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BBC 1 lands new Davies adaptation
The BBC is set to go into production next month on a new Andrew Davies adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novel, Wives and Daughters, writes Alice Macandrew.The period drama will see
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Sunburn makes scorching debut on BBC 1
New Michelle Collins BBC 1 drama vehicle Sunburn put on a blistering performance for its first outing on Saturday (16 January), writes Alice Macandrew.According to unofficial overnights, the BBC 1 drama
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UK Gold outshines Sky 1 at Xmas
UK Gold eclipsed cable and satellite rival Sky 1 in the ratings for the first time over Christmas, according to consolidated viewing figures released last week, writes Alice Macandrew.The BBC/Flextech joint-venture
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COMMENT - Quality will bring back BBC 1's audience
Years and years ago, in a time when we all believed in fairies, there was a broadcaster called Jeremy Isaacs, said to be a giant of his time. The BBC, then
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Vertue's reward
Newly installed Pact chairman Beryl Vertue enjoyed huge success with Men Behaving Badly. Can she work the same magic with the producers' alliance?
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No public service without the public
Public service broadcasting, as one wag famously pronounced, is a bit like an elephant - difficult to define but easy to recognise when you see it. This is hardly a perfect
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Schlock of the new
Light entertainment's new wave of presenters are highly valued - but are they worth their big buck salaries when it's the shows fronted by TV's golden oldies that still top the ratings?
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PEAKVIEWING TRANSATLANTIC UNVEILS NATPE SLATE
Peakviewing Transatlantic, the distribution arm of Gloucestershire-based indie Peakviewing Productions, will be attending the Natpe programming market for the first time later this month with a programming slate including pre-school puppet
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MARLES MOVES TO MAGID
Vivien Marles has joined the London office of international research company Frank N Magid Associates as international research director. Marles joins from Granada Media, where she had been head of research
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SGI to recruit resellers to help push Windows NT workstations
Silicon Graphics (SGI) is to recruit hundreds of additional value-added resellers in an attempt to maximise sales of its latest range of Windows NT-based visual workstations introduced last week (Broadcast, 8.1.99).SGI
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POWELL GETS VOTE FOR HEAD OF POLITICS AT HTV WALES
HTV Wales has promoted Nick Powell, producer of political programme Welsh Agenda, to the newly created post of head of politics. The appointment is a preparation for HTV's coverage of the
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Network first?
One year after the ITV Network Centre unveiled its ambitious targets for peaktime share, are Liddiment and Eyre on course for achieving these goals?
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Pearson TV gains foothold in Finland
Pearson Television has broken into the Finnish market with a commission to make a daily drama, Salatut Elamat (Secret Lives), for commercial broadcaster MTV3.MTV3 has committed to three series of Secret
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AND FINALLY ... Simon Kanjee, MD of TSI
MD of facility TSI Simon Kanjee fondly remembers his university days when he could stay in bed until noon.
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HORTON LANDS ROLE OF VISUAL EFFECTS HEAD AT SVC
SVC has appointed Tom Horton to the new position of head of visual effects. Horton (left), who was previously creative director of Singapore facility VHQ, will be responsible for expanding the
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THE ECONOMY - PART ONE - Surviving the rollercoaster
With both the IMF and Treasury providing gloomy forecasts for 1999, what effect will this economic downturn have on the broadcasting industry? Opening a two-part special, Meg Carter finds that TV executives are cautiously optimistic.
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ITV gives Hewland nod for new drama
Hewland International has received its first ITV drama commission in the form of a£2 million action thriller series described as 'Thelma and Louise do Romford'.Greenlit by ITV controller of drama
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MURDOCH DISMISSES TALK OF KIRCH STAKE AS 'PREMATURE'
Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp (right), has said talk that the company is close to finalising an agreement to take a stake in Germany's Kirch Group is
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DERHAM TO PRESENT NEWS
ITN's media and arts correspondent, Katie Derham, is to become the main newscaster on its Saturday evening news programmes on ITV from this month.Derham, 28, will continue in her correspondent's role