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Shorts fest back
Brief Encounters, the Bristol short film festival, returns for its ninth year between 12 and 16 November this year. The five-day festival includes a new award, the Momentum Pictures Best of British Award, with a£1,000 cash prize for the most innovative UK short. Also on offer is a four-day film ...
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RDF international takes falling apart
RDF International (RDFI) has signed its first drama distribution deal after taking worldwide rights to Century Films' Channel 4 drama Falling Apart. The Bafta award-winning film, which charts the course of
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John Hurt in frame to play Alan Clark
The BBC has commissioned a drama series adapting the famous diaries written by the late Tory MP and womaniser Alan Clark. Although the production is in the early stages of development a spokeswoman confirmed the commission by BBC4 controller Roly Keating. It is likely to air on the digital channel ...
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Sky news reconstructs hutton inquiry
Sky News is this week and next week broadcasting nightly reconstructions of the Hutton inquiry with actors reading a transcript of each day's events. The first reconstruction was on day two of the inquiry and featured the witness hearing of BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan. Lord Hutton's closing statements will be ...
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NewsSky sticks to tried and tested formula
Sex and soccer dominate Sky One's autumn schedule, unveiled this week, with new controller Sara Ramsden sticking close to a formula of US acquisitions and risque UK commissions, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsSpooks indie goes hustling for next drama
Kudos, the indie behind BBC1’s award-winning drama Spooks has been commissioned to make a new six-part drama this time focusing on con artists, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsPop Idol creator storms up Rich List chart
Pop svengali Simon Fuller has seen a dramatic£170m rise in his personal fortune on the back of the Pop Idolformat, according to Broadcast's annual Rich List, writes Conor Dignam.
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NewsCracks open in BBC defence
Two days of evidence from BBC journalists to the Hutton inquiry have seen serious cracks appearing in the corporation's defence of Andrew Gilligan's report into the
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NewsBBC's Watts attacks 'misguided' bosses
BBC Newsnight science editor Susan Watts has revealed a damaging split within the BBC in its response to the Hutton inquiry after claiming she was put under
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NewsC4 pilots online pitching
Channel 4 is about to pilot a system which could radically alter its commissioning process by forcing independents to pitch to the broadcaster online, writes Lucy Rouse.
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NewsHutton inquiry: What the papers say
It is the third day of evidence in the Hutton inquiry, and the national newspapers are divided over who are the heroes and villians in the affair, writes Jon Rogers
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That'll Teach 'Em (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Indpendent
'The faint vindictiveness of That'll Teach 'Em (Channel 4) strikes me as intriguing - as though anyone over the age...
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Black Hawk Down: the True Story (Five) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'In order to tell the ?true? story, Black Hawk Down (Five) spent much of its time confecting re-enactments of scene...
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House Trapped (Channel 4) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Having your own home is lovely, admitted House Trapped (Channel 4) - 'but it can go wrong. Very wrong.' The follow...
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Restoration (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'At first sight this seems a worthy project - but there's surely an obvious drawback. The restoration of one deserv...
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Knapp is set for a sackful
NTL founder Barclay Knapp is quitting the troubled cable TV form after ten years. He could walk away with a payoff ...
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Sky's monster hit
Satellie giant BSkyB is aiming for at least£10 million subscribers once everyone in the country has digital TV. ...
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Sky soars to first profit since switch to digital
BSkyB yesterday celebrated its first annual profit since launching its digital service five years ago, and immediat...
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Reporter 'led committe and public up the garden path'
Andrew Gilligan was accused of leading Parliament and public up the garden path after telling a Commons Committee l...