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NewsShowtime orders more Californication
US cable channel Showtime has ordered a second season of Five acquisition Californication. [ALL]
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Docherty quits BBC for job at Telewest
BBC deputy director of television David Docherty is leaving to become managing director of broadband content at Telewest.Docherty, who has been at the BBC for the past 10 years, is understood
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Tiger odds on for lottery
Tiger Aspect has been signed up as the production partner of the Richard Branson-backed bid to run the National Lottery, writes Colin Robertson.
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NTL takes 48 per cent of Two-Way
NTL has bought almost half of Two-Way TV, the first company to roll out live interactive TV games in the UK, writes Simon Ellery.
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London-based indie Juniper is making a 60-minute one-off documentary about Tory leader William Hague for Channel 4, writes Tara Conlan. Commissioned by C4 head of news, current affairs and business Da
London-based indie Juniper is making a 60-minute one-off documentary about Tory leader William Hague for Channel 4, writes Tara Conlan. Commissioned by C4 head of news, current affairs and business David
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GRANADA'S LEWIS TO DEVELOP FRENCH VEHICLE FOR BBC
Granada controller of drama Simon Lewis is developing a new comedy drama series starring Dawn French (left) for BBC head of comedy entertainment John Plowman. Ted and Alice is still at
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CARLTON WINS FIRST CHANNEL 5 COMMISSION
Carlton TV has won its first commission for Channel 5 with a 1 x 60-minute entertainment special, TV Bust-Ups, presented by Bradley Walsh. The show, which is a broadcast pilot that
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C4 PUTS FREEZE ON DIVERSE NEO-NAZI DOCUMENTARY
Channel 4 has postponed Diverse Production's 100 per cent White documentary about neo-Nazis until the completion of David Copeland's trial. He is accused of murder following last summer's Soho pub bombings
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RDF SIGNS UP OZ'S NETWORK TEN FOR SHIPWRECKED
The second series of Channel 4's Shipwrecked - in which a group of young people have to survive as a team on a desert island - will be a co-production between
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KISS TV LAUNCH TO RECORD DJS LIVES IN NEW FEATURES
Kiss TV, which launched this week, is drawing up plans to produce a series of short features focusing on DJs. The channel (owned by Emap, publisher of Broadcast), which broadcasts on
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SCREEN GEMS ANNOUNCES SHORT FILM AWARD NOMINEES
Screen Gems, the short film scheme launched by Channel 4, SGRIN (The Media Agency for Wales) and British Screen, has announced its 10-strong short film shortlist. The scripts are Sister Lulu;
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NewsApple launches radio tagging system
Apple has unveiled new technology that enables US high definition radio listeners to 'tag' songs that they hear on FM stations for subsequent purchase via iTunes. [ALL]
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LIVING ORDERS PEARSON TO MAKE 'PSYCHIC' GAMESHOW
Flextech channel Living has commissioned Pearson Television to produce a new 30 x 30-minute game show series that features psychics and clairvoyants. Hosted by Paul Ross, the series is called Mystic
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ELLIOTT COMMISSIONS KEMP'S CHRISTMAS CAROL
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has decided to commission the modern-day version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, developed from a treatment by former EastEnders star Ross Kemp. As exclusively
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C4 goes to regions for new doc strand
Channel 4 is launching a short anthology series of international documentaries to be sourced entirely from regional producers.C4 editor, nations and regions Alan Hayling is overseeing the series, which has the
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Lucky Dog/ITV drama deal
Comedy specialist Lucky Dog has secured its first drama commission for ITV - a two-hour period drama starring Pauline Quirke, writes David Wood.
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BBC buys Christie rights
The BBC has bought the TV rights to a lesser-known series of Agatha Christie detective books to develop a new drama property for BBC 1, writes Tara Conlan.
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CITV orders school soap
ITV's departing controller of children's Nigel Pickard has ordered a major new drama from Granada Media Children's, billed as a cross between Grange Hill and Party of Five, writes Colin Robertson.
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Dan and Mel row sorts it out for BBC 1
The much-publicised Dan/Melanie clash and the return of bad-boy Steve in EastEnders on Monday (25 June) helped BBC 1 in the ratings battle this week, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Bannister plans 10% budget cuts
BBC marketing and communications director Matthew Bannister has unveiled plans to cut around 10 per cent to the department's overall budget, writes Tara Conlan.