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Off the Record - No Pocoyo!
At the launch of its pre-school series Pocoyo ITV was keen to stress to the assembled
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Interview: Andrew O'Connor - Under no illusions
Objective Productions managing director Andrew O'Connor tells Peter Keighron the indie outfit is no one-trick pony as it attempts to move beyond magic and become a major supplier of comedy programmes.
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Opinion - In my view - When will I be famous?
What do you do when your otherwise well brought up children announce that they want to be on TV, asks Daran Little.
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NewsExtras loses over 1m
The second part of Ricky Gervais' comedy Extrason BBC2 lost 1.2 million viewers from the opening week, but still managed a healthy average of 3.4 million (16.1%) at 9pm.
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NewsOfcom raises Five's commissions quota
Ofcom has capped Five's quota for original productions commissioned for the channel at 55% of all hours from 2006, up two per cent on the 2005 level.
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NewsEnteraction appoints Davidson
Enteraction TV the company that runs Thomas Cook TV and the new Great Big British Quiz channel has drafted in former Telewest boss, Stephen Davidson, as chairman of its board.
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NewsPlowman: WoCC could wipeout BBC's own comedy
The BBC's head of comedy Jon Plowman yesterday warned that the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) had the potential to effectively wipeout the BBC's own comedy production department.
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NewsBarenboim to give Reith lectures
Daniel Barenboim, the celebrated conductor, is to deliver next year's Reith lectures, which will run on Radio 4 in a new 9am slot to give them more impact.
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NewsBBC dismisses WoCC report
The BBC has defended plans for its Window of Creative Competition (WoCC), after a report found serious concerns that it could kill off in-house production at the corporation.
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NewsBBC hands out comedy cash
The BBC has issued the second of its comedy bursaries, to a new writer from Liverpool.
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News3.1m drawn to BBC2's Sherlock Holmes
BBC2's drama one-off, The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle, gave the channel a respectable peak audience of 3.1 million (14%) at the start.
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Under no illusions
Objective Productions managing director Andrew O'Connor says the indie outfit is no one-trick pony as it attempts to move beyond magic and become a major supplier of comedy programmes.
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Objective wins Balls of Steel spin-off
Objective has been commissioned to make a spin-off of its forthcoming Balls of Steelprank show - the programme which famously filmed actor Tom Cruise getting sprayed with a water pistol, writesGeoff White.
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Initial to make John Peel special for C4
Channel 4 is to dig into the late Radio 1 DJ John Peel's record collection for a documentary special this autumn. Initial is making John Peel's Record Boxwith help from the Peel family, notably his son Tom Ravenscroft who is a researcher on the 60-minute show. ...
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ITV role for Gimme Gimme's Dreyfus
James Dreyfus, star of Gimme Gimme Gimme, is to play the part of two characters in his first lead role in an ITV1 comedy. Inside Out(working title), a 90-minute comedy from Tiger Aspect, revolves around a career criminal and an actor who ...
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Outhwaite to star in BBC1 hotel drama
The world of sex and seduction in the luxury hotel industry is being filmed for a new BBC1 drama by indie Carnival Films. Hotel Babylon- inspired by author Imogen Edwards-Jones' book of the same name - stars Tamzin Outhwaite as an ambitious hotel manager and Max Beesley ...
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BBC1 looks at international adoption
BBC1 is planning a two-part documentary looking at the international adoption trade. The series, called Baby Be Mine, follows several would-be parents as they explore the different options for adopting children abroad, in countries from Romania to Cambodia. The 2 x 60-minute programmes are in production, ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Geoff Daniels
The senior vice-president of development & production for National Geographic Channels International hopes to stir things up again with a provocative new format and find a breakout science series
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Unclear future for Celador sales arm
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?producer Celador this week said it would be prepared to allow a management buyout of its international sales arm - but said talks about a possible sale had now been put on hold.
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Living TV buys UK rights to Teen Awards
Living TV has bought UK exclusive rights to 20th Century Fox's Teen Choice Awards(pictured). The annual live event in which American teenagers vote for their favourite movies, actors, sports icons and singers via an online ballot will air on Living on 21 August, a week after ...