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VICTORY FOR BRITISH DRAMAS AT FRENCH TV FESTIVAL
British producers scooped the lion's share of awards at one of France's leading international TV festivals, the Rencontres Internationales de Television de Reims. The BBC drama department won two awards: the
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WILD HORSEMEN CELEB DOC PRE-SOLD ALL OVER WORLD
Tiger Aspect-owned Tigress Productions has pre-sold its latest 1 x 60-minute celebrity documentary, Wild Horsemen of Mongolia With Julia Roberts, to Network Ten Australia and Discovery for Latin America, Asia, Australia,
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ITALIAN VERSION OF TODAY'S THE DAY GOES PRIMETIME
The Italian Rai 3 version of Mentorn Group's daytime format Today's the Day, which ran on BBC 2 for five years until 1998, has moved onto primetime on Monday nights while
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NewsGaydar Radio founder dies
The co-founder and chairman of Gaydar Radio, Gary Frisch, has died just days before the digital station celebrates its fifth birthday.
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Zig Zag lines up Learning
Zig Zag Productions has secured three commissions from The Learning Channel in the US, writes Tara Conlan.
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Carlton International has pre-sold its forthcoming Simon Nye-scripted 1 x 120-minute adaptation of kids classic The Railway Children and two John Thaw dramas to US PBS station WGBH Boston, writes Coli
Carlton International has pre-sold its forthcoming Simon Nye-scripted 1 x 120-minute adaptation of kids classic The Railway Children and two John Thaw dramas to US PBS station WGBH Boston, writes Colin
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Itel set to sign two format deals
Itel is poised to sign two exclusive US format deals, including an agreement with 20th Century Fox Television for Tales of the Unexpected, writes Colin Robertson.
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Trade Talk - Return to centre?
Having moved from BBC 2 controller to nations and regions, Mark Thompson is surely ready once more for the corridors of power. Tim Dams reports.
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Trade Talk - Lis Howell
On a TV industry that undervalues creativity and is running scared of the internet.
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News Analysis - Advertisers call the tune
The Pepsi Chart Show is just one example of advertiser-funded programming, a trend that is becoming increasingly widespread in the multi-channel world. Tara Conlan reports.
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Opinion - Will interactive TV ever interact?
Spare a thought this week for poor Caroline McDevitt, chief executive of the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (Barb). In a break from the usual thankless task of keeping the unruly factions
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Indie Business - Make drama without crisis
Many factual indies have a creative urge to move into drama. Ashley Davies analyses the business challenges facing those that opt to diversify while, below, Jacquie Lawrence tells how she's making the journey at World of Wonder.
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Interview - Backstage comic
Simon Wright's Working Title TV has tended to keep a low profile in the UK, but the company's latest production, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), has thrust the Universal-owned outfit into the limelight.
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Ratings Analysis - A time to laugh
If timing is essential to comedy, so scheduling is essential to TV comedy. Having struggled with its sitcoms, ITV could learn a great deal from the BBC's habit-forming policies.
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And Finally ... BBC Talent executive Angie Stephenson - you can succumb to her charm or brave her left jab
If you weren't in TV, what would you be doing?Playing guitar in an indie bandWhat's your proudest achievement?Getting Greg Dyke, Matthew Bannister and Alan Yentob to audition for BBC TalentWho do
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Off the Record - Reptilian charm
And so to the glittering RTS awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Tuesday night. Off The Record was delighted when TV cook Jamie Oliver won a best newcomer gong for
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Off the Record - Go with the flow
Griff Rhys Jones got more than he bargained for when he recently asked leisure gameshow tsar Peter Bazalgette to help his campaign to save the Hackney Empire. Only if you help
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Off the Record - Earning the popcorn
Congratulations to the good people of Carlton who are rightly proud of a groovy new sponsorship deal for their late-night film review show, Movie Nights. The show is being sponsored by
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Off the Record - The Marxist party
Can it be true? Word reaches OTR that the beautiful people of LM magazine organised a party to celebrate their libel battle with ITN. The trial ended with the court ordering
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Off the Record - Onan the barbarian
You read it here first. The most talked-about show this summer will be Channel 4's Big Brother - at least, it will be if the Dutch experience is anything to go