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C4 TAKES CO-PRO ROLE ON GERMAN NEOLITHIC MAN DOC
Channel 4 has signed up as a co-production partner on $800,000 (£496,500) German documentary The Living World of Otzi the Iceman, currently in post-production. A co-production between ZDF Enterprises, ORF, Discovery
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SCREEN GRAB LEADS AUTUMN PILOTS FOR BBC CHOICE
BBC Choice director of programming Katharine Everett has ordered a number of pilots for the channel's autumn schedule, including a 30-minute show, Screen Grab, which takes a humorous look at what's
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BENJAMIN SCOOPS THREE EXTRA RUNS OF JAMBOREE
ITV has commissioned three more 13 x 10-minute series of the pre-school show Jamboree from Floella Benjamin Productions. Produced by Benjamin and directed by Keith Taylor, the second series begins in
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BAZAL DIGS IN TO PRODUCE GARDEN MAGIC FOR BBC 1
BBC head of daytime Jane Lush has commissioned Bazal to make a new series, Garden Magic. Initially running on BBC 1 for 16 x 30-minutes at 11.00 from 25 May, it
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Coastal seals STE drama deal
Scottish Television Enterprises (STE) has signed a two-year development deal with Robson Green and his production company, Coastal Productions.The partners have already started work on two new dramas - both to
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NewsC4 hands Warner daytime post
Channel 4 has promoted Helen Warner to daytime commissioning editor following Adam MacDonald's move to ITV. [ALL]
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Handmaid's Tale heads R4 drama
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a slate of new shows from independents, including an adaptation of Margaret Atwood's futuristic novel, The Handmaid's Tale, from Goldhawk Universal Productions.The 3 x 60-minute radio
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Brook Lapping in talks for Death of Yugoslavia sequel
Brook Lapping Productions is talking to the backers of its Bafta award-winning BBC 2 documentary, The Death of Yugoslavia, about a possible follow-up, writes Tim Dams.
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Film & General to adapt Greatest Store in the World
Head of BBC children's commissioning Roy Thompson has ordered a feature-length family drama from UK independent Film & General Productions, writes Liz Shackleton.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Snooker cushions BBC 2 holiday ratings
BBC 2 was right on cue ratings-wise with its live coverage of the snooker world championship over the bank holiday weekend, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Switch to include 10 channels in London bid
Digital radio consortium Switch Digital is expected to offer up to 10 channels - including a range of new services - when it bids for the London digital multiplex next Tuesday (11 May), writes John Plunkett.
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Christianity show snub for Bragg
LWT controller of arts Melvyn Bragg has attacked Scottish ITV licensees for marginalising his 20-part history of Christianity, Two Thousand Years, writes Tim Dams.
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BSkyB raises the digital TV stakes
BSkyB has upped the ante in the battle for digital TV subscribers with an offer of free set-top boxes to all new Sky Digital customers from 1 June.The announcement, on the
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NewsOscar winner attacks BBC
Kevin Macdonald, whose Oscar-winning documentary One Day in Septemberappeared on Storyvillelast year, has hit out at the BBC, claiming it has 'forgotten its remit to produce informative programmes'. [ALL]
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McDanell quits as Chrysalis group MD
Philip McDanell, group managing director of the Chrysalis Group, resigned this week and has been replaced by Richard Huntingford, chief executive of Chrysalis Radio, writes Ashley Davies.
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Bannister begins restructure of Production
BBC Production chief executive Matthew Bannister is seeking to appoint controllers of radio production and talent management as part of an expansion of the directorate's management board, writes Jason Deans.
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CWC rolls out digital from July
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) is to roll out its digital television service from 1 July, and is aiming for 200,000 subscribers within 12 months.From July, new CWC customers in Manchester
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NCC CALLS IN ITC
Nottingham City Council (NCC) has called upon the Independent Television Commission to extend its code to enable it to intervene before a programme has been aired. The call comes after NCC
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TALK CLINCHES GOLF DEAL
Talk Radio has signed a three-year deal for live broadcast of 18 European Tour golf events. The coverage, which will be produced by European Tour Productions in association with TWI Radio,
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UNGER JOINS BSC BOARD
Former Manchester Evening News editor Michael Unger has been appointed to the board of the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) by Media Secretary Chris Smith. Unger was also a director of The