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NewsPoor start for BBC1's Imagine
The new series of Imagine kicked off last night (2 June) at 22.35 with The Mysterious Mr Hooper strand proving disappointing for the corporation with 1.7 million (13.3%).
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Imagine...The Mysterious Mr Hopper (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Imagine appeared reconciled to its lot: that such an elusive man was always going to lead to a solid documentary r...
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Imagine...The Mysterious Mr Hopper (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'It inevitably meant skating over interesting themes without fully satisfying the viewer's curiosity.'...
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Jimmy's Farm (BBC2) - Sam Wollaston, Guardian
'It's too long and suffers from being under-edited.'...
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Gypsy Child Brides (BBC2) - Simon Edge, Daily Star
'Gypsy weddings are not a pretty business.'...
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ER (C4) - Fiona Sturges, Independent
'As ER finales go, this was the dullest I can remember.'...
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Ronan in Shelltown
Former Boyzone singer Ronan Keating has been signed up to voice a new children's CGI animation. A two-minute pilot of Shelltown is currently being made by indie Cosgrove Hall featuring three egg-shaped characters Splat, Cracker and Exactly. Cosgrove Hall hopes to go into full production ...
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Unique return
Xfm's former programme controller Andrew Phillips has re-emerged as head of commercial programming for Unique. He will now develop programme ideas for Unique intended to be attractive to both commercial radio stations and advertisers. The radio indie, owned by UBC Media, is handing Phillips responsibility for boosting the number of ...
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New posts at London Studios
The London Studios has created two management positions in an effort to increase efficiency at the ITV facility.
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ITV rejigs Wales and west operations
ITV has overhauled its operations for both Wales and the west of England, which will see current group managing director for ITV West and ITV Wales Jeremy Payne step down on Friday (today). The restructure will see ITV Wales given a new managing director, with current controller and director of ...
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The Hive and VTR merge operations
VTR PLC-owned Soho facilities The Hive and VTR have merged operations to form a 100-plus strong company in response to the growing demand for the 'one-stop shop', writes Rick Dacey.
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TV-Loonland hiring
Animation house TV-Loonland has appointed Beth Parker as head of studio for its Telemagination studios. Parker, who joined the company as head of production in 2001, will be responsible for overseeing all TV-Loonland shows such as The Cramp Twins , ...
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Haymarket moves in
Publishing company Haymarket has paid a reputed£20m for the freehold ownership of the land that houses the Teddington Studios. The studios will be unaffected by the purchase. The move brings to an end speculation that the site would be sold for redevelopment, potentially disrupting the running of the studios. Haymarket ...
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MacIntyre's millions makes first sales
Fremantle International Distribution has made its first sales of investigative documentary series MacIntyre's Millions. The 3 x 60-minute series, originally shown on Five last year and made by Shine and Extreme Productions, has been picked up by 13 broadcasters including Korea's Q Channel, Kabel 1 in Germany and National TV ...
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Pepper in expansion
Pepper has appointed ex-Digital Film Lab features sales manager Zahida Bacchus to spearhead the company's expansion into the digital intermediate market. Bacchus will be responsible for raising international awareness of Pepper's DI HD capabilities and will oversee the features production process. Pepper bought a high-definition Spirit DataCine at the ...
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Emap in radio licences push
Emap has created a dedicated team to bid for at least 30 new radio licences and has hired Steve King from Forever Broadcasting to spearhead the drive.
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Eden lost from Fox schedule
US network Fox is continuing to pay indie Mentorn around $500,000 a week for new episodes of reality show Forever Eden despite saying it has no plans to screen them, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Johnny Vegas to star in ITV drama
ITV has moved to bolster its comedy output by ordering a six-part comedy drama starring Johnny Vegas and recommissioning Frank Skinner's series Shane and The All-Star Comedy Show.
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Five docs explore ?curse' of Noel Edmonds
The 'curse' of Radio 1, reality TV and bearded presenter Noel Edmonds is to be explored in a series of Five documentaries.
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Fremantle pushes more hit uk comedies
Fremantle International Distribution has made further sales of hit comedies Men Behaving Badly and Benny Hill. Classic shows from the late comedian Benny Hill are to be seen on BBC America, Hungary's Humor TV and Bulgaria's National TV, adding to the 137 counties that already screen his programmes. Men Behaving ...