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    CURRENT AFFAIRS - Time up for current affairs?

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    With TV current affairs in the doldrums, much hangs on the launch of new ITV contender Tonight in the old News at Ten slot. If the programme fails to find an audience, it may leave the genre fatally weakened. John Plunkett reports.

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    ADVERTISER-FUNDED PROGRAMMING - Commercial break

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Programme producers and advertisers are beginning to make tentative advances towards each other. Will it be a marriage made in heaven or is a messy divorce just around the corner? Lucy Rouse investigates.

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    Home Office rethinks after broadcasters' action

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Broadcasters are claiming a victory after the Home Office decided to amend a Bill threatening to hamper news reporting, writes Nicola Methven.

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    Action hires Johnson for kids' shows

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Action Time has taken on Amelia Johnson, former head of creative at the Disney Channel UK, in the new role of head of children's programmes, writes Alice Macandrew.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Accidents will happen

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Viewer-friendly ITN was naturally concerned last week when it received a phone call complaining about its coverage of the Grammy Awards. Plenty of pictures of a muscle-bound Madonna, moaned the caller,

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    Task force hit by absenteeism

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    The Creative Industries Task Force, which is carrying out an investigation into ways of boosting UK TV exports, has had its meetings hit by a wave of absenteeism among its key members, writes Tim Dams.

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - IGER PROMOTED TO ABC GROUP CHAIRMAN

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    ABC president Robert Iger has been promoted to ABC group chairman and given responsibility for the overseas operations of the US network's parent company, Disney. Iger will be responsible for the

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    Doc-maker Donnellan dies at 75

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Tributes have been paid to documentary-maker Philip Donnellan, who has died aged 75.Donnellan, who worked for the BBC from 1948 until 1981, made 80 documentaries.His determination to address political issues often

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    Mansfield orders new ITV '7-Up'

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    ITV has commissioned RDF TV to make a documentary billed as the network's new version of acclaimed documentary 7-Up, writes Jason Deans.

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    United loses C5 contract for The Mag

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    United Productions has lost the contract to produce Channel 5 children's show, The Mag, to a 50/50 joint-venture between Two Hats Productions and SVC Screen Entertainment, writes John Plunkett.

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    C5 and Sky react to ITV news plans

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 and Sky News unveiled details of their new evening bulletins this week as the battle for news viewers intensified and ITV gears up for its schedule minus News at

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    C4 REQUESTS TOP DJS FOR LOOK AT UK NIGHTCLUB SCENE

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned facilities and production outfit the 400 Company to produce a 6 x 30-minute chat and music show about the UK's nightclub scene. Nightlife Legends will take an

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    SOUL STARS IN J EDGAR HOOVER FOR BBC RADIO 4

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Former Starsky and Hutch star David Soul is to appear in a new 4 x 45-minute drama about J Edgar Hoover for BBC Radio 4. A BBC drama production, J Edgar

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    C4 gives go-ahead to indie comedies

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4's entertainment department has lined up two new sitcoms from Hat Trick Productions and a comedy from Open Mike Productions.Perrier award-winner Tommy Tiernan stars in the first of Hat Trick's

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    BBC Wales and S4C unveil co-pros

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    BBC Wales and S4C are building on their recent animation joint-ventures with a slate of new co-productions, including a feature film version of the life of Jesus, writes Jason Deans.

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    Moore to host chat show on Channel 4

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    TV satirist Michael Moore is to host a thrice-weekly late-night chat show on Channel 4 starting at the end of June.The show will feature occasional celebrities and a live phone-in element

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    R4 revamps Feedback

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 4 has announced the long-awaited details of its revamped listener response show, Feedback, after presenter Chris Dunkley walked out last year, writes John Plunkett.

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    C4 PICKS UP ON GAY DRAMA

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned two new 60-minute scripts from Queer as Folk writer Russell T Davies with a view to ordering a second series of the controversial gay drama. Tuesday's (2

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    C4 SWITCHBOARD SWAMPED BY QUEER AS FOLK RESPONSE

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Queer as Folk generated 321 calls to Channel 4 on Wednesday 24 February, the day after the first episode was broadcast. While 136 rang in to complain - often vociferously and

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    BBC AND C4 GAIN BRITISH FILM ACADEMY NOMINATIONS

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    The BBC, Channel 4 and S4C are behind several feature films that landed nominations in the 51st British Academy Film Awards this week. Three BBC Films writer/directors have been nominated for