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    It's Partridge season

    2002-04-18T12:17:00Z

    BBC 2 is to air a season of programmes featuring comedian Steve Coogan's anti-heroic creation Alan Partridge in the run-up to a brand new series of I'm Alan Partridge from TalkBack,

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    Men & Motors gears up for TT races

    2002-04-18T12:17:00Z

    Men & Motors has secured the exclusive rights to The Isle of Man TT Races for 2002.Greenlight has been commissioned by Granada Sky Broadcasting director of programming Gary Shoefield to

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    Treacy honoured with ITV fashion tribute

    2002-04-18T12:17:00Z

    World-renowned milliner Philip Treacy is the subject of this year's Fashion Tribute, to air in ITV regions early next month.The 30-minute special, to be made by indie Talent Television, focuses

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    Elliott unveils first Kemp drama for ITV

    2002-04-18T12:17:00Z

    ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has unveiled former EastEnders star Martin Kemp's first drama vehicle for the channel.LWT has been asked to produce Daddy's Girl, a 2 x 60-minute

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    Union and Columbia to scale next Rockface

    2002-04-18T12:17:00Z

    BBC Scotland has commissioned Union Pictures and Columbia Tristar International TV to produce a second series of mountain rescue drama Rockface for BBC 1.Commissioned by BBC Scotland head of drama

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    Celador resumes search for brainiest kid

    2002-04-18T12:17:00Z

    ITV 1 controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has commissioned Celador Productions to produce a second Britain's Brainiest Kid one-off.The 90-minute special will again feature Carol Vorderman testing the general and

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    4C to take a gamble with new series

    2002-04-18T12:17:00Z

    Welsh broadcaster 4C is to launch its own version of Channel 4 gambling show Banzai with new format Beat the Bookie, writes Jon RogersS4C commissioning editor for light entertainment Huw Chiswell

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    C4 offers Ideal features boost

    2002-04-18T12:17:00Z

    Ideal World is set to ramp up its features base in Glasgow after scooping primetime Channel 4 commissions worth£2.4m, writes Penny HughesC4 head of features Ben Frow and deputy commissioning

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    BBC 2 recalls leisure shows

    2002-04-18T12:17:00Z

    BBC 2 controller Jane Root and controller of factual commissioning Nicola Moody have recommissioned a raft of leisure series.Talkback Productions has been asked to produce another series of dating show Would

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    BBC 1 lines up young offenders drama

    2002-04-18T12:17:00Z

    BBC controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter has greenlit the first improvised drama for BBC 1.Tamzin Outhwaite and David Morrissey star in The Young Offenders, a 2 x 60-minute order

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    ITV ups indie production

    2002-04-18T10:58:00Z

    31 per cent of programmes for network in 2001 made by independents

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    World Service global slump

    2002-04-18T10:58:00Z

    Radio service loses 3 million listeners in 2001 despite events of September 11

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    Hardcash in US co-pro deal

    2002-04-18T10:58:00Z

    Indie to make two programmes a year for WGBH's Frontline

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    Rajar ponders survey change

    2002-04-18T10:58:00Z

    Measurement system may alter to reflect new listening trends

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    Cross-House team to study comms bill

    2002-04-18T10:58:00Z

    Members of the Commons media select committee, including chairman Gerald Kaufmann, may be called on to join a rare joint committee of both the Houses of Commons and Lords to examine

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    Japan, place bets now!

    2002-04-18T10:58:00Z

    Japanese broadcaster makes tentative Banzai acquisition to test audience response

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    Tribunal case begins

    2002-04-18T10:58:00Z

    The full and final hearing of the race and sex discrimination case being brought against BBC World Service news by journalist Sharan Sandhu began on Tuesday (16 April) at an employment

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    Young's new outfit to make BBC lottery show

    2002-04-18T10:58:00Z

    Former BBC head of light entertainment's indie 12 Yard wins commission for 10 x 40 minute quiz show In It To Win It

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    Crunch meeting for BBC politics

    2002-04-18T10:58:00Z

    Futures of On the Record and Dispatch Box to be decided in the autumn

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    Brits dominate Banff TV festival nominations

    2002-04-18T10:58:00Z

    The Office and Smack the Pony in the running for awards as British TV industry accounts for over a third of nominations