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Gong for Morris film
Chris Morris' short film My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117, which was posted at The Mill, has won a Bafta for best short film at this year's awards. The project was co-produced by Mark Herbert ( Phoenix Nights), and was adapted ...
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Opie tops Flextech list to fill Lighting's shoes
Flextech Television has drawn up a list of potential candidates for the replacement of chief executive of content Jane Lighting who takes over the reins at Five in April, writes Paul Revoir.
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Five knocks out deal for Frost-Ali head-to-head
Five has secured broadcast rights to the first major interview with legendary boxer Muhammad Ali in more than two decades. He will talk to Sir David Frost about his ideals, life and career in The Then and Now of Muhammad Ali, which will air in ...
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MTV forum to grill Blair over war in Iraq
Prime Minster Tony Blair is to appear on MTV in a special 60-minute discussion programme in which he will set out his case for war with Iraq. MTV Forum with Tony Blair: Is War the Answer?, to be made by MTV Europe in London, will include questions from 40 young ...
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Endemol's bizarre clip show for Five
Five has ordered a catastrophe clip show series from Big Brotherproducer Endemol UK, as well as three movie documentaries from Endemol subsidiary Initial, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC buys news software for war
The BBC has ordered 13 LNG (laptop news gathering) software systems from web and newsgathering partners TVZ and 4BN, for journalists to use in covering the impending war in Iraq.
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Ascent redundancies
Thirty five Ascent Media staff have been axed as a result of the merger of post houses Soho 601 and SVC into One Post. Those affected are being encouraged to apply for other jobs within the group. One Post will have 58 employees comprising 23 people from SVC, five from ...
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Tonight streets ahead, says RTS
Tonight with Trevor McDonald this week picked up the programme of the year award at the Royal Television Society's Television Journalism Awards, writes Paul Revoir.
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C4 launches lunchtime war news bulletin
Channel 4 is to air a new lunchtime news bulletin that will go head to head with Five News as the build-up to a possible war with Iraq continues. The 30-minute
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C4 to air ?feisty ethnic' season
Channel 4 has commissioned a series of controversial multicultural documentaries following the axing of the standalone multicultural department by chief executive Mark Thompson last year, writes Jon Rogers.
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P3 to axe office and shrink workforce
Soho post facility P3 has denied rumours it is going bust but has admitted that it will have to close one of its two offices and make staff cutbacks, writes Sam Espensen.
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Murphy orders fresh Re:covered for BBC3
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has ordered a new 12 x 30-minute series of music show Re:covered, fronted by presenter Dermot O'Leary. The series, made by Blaze Television, will be produced by Jim Parsons and executive produced by Conor McAnally. The first programme, which will air in April, will feature performances ...
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25 Years of Smash Hits
At It Productions is to make a 90-minute special to coincide with the 25th anniversary of teenage pop music magazine Smash Hitsfor Channel 4, writes Jon Rogers.
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Video Europe spends£1.5m on OB equipment
London kit hire and studio facility Video Europe has invested£1.5m in OB trucks and kit for its new events division.
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Bruce picked as face for BBC1 Tonight rival
The BBC has confirmed that Ten O'Clock News presenter Fiona Bruce is to present a new current affairs magazine programme on BBC1. Real Story, which begins next month, has been commissioned by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and head of current affairs Peter Horrocks for a huge three-series run of 28 ...
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BBC1's Red Cap on course for second series
BBC1 drama Red Cap, starring former EastEnders actress Tamzin Outhwaite as a military police officer, has been commissioned for a second series. The 6 x 60-minute series, ordered by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter from indie Stormy Pictures, will be produced by Sarah Wilson ...
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Redmond accuses ITC of 'dumb regulation'
Brookside creator Phil Redmond this week attacked the Independent Television Commission (ITC) for 'dumb regulation' after it ruled that an armed siege in the Channel 4 soap was unsuitable for broadcast before the watershed, writes Hayley Treacy.
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News£12m-a-year saving for Five
Five will save around£12 million a year under new terms for its analogue TV licence drawn up with the Independent Television Commission, writes John Plunkett
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NewsAl Jazeera secures raft of BBC programmes
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with Arabic news and documentary channel Al Jazeera for 1,000 hours of factual programming, writes Hayley Treacy
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NewsBBC accounts to be probed by Parliament
BBC chiefs are set to be forced to open their books to Parliament to account for the way they spend the£2.5bn a-year-licence fee, writes David Rose