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E4 TO PREMIERE EMINEM SHOW.
Channel 4 and E4 have picked up exclusive rights to Eminem: Live in Concert from producer and international distributor Portman Television.The two channels have rights to a 90-minute version of the
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C4 poaches factual head from Rapido.
Channel 4 commissioning editor, factual entertainment Sue Murphy has strengthened her department, poaching Rapido TV's head of factual entertainment Stephen Wright, writes Steve Aston.Reporting to Murphy, Wright will become editor, entertainment/
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YTTTP to make C4 film special
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions (YTTTP) controller of features Bridget Boseley has secured the company's most ambitious factual entertainment project to date - a five-hour 100 Greatest movie special for Channel
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S4CI ties with Einstein for series of docs.
S4C INTERNATIONAL (S4CI) and Einstein Entertainment have struck a£1m deal to make a series of primetime documentaries for both the domestic and international markets, writes Simon Ellery.The two companies plan
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Baines quits ITN after 24 years' service.
ITN managing director new media Garron Baines is to leave the company after almost 25 years to join computer giant IBM, writes David Wood.
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RADIO 2 SCOOPS BEE GEES ONE-OFF CONCERT.
BBC Radio 2 has secured an exclusive concert by the Bee Gees - their only planned performance for this year.The group will record the 60-minute special before an audience of 300
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Turner made rank outsider for Celebrity Big Brother
Bookies bank on Brookside's Sweeney as hot favourite with Jack Dee at three's as former GMTV presenter Turner looks set for an early bath
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Turner rank outsider for celebrity Big Brother
Bookies bank on Brookside's Sweeney as hot favourite with Jack Dee at three's as former GMTV presenter Turner looks set for an early bath
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Second commission for The Hot Seat
Flashback TV has been commissioned by Artsworld channel director Richard Melman to produce a second series of interview show The Hot Seat.Presented by Sir Christopher Frayling, the 6 x 30-minute
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Extreme in deal with Spain's AXN channel
London-based channel owner and distributor Extreme International has signed a deal to supply an additional 50 hours of programming to Sony-owned Spanish channel AXN over the next three years.AXN is
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Discovery alternative medicine show
Discovery Health is re-versioning a Canadian complementary medicine series and has lined up Toyah Willcox to present it.The 39 x 30-minute series called Beyond Medicinelooks at health issues with
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BBC Choice orders sexual disease series
BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a 6 x 15-minute series from BBC Scotland entitled Sex, Warts and All.Originally entitled The Clap Clinic, the show is based around a
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C5's Shaw on factual drive
Channel 5 senior controller of arts, features and documentaries, Chris Shaw, has commissioned a raft of new factual programmes, as part of a drive to promote quality documentaries in primetime, writes
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Wise Buddah wins Hitman documentary
Indie Wise Buddah has secured its first TV commission, six months after setting up a dedicated TV arm
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Radio 2 scoops Bee-Gees one-off concert
BBC Radio 2 has secured an exclusive concert by the Bee Gees - their only planned performance for this year.The group will record the 60-minute special before an audience of 300
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Two Four to make Ideal Home programme
Channel 4 has commissioned Plymouth-based independent Two Four Productions to make an Ideal Home Show special fronted by Kate Thornton.Channel 4 daytime editor Jo McGrath has ordered the 4 x
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TPC hires BBC producer to head production
The Television Production Company (TPC) has appointed drama producer Martyn Auty as head of production.A former BBC producer, Auty recently worked on projects such as Dirty Workand Gentleman's Relish.
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BBC drama badly disrupted by terrorist bomb
Significant damage to Centre House prevents FictionLab staff from returning
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World of Wonder fills top production job
World of Wonder has signed its first UK head of production, Maria Silver. Silver was production manager on Louis Theroux's Weird Weekendsand Michael Moore's Big One.