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MacKenzie asks Smith to back bid
Talk Radio has appealed to Media Secretary Chris Smith to help its offensive against the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and support its bid for live radio rights to Euro 2000, writes John Plunkett.
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ITV PULLS PLUG ON GLADIATORS AFTER SEVEN SERIES
ITV has confirmed that Saturday night stalwart Gladiators (left) will not be returning for an eighth run this autumn, as revealed in Broadcast last week (12.2.99). Discussions over specials and events
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AT IT'S WEEKENDER FILLS SKY ONE SUNDAY SLOT
Sky One has ordered a new factual entertainment series from At It Productions to fill the Sunday-night slot currently occupied by the ... Uncovered strand.Weekender, commissioned by Sky One head of
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VIRGIN POACHES KENNEDY AS EVANS WARM-UP ACT
Virgin Radio has poached GLR DJ Phillip Kennedy to host its weekday pre-breakfast show from 04.00 to 06.30. Kennedy, who has hosted the slot on the London station since 1994, began
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CARLTON TO MAKE SECOND SERIES OF THE VICE FOR ITV
ITV has recommissioned Carlton Productions to make a second series of new police drama The Vice. The series' length has been increased from six episodes to an 8 x 60-minute run,
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UK PLAY WINS RIGHTS TO LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN
UK Play channel editor Stuart Murphy has secured exclusive cable and satellite rights to new BBC 2 comedy series The League of Gentlemen from BBC Worldwide. The 6 x 30-minute series,
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FLASHBACK TO MAKE SECOND WITNESS SERIES FOR HISTORY
History Channel head of programming Sarah Allan has commissioned Flashback Productions to make a second 5 x 30-minute series in the I, Witness strand to air on the channel in April.I,
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THE LAB FILLS LWT NIGHT-TIME SLOT WITH NIGHTLIFE
The Lab, LWT's new unit for low-cost, high-volume and innovative programming, has secured its first commission. The 10 x 60-minute regional series, Nightlife, will have a Friday night 23.30 slot on
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SPRINGER IN TALKS TO REPLACE MADELEY ON THIS MORNNG
Granada Television has confirmed it is in talks with US talk show host Jerry Springer over the possibility of him co-presenting This Morning alongside Judy Finnegan. Her usual co-presenter, husband Richard
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NEW SABAN SHOWS TO PREMIERE ON FOX KIDS IN SPRING
Fox Kids director of programming Phil Sissons has acquired two new series from Saban Entertainment, which will make their UK TV premieres in the channel's spring schedule. A 13 x 30-minute
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Initial popsters on song for CBBC slot
GMG Endemol Entertainment production subsidiary Initial has started filming a new Children's BBC series featuring a pop act put together by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller.The 13 x 25-minute series,
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Sky to show fantasy drama
Sky Productions has teamed up with UK independents Carnival Films and Production Line in association with Hallmark Entertainment to make a major new drama, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Shivas indie inks deal with Channel 4 Films
Perpetual Motion Pictures, the indie set up by former head of BBC films Mark Shivas, has secured a first-look deal for feature film projects with Channel 4 Films, writes Jason Deans.
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Twenty Twenty to make Windies air rage doc
Channel 4 has lined up Twenty Twenty Television to make a fast-turnaround documentary about the 'Airtours 12' air rage incident, writes Jason Deans.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Forgotten gives ITV Monday to remember
ITV's new thriller, Forgotten, ensured it will be remembered by notching up an average 11.3 million viewers (47 per cent share) for its first outing on Monday (15 February), writes Alice Macandrew.
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GSkyB signs Telewest contract
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSkyB) has clinched a deal with Telewest for continued analogue carriage of its three channels, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Panorama beefs up with extra£250,000
BBC News chief executive Tony Hall is injecting an extra£250,000 to fund in-depth investigations and high-profile interviews for flagship current affairs show Panorama, writes Jason Deans.
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Broadcasters lobby Home Office over new Bill
UK broadcasters have banded together to lobby the Home Office over proposed new laws that they claim could hamper news and current affairs reports, writes Nicola Methven.
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Sour note for BBC as Organ joins RDF
Independent RDF Television has poached the deputy head of BBC Production's Bristol-based features department, Sam Organ, to launch a production arm in the city.As well as heading RDF Bristol, which will
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Facilities' body ITS cuts ties with Pact
Independent facilities' trade body the International Teleproduction Society (ITS) is to cut its formal ties with producers' alliance Pact less than 18 months after they joined forces.The move, which is scheduled