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LNN SEEKS BLACK JOURNALISTS FOR TV TRAINING SCHEME
London News Network is to set up a training scheme aimed at encouraging non-white journalists to join its ranks. Starting from April, three African, Caribbean or Asian radio or print journalists
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LIVE TV TO AIR ULTIMATE WRESTLING MATCHES IN MAY
Live TV has joined forces with the Ultimate Wrestling Alliance (UWA) to televise its night of matches at Crystal Palace on 11 April. The Mirror Group-owned cable TV channel will film
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LOACH FIRST PATRON OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S TV WORKSHOP
Renowned film-maker Ken Loach is to become the first patron of HTV West's Television Workshop for young people. Drama workshop leader Adam Fresco said that gaining the support of Loach, who
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BLAKSTAD DEPARTS CORPORATION FOR BRAVE MOVE
Documentary film-maker Lucy Blakstad has left the BBC after 10 years to join The Brave Film Company as a freelance director working on commercials and documentary projects. Blakstad, whose most recent
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PARKER DEATH SHOCKS LWT
London Weekend Television was said to be 'shocked and saddened' last week by the death of tape editor Clayton Parker in a car accident. Parker joined LWT at the age of
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GRIERSON DOC AWARD
The Grierson award for the best British documentary will be announced at a ceremony to take place at the Savoy on Thursday 25 March. The speaker will be Sir Denis Forman
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BBC WALES GOES FM
BBC Radio Wales switches on to the FM frequency on Monday (1 March).This is the first phase of a rolling show to put Radio Wales onto FM and covers almost half
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TALK'S MELLOR AD BANNED
A controversial advertisement for Talk Radio depicting David Mellor as a giant breast has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority.The ad for Talk Radio's Saturday afternoon sport programme, 5.05, shows
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PILGER FILMS ABORIGINES
Veteran documentary-maker John Pilger is to make a third film for ITV about the Aboriginal struggle. Airing in the spring, the programme investigates how, as the country prepares to host the
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Unilever finances Bazal's C5 series
GMG Endemol Entertainment production subsidiary Bazal is making a popular factual series about a US marine theme park for Channel 5, funded by Unilever.The 13 x 30-minute series, Animal Alert, is
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BBC drama fosters Choice talent
BBC drama has produced a low-cost BBC Choice adaptation of a radio play about a Belfast child living through the events since the Good Friday peace agreement, writes Jason Deans.Hambone's Diary,
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Stuart and Norton start indie
United Productions controller of entertainment Graham Stuart has finally left the company to set up his own independent with his long-time collaborator, entertainer Graham Norton, writes Colin Robertson.
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Broadcast Awards 2001 are unveiled
The Broadcast Awards 2001 launched this week with a call for entries and two new categories: best international programme and a best new media launch.Designed to reflect the increased opportunities that
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C4 seeks proposals for Alt.tv
Channel 4 is looking for proposals for a second and third series of documentary strand Alt.tv, formerly working-titled Future TV, writes Ashley Davies.
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Soho facility
The Machine Room is working on a major restoration project for the Olympic Television Archive Bureau, writes Barbara Marshall.
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GRANADA PROMOTES POYSER TO PRODUCTION CONTROLLER
Granada Media has promoted head of entertainment production Claire Poyser to the position of controller of production for the whole group. Reporting to director of programmes Grant Mansfield, Poyser replaces Max
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UPC IN FIRST REFUSAL FOR TAKEOVER OF TELEWEST
UPC confirmed that it has first refusal to buy Microsoft's 23.7 per cent stake in Telewest this week, making the company a leading contender to mount a takeover bid. UPC chairman
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FEWELL BECOMES SENIOR PROGRAMME EDITOR AT C4 NEWS
Martin Fewell, one of four Channel 4 News programme editors, has been promoted to senior programme editor, the first time the operation has had this role in three years. The elevation
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SWITCHDIGITAL BIDS FOR CENTRAL SCOTLAND MULTIPLEX
Switchdigital has submitted its application for the Central Scotland digital radio multiplex licence. The consortium led by The Wireless Group also includes Clear Channel International, Capital Radio and Carphone Warehouse. The
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POLAND BECOMES 11TH COUNTRY TO SIGN UP BIG BROTHER
Big Brother is to air from early next year in Poland, the 11th country to sign up to the Endemol Entertainment-owned hit show. It will be produced by Endemol Neovision -