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OFF THE RECORD - Life's a beach
Readers who haven't tuned into ITV2 (OTR understands there are still a few) will have missed this intriguing trailer (right) for the digital and cable channel's re-runs of Baywatch. Those who
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OFF THE RECORD - Wales of a laugh
With a brief extending from Mark and Lard to Mahler and Liszt, BBC Radio head honcho Jenny Abramsky is naturally very broad-minded. But her tolerance was stretched to breaking point last
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OFF THE RECORD - Charm offensive
It's damage limitation time at Channel 4, where indies are reportedly unhappy that a larger and larger part of the C4 marketing budget appears to be being splashed out on fewer
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OFF THE RECORD - This is a low
A specially invited audience was treated to a one-off concert by hip young pop things Blur at the BBC Hippodrome in Golders Green last week.The band performed a set for BBC
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OFF THE RECORD - All Talked out
Talk Radio boss Kelvin MacKenzie was hopping mad when the BBC's very own listings mag, the Radio Times, refused to carry details of his station's schedule. Desperate to see their listings
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C5 'must improve quality and range'
The Independent Television Commission has told Channel 5 to improve both the quality and the range of its programmes across the board, in its second end-of-year report on the broadcaster.In its
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ITV and CRCA call for public debate over BBC funding
ITV and the commercial radio sector are joining forces to attack the BBC in a joint submission to the panel reviewing the licence fee, according to sources.It is understood that, as
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Granada Girls usher in ITV film nights
The ITV Film Initiative, launched in 1996, will bear fruit later this month when the first of nine movie premieres transmits on the channel, writes Nicola Methven.Granada Film's Girls' Night, one
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New facility eyes autumn launch date
Soho will get its first major new commercials facility in four years when plans being hatched by market research company founder Philippa Gillies come to fruition this autumn, writes Dominic Timms.Code-named
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BBC 2 lines up Flaubert two-parter
BBC films and single drama is producing a two-part adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary for BBC 2, writes Liz Shackleton.Pre-production on the 2 x 75-minute drama is due to start
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TALK RADIO CATCHES RIGHTS TO LIVE COCA-COLA CRICKET
Talk Radio has secured exclusive UK radio rights for live ball-by-ball coverage of the upcoming Coca-Cola Cup cricket tournament in Sharjah, Dubai. The commercial radio broadcaster will carry live daily coverage
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NEW SERIES FOR HOLBY, SUNBURN AND PLAYING THE FIELD
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has ordered second series of dramas Holby City (left) and Sunburn, and a third run of Playing the Field. The first two were commissioned from head
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CHANNEL 5 GETS SECOND HELPING OF FLOYD
Keith Floyd is set to appear in his second food and drink show for Channel 5, Floyd Around the Med. Produced by Denham Productions, the 9 x 30-minute series will be
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PICKARD RECOMMISSIONS MOPATOP'S SHOP UNTIL 2001
Nigel Pickard, ITV controller of children's and youth programmes, has recommissioned pre-school series Mopatop's Shop until 2001. Programme-makers Carlton and The Jim Henson Company have signed a deal to supply ITV
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HAT TRICK SHOOTS SECOND RUN OF THE PETER PRINCIPLE
Hat Trick Productions began recording the second series of BBC 1 sitcom The Peter Principle last week. The series, featuring Jim Broadbent in the main role as an incompetent bank manager,
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HEWLAND LINES UP NEW DREAM TEAM AND DREAM DATES
Hewland International has been commissioned to make a third series of its award-winning drama, Dream Team, for Sky One. Sky One head of programming and general manager James Baker has ordered
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BBC 2 TO BROADCAST RUGBY SUPER LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
BBC 2 is to broadcast JJB Super League rugby league highlights across the north of England from May. The weekly 30-minute show will be transmitted in an opted-out Monday evening slot
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CARLTON GOES TO AUCTION WITH TRANSMEDIA DOCU-SOAP
Carlton head of regional programmes Emma Barker has ordered a new 10 x 30-minute docu-soap on two auction houses from Transmedia Productions.The series, which has the working title Auction House, will
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Wall to Wall/TLC in factual link-up
Wall to Wall Television has unveiled a£2 million slate of popular factual programming, which it will co-produce with Discovery-owned US cable channel The Learning Channel (TLC).First into production will be
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Watchmaker brings Copenhagen to R3
Independent Watchmaker Productions has been commissioned by BBC Radio 3 to produce a version of Michael Frayn's award-winning West End play, Copenhagen, writes John Plunkett.The three-character play, which transferred to the