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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Channel 4 strikes out with Dockers drama
Channel 4's gritty feature-length drama, Dockers, stood its ground at 22.00 on Sunday (11 July), pulling in a respectable two million viewers (15 per cent), according to unofficial overnights, writes Liz Shackleton.
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C4 classical music role for Younghusband
Jan Younghusband has been appointed as Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor for music, with responsibilities including the broadcaster's Glyndebourne opera coverage, writes Wale Azeez.
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GRIEVES GIVEN BUSINESS AFFAIRS POST AT CHANNEL 4
Channel 4 has hired National Video Corporation legal and business affairs manager Cheetah Grieves to become manager of business affairs. Grieves, who had been with NVC since 1996, reports to C4I
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Wright boosts live music on R3
BBC Radio 3 controller Roger Wright has boosted the network's live music and arts programming in his first major programming overhaul, writes John Plunkett.
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TV3 planning breakfast slot
Ireland's fledgling commercial broadcaster, TV3, is to launch a new Planet 24 breakfast service from September in competition with programmes that spill over from mainland Britain, writes Anthony Garvey.
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WORLD RIGHTS TO MEL C DOC TAKEN UP BY 3DD
3DD has secured worldwide TV rights to a 30-minute fly-on-the-wall documentary about Spice Girl Melanie C. The film, being directed by Hamish Hamilton for Done & Dusted, airs on Channel 4
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Atlantic 252 co-founder Baxter in surprise departure
Atlantic 252 managing director Travis Baxter has unexpectedly quit the station to 'pursue other interests', writes John Plunkett.
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TWO MORE GARDENING SHOWS IN PRODUCTION FOR BBC 2
BBC Birmingham network production is working on two gardening shows for BBC 2. The 8 x 30-minute BBC Gardener of the Year, presented by Alan Titchmarsh, is due to go out
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RADIO 2 PRESENTER IN COURT ON DRUG SUPPLY CHARGES
BBC Radio 2 presenter Johnnie Walker appeared at Horseferry Road magistrates court on Monday (12 July) accused of supplying cocaine. He was remanded on bail until 31 August.
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Vivendi seeks£2.6bn from sell-off strategy
Vivendi is to sell off its 20 per cent stake in Belgian communications group Audiofina plus its 52 per cent stake in European broadcaster Tele-Monte-Carlo (TMC), according to chairman Jean-Marie Messier, writes Paul Michaud.
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Framestore was brought in to composite the title sequence to Adam Curtis' new documentary, The Mayfair Set. The work, designed by Bernard Heyes, combines archive 16mm film from the 1960s with
Framestore was brought in to composite the title sequence to Adam Curtis' new documentary, The Mayfair Set. The work, designed by Bernard Heyes, combines archive 16mm film from the 1960s with
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Disney Channel UK's autumn schedule will launch on 1 September with a new graphics package created by French production company Gedeon. The idents, set to roll out to other parts of
Disney Channel UK's autumn schedule will launch on 1 September with a new graphics package created by French production company Gedeon. The idents, set to roll out to other parts of
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ISO directed and produced the titles for Life Support, a new medical drama for BBC 1. Damien Smith and Clyde Lawson employed new software on the 2D graphic sequence to mimic
ISO directed and produced the titles for Life Support, a new medical drama for BBC 1. Damien Smith and Clyde Lawson employed new software on the 2D graphic sequence to mimic
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TOWNSEND FOR TELEWEST
Telewest has appointed Chris Townsend as director of interactive services, reporting to managing director, digital Peter Hall.Townsend, who is currently UK-based commercial director of South African media outfit Primedia, was formerly
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OFF THE RECORD - Ripping yarn
Ray Fitzwalter, he of Campaign For Quality Television (CFQT) fame, has obviously decided it's time to change ITV from the inside. The CFQT, you will remember, recently lambasted the Network Centre
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Meridian revamps in network push
Meridian Broadcasting director of programmes Richard Simons has ordered a major restructure of his Southampton-based in-house production operation in a bid to boost network production of documentaries, lifestyle, leisure and arts.Spearheading
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Man of the world
After a career schmoozing players like WGBH Boston, taker of Goodnight Mr Tom, Philip Jones is going it alone. Lucy Rouse reports.
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OPINION - Tale with a twist for Liddiment
Alan Bleasdale's adaptation of Oliver Twist - the highlight of ITV's autumn - may not have Fagin singing 'Got to pick a pocket or two' but the song remains the same
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OFF THE RECORD - Three of a kind
It was a big night on Monday for Off The Record's favourite BBC suits, Alan Yentob, Paul Jackson and Geoffrey Perkins. No, silly, nothing as important as a pow-wow with Greg
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Simons quits ITN's new-look LNR
London News Radio (LNR) programme director John Simons has quit a week after ITN took editorial control of its two stations, LBC 1152 AM and News Direct 97.3 FM.Simons was to