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MCCARTNEY DOC SOLD TO C4.
Buena Vista International TV has sold a documentary about Paul McCartney to Channel 4, writes Simon Ellery. C4 has bought exclusive UK rights to the two-hour special Wingspan, which features unseen
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RADIO 3 TO GO RURAL FOR AN EVENING.
BBC Radio 3 is to devote an evening of programmes to issues surrounding rural Britain as foot and mouth continues to ravage the countryside. The themed evening, entitled In a Green
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Wellington doc for BBC 2.
The team behind Channel 4's critically acclaimed series Elizabeth has been commissioned to produce a major series on the Duke of Wellington for BBC 2 and has poached Middle Classes producer Rachel Bell to make it, writes Colin Robertson.
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Endemol buys out Brighter for£10m.
Endemol Entertainment has bought entertainment indie Brighter Pictures outright, in a deal thought to be worth£10m.The deal was signed after a year of discussions between the two companies and means
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Comic Relief night gives BBC 1 last laugh on Friday.
Comic Relief produced an out-of-the-ordinary primetime share for BBC 1 on Friday, almost doubling the station's share of the previous week from 22 per cent to 41 per cent.Starting at 19.00,
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Zig Zag commissions led by ugly show
Zig Zag has won three commissions from Channel 5 and Channel 4.The success of London's Ugly Model Agency is explored in Ugly, commissioned for C5 by Michael Attwell, senior controller
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Pace predicts 40% will have digital TV by year end
Latest Pace Report upbeat about take-up of DTV claiming 13% of UK viewers will switch in next 8 months
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Rushes lures Sillery and Man
Commercial facility Rushes has signed Allen Sillery and Phil Man to its Inferno team, writes Dominic Timms.Sillery joins the Old Compton Street facility from rival VTR where he worked across Flame
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Working Title to make Lucky Jim for ITV
Working Title is to make a two-hour film of the classic Kingsley Amis novel Lucky Jim.Stephen Tomkinson will star as the book's eponymous hero, alongside Helen McCrory, Robert Hardy and
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Granada goes Wild
Jettisons inherited United Wildlife brands Partridge and Survival in favour of Granada Wild
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Kingfisher scores with soccer series
Kingfisher Television has landed a 10-part documentary series, Frankly Football, for Carlton TV. The half-hour shows will feature interviews with players and archive and recent footage.Each show will deal with
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Channel Health wins pregnancy brief
The NHS has commissioned Channel Health to produce a new interactive series on pregnancy as part of a£1.2m award to the broadcaster.The Sky Digital channel is to make a
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Radio 3 to go rural for an evening
BBC Radio 3 is to devote an evening of programmes to issues surrounding rural Britain as foot and mouth continues to ravage the countryside.The themed evening, entitled In a Green
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Citizen wins double order from ITV
ITV has commissioned a sporting archive series and a half-hour comedy special from Dele Oniya's Citizen Television.The 6 x 30-minute series, Sporting Vintage, will be produced and directed by Krishna
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Imago to make Gobi desert documentary
Independent Imago Productions has been commissioned by Hit Wildlife to make a documentary on life in the Gobi desert for transmission on the National Geographic Channel.Entitled Legends of the Gobi,
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Hitch-hiking show heads for Horizons
Indie Aimimage Productions has sold a 6 x 30-minute series on hitch-hiking in America to the UK Horizons channel.The series, Roadside USA, directed and produced by Austin Vince and executive
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CITV favourites get go-ahead from Grace
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Janie Grace has recommissioned four long-running series from Gullane for CITV.The indie will produce a 13 x 20-minute run of Sooty, taking the
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Sky reveals£500m summer season line-up
Sky One is to show reality series Boot Camp as part of its spring and summer schedule, after buying rights to the show from Granada International, writes Lucy Rouse
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Wellington documentary series for BBC 2
United Productions set to follow the success of Elizabeth with biographical account of The Iron Duke
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Carlton cashes in on family tree fad
Carlton is hoping to cash in on public interest in genealogy with a new series for ITV - Find Your Family, writes Steve AstonThe 6 x 30-minute series is