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Box TV embarks on Conrad Black drama
Hollywood actress Lara Flynn Boyle will arrive in London next week to begin filming on the 120-minute Box TV production Shades of Black, dramatising the fall of disgraced former Daily Telegraphproprietor Conrad Black. Flynn Boyle stars as Black's wife, Barbara Amiel, while Black ...
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C4 music season to feature U2 concert
Channel 4 will air Vertigo 2005 - U2 Live from Chicagoas part of the broadcaster's UK Music Hall of Fame season in November. 3DD has acquired the worldwide distribution for the special, directed by Hamish Hamilton, which was filmed in high definition during the first leg ...
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Cartoon network superhero exclusive
The Cartoon Network has optioned exclusive broadcasting rights in the US for Gene-Fusion, an animated action adventure produced by Belfast-based Banjax Studios, Pop6 and Beckett Entertainment. The film will be delivered in late 2006, with a 26 x 30-minute TV series to follow in 2007. The ...
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Granada sells US reality hit to French
Starting Over, a Bunim and Murray reality format represented by Granada International, has been commissioned by French network TF1. An initial order of 50 x 60-minute episodes has been placed for the reality series which gives women the opportunity to make extraordinary changes in their lives such as embarking on ...
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Postman Pat firm posts profits rise
Entertainment Rights, the rights firm behind Postman Patand Basil Brush, has reported a 56% increase in profits. Turnover increased by 37% to£12.4m while operating profit was up to£1.2m for the six months to 30 June. Deals with HBO in the US and ...
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BBC1 to explore WWII shipwrecks
The BBC's Natural History Unit is to spend months exploring the undersea world for a high-end documentary for BBC1.
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Five doc follows disabled skateboarder
A film entitled Half Woman Half Skateboardwill form part of Five's fourth series of its Extraordinary Peoplepopular science strand this winter.
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Challenge gambles around the world
Challenge has commissioned Class Films to make The Ultimate Gambler, a 15 x 30-minute series following an ex-croupier as he gambles his way around the world. Armed with£15,000 and travelling to 15 different countries Cole Parker will bet his money on everything from Filipino fighting spiders ...
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C4 doc spotlights teenagers' lives
Channel 4 Education has commissioned Raw TV to make a 90-minute documentary about teenagers in Britain. Sixteen for a Daywill follow eight teenagers with differing opinions and attitudes but one thing in common: they were all born on the same day in November 1989. The production ...
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Hit to make Thomas radio show for Fun
Hit Entertainment is to produce two new radio shows for digital children's station Fun Radio, in which it holds a 47.5% stake. From 3 October five to 10 minute Thomas & Friendsstories will go out on weekdays at 3.30pm. Hit has also produced a daily 10.30am ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Karen Brown
The BBC's daytime commissioning editor - out of London and entertainment is most excited by a project chronicling one woman's efforts to transform a deprived housing estate
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C4 is first with web only shows
Channel 4 has become the first UK broadcaster to commission standalone original programming exclusively for the internet.
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Channel X unveils Manchester staff line-up
Channel X, the comedy indie behind Shooting Stars, has unveiled the staff line-up for its new Manchester-based venture, Channel K, formed with talent agency Karushi.
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Clocking Off writer pens postal drama
Daniel Brocklehurst, one of the writers behind Clocking Off, has won his first series commission with a six-part BBC1 drama about postal workers.
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Zig Zag backs Hotel Channel
Zig Zag Productions has branched out into the channel market, backing a new broadband TV station aimed at tourists and business travellers in London.
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Saxton to Virgin
Former Saatchi & Saatchi marketing director Kathleen Saxton has joined Virgin Radio as strategy and planning director, reporting to chief executive Fru Hazlitt. Saxton will work on overall strategy for the group, conducting an analysis of the business and helping to identify future opportunities. Saxton spent five years as business ...
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UK hour for Iberia
Viewers in Spain and Portugal are to be offered a daily hour of UK comedy and drama, after a deal was struck between BBC Worldwide and the People + Arts channel. The channel's Iberian feed - a joint-venture between BBC Worldwide and Discovery - will carry a specially branded ...
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Oneword to podcast
Oneword Radio, the joint-venture between UBC Media and Channel 4, has launched a podcast of its daily author interview show Between the Lines. The national digital speech and entertainment-based station will make the daily half-hour show, presented by Paul Blezard, available for free download through audioville.com ...
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BBC widens course
The BBC has broadened its out-of-London executive producers' training course to cover series producers and is running the course from Manchester for the first time. The course, which begins on 10 October, will train 11 series producers from both indies and BBC in-house departments over the course of a year, ...
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C4 drama wins prix
Channel 4's acclaimed Granada thriller Sex Traffic, produced by Derek Wax, won the TV movies and miniseries drama prize at the 57th Prix Italia. At the same time The Cost of Living, another C4 drama made by DV8 Films, triumphed in the ...