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Five looks for UK's own Desperate Housewives
Five has jumped on the Desperate Housewivesbandwagon by commissioning a documentary looking at what goes on behind the twitching net curtains of Britain.
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NewsGranada factuals boss joins Shine
Indie Shine has poached deputy controller of Granada factuals north Sam Anthony to become its new creative director for factual.
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NewsITV pulls the plug on Steel River Blues
Steel River Blues, ITV's high profile fire-fighting drama that replaced London's Burning, has had the plug pulled by the network after just one series.
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NewsTinopolis aims for London indie
Tinopolis, Wales' largest independent production company, is to list on the London Stock Market and use the injection of cash to shop for a London indie.
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NewsRoot poaches BBC factual boss for Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel general manager Jane Root has poached the BBC's head of factual development Peter Lovering to become her 'point man' in the UK - looking for ideas and formats that could be produced for the US.
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NewsBBC staff get trauma help
The BBC is offering news staff trauma counselling in a bid to counter the often horrific images such as those from the Asian tsunami and hostage beheadings in Iraq that they have to deal with.
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NewsBBC ban taxis for freelance staff
The BBC has banned freelance staff from taking taxis and minicabs on expenses after working late nights or early mornings - provoking a furious response from trade unions.
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Five signs Sunset for another three years
Indie Sunset + Vine is to make 1,500 hours of programming for Five after the broadcaster renewed its contract with the company for sports content until 2007.
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NewsWoolfe named as Flextech director of TV
Flextech has promoted Living TV and Bravo director of programmes Richard Woolfe to the new role of director of television.
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Featherstone to lead Flame global push
Flame Television has promoted its head of production, Claire Featherstone, to managing director as it attempts a major push into the international market.
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NewsScream! Get it off the schedule
Poor-performing shows such as Scream! If You Want to Get Off- which has been pulled from this Saturday's ITV1 line-up - can have a knock-on effect across that channel's schedule.
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On-demand launches
Telewest Broadband and NTL have launched the first phase of their TV on-demand services, which they plan to roll out region by region this year. Telewest's movies-on-demand service, provided by FilmFlex, is now available to its customers in Bristol who will be offered film titles through their existing set-top box. ...
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Twofourtv's price
Producer twofourtv has appointed Nick Price as head of branded content. Price, formerly head of programme development and co-production at Extreme Entertainment, will be charged with growing the company's advertiser-funded programming which already includes projects such as Audi at Le Mans (Channel 4), The British Heart Foundation's Kitchen Detective (Discovery) ...
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BBC moments vote
Broadcastis asking readers to vote for their favourite BBC moment from the 1930s to the present day for publication in a special supplement entitled My BBC. The readers vote will be featured alongside iconic BBC moments and programmes chosen by leading industry figures. Produced in collaboration ...
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Princess gains bumper C4 order
Channel 4 has commissioned Princess Productions to make 75 hours of a new gardening show as part of a strategy to pull in middle-aged adults to the daytime schedule.
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London figurehead ousted in Disney shake-up
Disney International has signalled a shift in power back to Los Angeles after its London-based president David Hulbert was ousted as part of a management shake-up.
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Initial builds team
Endemol-owned indie Initial has strengthened its senior management team with three new appointments to handle its expanding production slate.
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RDFR in first-look deal with ZKK
RDF Rights (RDFR) has signed a first-look all-rights deal with factual indie ZKK that will see the Wife Swapproducer provide development funding for new programming and staff.
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Trisha to front outrageous TV clips on Five
Five is to extend its Greatest TV Momentsstrand and has secured new daytime signing Trisha Goddard to present the first of the new batch.
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Sellers biopic win
Company Pictures' biopic The Life and Death of Peter Sellerswon two awards at the Golden Globes ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday (16 January). The piece, which was co-produced by BBC Films and American pay-TV channel HBO, took the award for best miniseries or motion picture ...