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Hilary quits ICG for US cable channel
BBC independent commissioning group (ICG) head Bill Hilary has resigned to join US cable station Comedy Central as general manager and executive vice-president.Hilary is expected to take up the position on
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Sharman bounces back home to Sky
Channel 4 controller of sport Mark Sharman is to return to BSkyB as its new director of broadcasting just one year after he quit the satellite broadcaster to join C4, writes
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Worldwide in talks on£450m ventures
The BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, is negotiating private-sector partnerships worth£450 million, covering programmes, publications, the internet and other services.Senior executives are understood to have been negotiating the deals for
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C4 unveils interactive love triangle
Channel 4's independent film and video department is to launch what it claims will be an antidote to the docu-soap next month, with an interactive TV documentary about a marriage break-up,
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C4 ORDERS SECOND SERIES OF COMEDY SPACED
Channel 4 comedy has been re-commissioned for a second 7 x 30-minute series Spaced (left). Ordered by deputy commissioning editor, entertainment Cheryl Taylor, it will again be written by Simon Pegg
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CLERKENWELL FILMS PRODUCES BRACE OF ITV DRAMAS
Production started in Edinburgh this week (15 November) on two ITV dramas adapted from Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels - Black and Blue and The Hanging Garden. The films are being
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SPARKLING PRODUCTIONS TO MAKE UK STYLE TRAVEL SERIES
UK Style channel editor Andrew Lowrey has commissioned Crewless, a 5 x 50-minute documentary series based on five travellers, from independent Sparkling Productions. Five unknowns were given digital video cameras to
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CAPITAL RADIO GOES LIVE AT HOME FOR FORTNIGHTLY SHOW
Capital Radio is to launch a fortnightly two-hour live music show from the newly opened superclub, Home, in Leicester Square. The show, Capital@Home, will air every other week on Sundays from
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CHANNEL X LINES UP TRICKY CHRISTMAS FOR C4
Channel 4 has commissioned independent Channel X to make another 60-minute special featuring comedian Paul Zenon. The show, Paul Zenon's Tricky Christmas, will feature Zenon in a series of 'hit and
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SUNSET + VINE TRACKS ROCKETMAN'S RECORD BID ON BBC 1
Television Corporation subsidiary Sunset + Vine North has been commissioned to make a 60-minute documentary for BBC 1 about Richard 'Rocketman' Brown's attempt to break the world motorcycle land speed record.
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GRANADA, SKA IN PRODUCTION ON LOCK STOCK TV DRAMA
Ginger Productions and Ska films have gone into production on Channel 4 seven-part TV drama Lock Stock - Four Stolen Hooves, which is based on the film Lock Stock and Two
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EVANS STRIKES DEAL FOR BBC 1 SITCOM
Lee Evans has signed a deal with BBC 1 to develop a sitcom series with the working title Lee Evans: So What Now? A BBC production in association with indie Little
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C4I in drama deal with Mediatrade
Channel 4 International (C4I) has signed a $100,000 (£62,000) deal to develop and co-produce two drama series with Italian producer Mediatrade, marking C4I's first alliance with a major European broadcaster.Working with
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BBC docs sets up investigative unit
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon is financing a 10-strong investigative team in BBC Production's documentary department, with a view to producing a new series of MacIntyre Undercover, writes Tim Dams.Details are
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Channel 5 to revamp news and launch daily show
Channel 5 is planning to relaunch its news programmes with a radically new set and a rise in the number of outside reports to coincide with the arrival of Kirsty Young's
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New run for Millionaire
Celador Productions is planning to start filming a new series of hit ITV series Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in January, writes Dominic Timms.Celador is also putting the finishing touches
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - BBC Red Alert ignored as ITV hits jackpot
New Saturday night show Red Alert with the National Lottery failed to provide BBC 1 with the winning numbers last weekend as ITV's You've been Framed and Coronation Street double hit