4.