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60s sitcom Rag Trade retailored
The makers of the 1960s and 1970s cult sitcom The Rag Trade are talking to the BBC about remaking the show as a multicultural sitcom for the new millennium, writes Colin Robertson.
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ITV controller of drama Nick Elliot has recommissioned a re-formatted run of Carlton TV drama The Vice, writes Colin Robertson. The Vice, formerly an 8 x 60-minute series, will now return
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliot has recommissioned a re-formatted run of Carlton TV drama The Vice, writes Colin Robertson. The Vice, formerly an 8 x 60-minute series, will now return
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C5 TO INVEST IN DOTCOMS
Channel 5 is planning to invest cash in dotcoms, in addition to swapping equity in the technology companies for airtime.Two weeks ago, C5 traded£1 million of advertising for an 8
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ITC urges C5 to stay on an upward track
The Independent Television Commission has told Channel 5 it still suffers from 'a great deal of low-budget material of little distinction' despite efforts by the channel to improve on last year's
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C5, BT AND ITN TEAM BUILDS VIRTUAL CATHERWOOD
Channel 5, BT and ITN have launched a computer version of C5 News anchor Andrea Catherwood, which the companies claim will be the world's first virtual newscaster to go online. Christened
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C4 BLAIR SEASON TO COINCIDE WITH LABOUR'S THREE YEARS
Channel 4 head of news, current affairs and business David Lloyd has commissioned a Tony Blair season of programmes to coincide with the Labour government's third anniversary. With a working title
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CAPITAL PARTY IN PARK TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON C4
Channel 4 is to broadcast this summer's 95.8 Capital FM Party in the Park for the Prince's Trust. The seven-hour live broadcast on 9 July will come under the auspices of
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AT IT SECURES RECOMMISSION FOR C4 DAYTIME SHOW
Channel 4 commissioning editor, daytime Jo McGrath has lined up a second 20 x 30-minute series of I Wish I'd Thought of That from At It Productions. The series returns to
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C4 earns measured praise
The ITC applauded Channel 4 for 'freshness and innovation' across various genres in its annual performance review for 1999, but singled out a number areas for improvement, writes Ashley Davies.
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MAIR REPLACING LOWE AS PRESENTER OF R4'S PM
Eddie Mair is to take over from Chris Lowe as the main presenter of the PM programme on BBC Radio 4. Mair will continue to present his Sunday morning R4 programme
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Flicks Films animated Andy Whatt's illustrations for Channel 4's The House of Rock, produced by Fireside Favourites. Whatt, familiar to readers of the Weekend Guardian clubs page, passed his designs t
Flicks Films animated Andy Whatt's illustrations for Channel 4's The House of Rock, produced by Fireside Favourites. Whatt, familiar to readers of the Weekend Guardian clubs page, passed his designs to
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Draught Associates created titles and bumpers for Swing Productions' Channel 4 series Slave. Focusing on the transient nature of style, the graphics use expiry dates, with a barcode motif and red
Draught Associates created titles and bumpers for Swing Productions' Channel 4 series Slave. Focusing on the transient nature of style, the graphics use expiry dates, with a barcode motif and red
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ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS HIRES C4'S WISEMAN IN SALES
Entertainment Rights, formerly SKD Media, has hired Channel 4 International programme sales executive Alix Wiseman (pictured) as sales manager. She will be responsible for Latin America, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and
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INTERVIEW - C4's great survivor
Karen Brown is second in command to Tim Gardam and as C4 deputy director of programming is now working under her third chief executive - and with education in her brief she's not thinking of deserting just yet.
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Smith antipathy to News 24 review makes BSkyB fume
BSkyB hit out this week at media secretary Chris Smith's admission that a review of BBC News 24 is likely to be put off until after the next general election, writes Tara Conlan.
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Oscar-winning film American Beauty is to air on the BBC in late 2002 as part of the corporation's existing terrestrial rights output deal with Hollywood studio DreamWorks SKG, writes Tim Dams
Oscar-winning film American Beauty is to air on the BBC in late 2002 as part of the corporation's existing terrestrial rights output deal with Hollywood studio DreamWorks SKG, writes Tim Dams.
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Dream Street set to animate CITV until 2002
ITV controller of children's and youth Nigel Pickard has commissioned an additional 26 x 10-minute episodes of pre-school series Dream Street for CITV, writes Colin Robertson.
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M2 to open Singapore base
M2 Television is preparing to open a Singapore post-production base to take advantage of the recovering Asia Pacific market.M2 managing director David Ward is in Singapore conducting a feasibility study and,
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Summer of 1970s nostalgia for BBC 2
BBC 2 controller Jane Root announced plans to devote the channel's Saturday peaktime and late-night schedules to a new 1970s nostalgia format called I (heart) The 1970s for 10 weeks in