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Channel 5 launches new-look news
Channel 5 today unveils a revamped news studio, designed to give the station a more 'grown up' feel. The move marks newsreader Andrea Catherwood's debut as a replacement for
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Newsnight's 20th anniversary celebrations
Though its future is far from certain, the celebrations and reminiscences continue for television's pre-eminent news-commentary programme
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John Sergeant on leaving the BBC for ITN
'I didn't see how they'd want someone so identified with the BBC,' reveals John Sergeant, who is leaving the BBC to become ITN's political editor in April.Sergeant told the
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C4 chief executive Michael Jackson on the Birt years
The upside: 'When he started, the very existence of the BBC as a public service broadcaster was politically in the melting pot. There may be arguments now about funding
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Is Losing Friends costing Sky dear?
The first fall-out from Channel 4's $140 million capture of Sky's pay-TV rights to Friends and ER emerged last week, with news that Sky executives were considering ditching their
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BBC trawls for talent
Would-be TV presenters could do worse than visit the BBC's touring FutureWorld exhibition, which opens in Bradford in February. People will have the chance to audition as presenters at
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Talk your way out of that, Kelvin
Kelvin MacKenzie may have a way with words, says the Independenton Tuesday 25 January, but his broadcasting career has
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Turning the tables on Dawn Airey
The desk of Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey underwent the scrutiny of the Desk Therapist in the Guardianon Wednesda
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NewsChina lures Anthony to Renegade
Shine's head of factual, Sam Anthony, has quit to join Renegade Films, the indie set up last year by BBC former head of documentaries Alan Hayling and his partner Alex Cook.
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Channel 4's Barker to use the F Word
Channel 4 commissioning editor, independent film and video Adam Barker is waiting to schedule a 1 x 60-minute documentary called A Brief History of the F Word. Made by
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Anglia to make Trisha vehicle for ITV peaktime slot
Anglia Television has secured a one-off peaktime commission from ITV for a celebrity-based show starring daytime presenter Trisha Goddard.Celebrity Heartbreaker will focus on the difficulties encountered by media
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Carlton delivers triplets doc to ITV
Carlton Television is putting the finishing touches to a 1 x 60-minute documentary for ITV about a Nottinghamshire school that has five sets of triplets aged between 12 and
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BBC drama writers take up residence
BBC drama has signed up its first ever writers in residence. Diane McInerney and Sebastian Baczkiewicz will work with established scriptwriters in radio and TV for the next
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Lion beats BBC Production to Vanessa daytime show
Lion Television has won the contract to make Vanessa Feltz's new daytime show, 10 x 30-minute series Talking Television.The indie won the contract despite the fact that BBC Production's
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NewsSmooth FM revamp will ditch presenters
GMG Radio chief John Myers is set to swing the axe at his London station Smooth FM in a root and branch revamp aimed at drawing in older listeners.