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LADBROKE RADIO TACKLES CENTURY OF CINEMA FOR RADIO 2
Independent Ladbroke Radio has been commissioned for two new series on BBC Radio 2 including a 6 x 60-minute history of the cinema. Provisionally titled A Century of Cinema, it will
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RADIO 3 MIXES IT WITH KUBRICK FILM COMPOSER
BBC Radio 3's Mixing It strand is to feature musican and composer Jocelyn Pook, who wrote the music for the forthcoming Stanley Kubrick film, Eyes Wide Shut. Pook will be in
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SAMSON QUITS BBC FOR CHATSWORTH
Chatsworth Television has recruited Jen Samson, who has joined from BBC TV drama Wales where she was a development executive. Samson's credits as a producer include work on drama Crocodile Shoes,
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BBC Klaus Kinski documentary heads Cafe Productions slate
Cafe Productions has won a slate of new commissions, including a feature-length documentary on late actor Klaus Kinski for the BBC.Kinski is a co-production between Cafe and Werner Herzog Productions and
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Sex and strikes on show at C4 drama
Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal has commissioned a batch of new dramas, including a Jimmy McGovern film about the Liverpool dock strike and a TV adaptation of Dava Sobel's
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Granada TV joins Army for Sky 1 13-parter
Sky 1 has commissioned Granada Productions to make a 13-part fly-on-the-wall series about the Army's toughest training course for transmission this autumn, writes Alice Macandrew.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS
Channel 5 soap Family Affairs topped the one million mark for the first time on Monday (1 February), writes Liz Shackleton.
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Unions in strike threat at Granada
The Granada Media Group franchises are facing disruption to production schedules after members of three broadcasting unions voted to support strike action over pay and job security, writes Liz Shackleton.
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Emap gets new Vision
Emap Media - owner of Broadcast - has bought TV and film technology exhibition Vision to incorporate into its annual TV, film and commercials production services event, The Production Show.The company
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Disney UK rocked by double resignation
Joan Lofts, director of programming and acquisitions at Disney Channel UK, resigned suddenly last week after less than a year in the job.Lofts, formerly director of programmes at Flextech channels TCC
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Wright unveils R3 'signpost' to future
BBC Radio 3 controller Roger Wright signalled an increase in speech and live music programming when he unveiled his first revamp of the network on Tuesday (2 February). The changes - which
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Webb takes European role for BBC News
Former BBC Breakfast News presenter Justin Webb has been appointed as the BBC's Europe correspondent based in Brussels, writes Tim Dams.
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Talk and Ginger unleash consortium for digital bids
Talk Radio has joined forces with Virgin Radio parent Ginger Media Group (GMG) and international TV and radio outfit Clear Channel to bid for all six regional digital radio multiplexes in the UK, writes John Plunkett.
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Telewest to rejig line-up
Telewest has embarked on an overhaul of its programming line-up and is considering dropping several channels, including three from GSkyB, writes Alice Macandrew.
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SKY NEWS UNVEILS PLANS
Sky News is to launch its own version of News at Ten on the same day the 32-year-old bulletin is axed by ITV. The 30-minute programme, to be hosted by Bob
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R1 AND R4 AWAIT RAJARS
BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 4 are expected to show gains in the latest Rajars, due to be published on Thursday (4 February). The increases, if confirmed, would provide a
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FITZGERALD QUITS TARA
David Fitzgerald has resigned as managing director of Irish entertainment channel Tara Television. Fitzgerald, a former entertainment controller of finance and production at Anglia, said he had achieved what he set
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ON DIGITAL PROMOTES SKY
On Digital kicked off a new promotion this week, offering a six-month 'free' trial of rival Sky Sports 1 to all customers that sign up to its digital terrestrial TV (DTT)
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COMMERCIAL RADIO RECORD
Commercial radio has broken through the 5 per cent mark for its share of total display ad revenue, according to figures from the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). RAB estimates that commercial
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WOOLFE JOINS PLANET 24
Richard Woolfe, a Granada producer whose credits include Hearts of Gold, has joined Planet 24 to develop a series of shows for the indie, including a pilot for a new chat