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ANGEL EYE TO RUN AGAIN WITH EDINBURGH FLY-ON-WALL
Angel Eye Film & TV Productions has been commissioned by Cheryl Taylor of Channel 4 to produce a second helping of festival documentary series Edinburgh or Bust. The fly-on-the-wall 6 x
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DISCOVERY BUYS VSI DOCU-SOAP WILD THING FROM VSI
Independent Visionsport International (VSI) has sold 13-part docu-soap Wild Thing to Discovery Channel Europe for transmission on its Animal Planet channel. Wild Thing takes a look at the work of animal
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NEW MEDIA UNIT READIES FRONT ROOM FOR BBC KNOWLEDGE
BBC Birmingham's new media unit has been commissioned to produce one of the flagship shows for BBC Knowledge, the corporation's new digital service launching on 1 June. Front Room, a 60-minute
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GRANDSTAND PITCHES UP WITH GOLF'S GOLDEN OLDIES
The BBC has signed a contract with golf's European Tour for television coverage of the 1999 Wentworth Senior Masters. The final 36 holes of the competition will feature on Grandstand on
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WISE BUDDAH SYNDICATES BOY GEORGE DANCE SHOW
Radio indie Wise Buddah has syndicated its Boy George Clubversive show to Vibe FM, the commercial dance station in the east of England, and Kiss FM in Cyprus. The weekly 120-minute
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BRIGHTER PICTURES POINTS THE CAMERA AT LANDLADIES
Independent Brighter Pictures has been commissioned by Carlton TV to produce B&B 2000, a fly-on-the-wall documentary about landladies gearing up to put up the thousands of revellers expected in London for
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NewsThe Queen reigns with 7.9m
ITV1's Oscar-winning film The Queen, starring Helen Mirren, was the premier attraction on Sunday (2 September) with a bumper audience of 7.9m (36.1%), the second most popular film on TV so far this year. [ALL]
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Ecosse to film£7m Faulks adaptation
FilmFour has commissioned independent Ecosse Films to produce a£7 million feature film adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' novel, Charlotte Gray.The commission follows the independent's success with the Bafta award-winning Mrs Brown,
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BBC conjures up kids magic
Head of BBC children's commissioning Roy Thompson has ordered a new BBC 1 Sunday teatime action drama to be co-produced by UK independent Kudos Productions and Canadian outfit the Forefront Entertainment
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ITV follows BBC down peaktime garden path
ITV controller of daytime Dianne Nelmes has commissioned the network's first gardening show for a peaktime slot from Action Time, writes Alice Macandrew.The 6 x 30-minute series, The Answer Lies in
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Mavers takes leave for Carlton's Blue Murder
Carlton Television is to make a single drama thriller for ITV starring Peak Practice actor Gary Mavers, writes Nicola Methven.Mavers is to be released from filming series eight of Peak Practice,
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - ITV triumphs in Sunday night showdown
The battle for viewers intensified on Sunday (18 April) night when ITV and BBC 1 rolled out six new or returning peaktime series between them, writes John Plunkett. ITV's Where The
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Research error causes Rajar delay
The publication of the Rajar radio listening figures for the first quarter of 1999 has been delayed by five weeks because of problems with a new audience research system.The new methodology,
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Bowman leaves BBC for ITC post
BBC entertainment managing editor Marion Bowman is to join the Independent Television Commission as deputy director - programmes, writes Nicola Methven.Bowman, former ITV deputy controller of factual and Carlton TV head
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ITV cancels repeats of Lie Detector
Live TV's first show for a terrestrial broadcaster, Lie Detector, has been pulled from its teatime repeat slot on ITV and replaced with repeats of Catchphrase, writes Nicola Methven.Lie Detector started
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Granada bolsters international ops
Granada Media is boosting its international production operation with two appointments to lead the drive to win overseas comedy and entertainment commissions.LWT controller of comedy Humphrey Barclay is to become Granada
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Revamped Six offers regional opt-outs
The Six O'Clock News will relaunch on BBC 1 next month with new regional opt-outs just after 18.00 and at 18.15, write Alice Macandrew and John Plunkett.The flagship bulletin's editor, Mark
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NewsSky News regrets airing Diana crash pictures
Sky News has apologised for airing photographs of Princess Diana being given oxygen at the scene of the Paris car crash that lead to her death. [ALL]
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Vorderman to host Granada ITV factual show
Granada Television has been commissioned to make a factual entertainment series for ITV's summer schedule fronted by Carol Vorderman, writes Nicola Methven.Find a Fortune, which piloted last December, is due to
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BBC DIGITAL FEE 'UNFAIR'
Richard Eyre and Leslie Hill, chief executive and chairman of the ITV network respectively, told the All Party Parliamentary Media Group on Tuesday (20 April) that a proposed additional licence fee