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NewsBBC1 decision imminent; Sharman favourite
The BBC looks set to name the new controller of BBC1 with daytime chief Alison Sharman being strongly tipped to take the job.
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NewsMacIntyre's Underworld stops 1.6m
Five's late night documentary MacIntyre's Underworld: Gangsterended a strong night for the broadcaster with a peak audience of 1.6 million (14.6%) at the start.
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Survival adds to BBC1 medical file
Patients battling life-threatening conditions are to be filmed as part of a major new series for BBC1 to be recorded over two years.
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Five to find out what Brits think of their bodies
Five is to launch a nationwide poll to uncover the attitudes of the British to their bodies for a series from Endemol.
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BBC2 doc will recreate 17th-century farm
A team of academics has been challenged to run a farm in the way it would have worked in the 17th century for a BBC2 documentary series.
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Free@last to make Batman documentary
Indie Free@Last TV is to make a 48-minute documentary, The Batman Story, for Five, exploring the Marvel comic's character from 2-D drawing to cinematic icon. The piece follows its The Spiderman Storyfor Five in 2002, and is in production with Katie Kinnaird ...
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Radio 4 orders role reversal comedy
BBC Radio 4 commissioning editor for drama and entertainment Caroline Raphael has ordered a 6 x 30-minute in-house comedy from The Changeteam, Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. In the role-reversal series, The Other Man, a male character is a put-upon 'mistress' to ...
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Wartime reunion for VE anniversary
Wavelength Films is making a 30-minute BBC1 documentary about wartime friends who have lost touch for the broadcaster's season of programmes marking the 60th anniversary of VE Day. The as yet untitled film is currently in pre-production to air as part of the BBC's People's War strand in May. The ...
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BBC3 to show life in a fashion store
Richard Macer, the film-maker behind Shaun Ryder: The Ecstasy and the Agony, has trained his camera on a Middlesbrough fashion store for a new BBC3 documentary. Working-titled Psycheafter the Middlesbrough shop where he has been filming, the 4 x ...
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TV performance boosts Pinewood
Pinewood Shepperton Studios welcomed the Chancellor's recent feature film tax breaks in its annual results, but credited strong growth in the TV division with boosting the company's performance.
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Aquarium expands into online with Mosaic takeover
Soho audio company Aquarium has taken over Mosaic Pictures' facility arm in a profit-related deal as it expands into online services.
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NTL puts net broadcasting to the test
NTL is field testing high-definition internet broadcasting with consumers in the Guildford area.
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Green Apple explodes Colditz
The Green Apple has produced visual effects shots for ITV's Easter weekend drama Colditz.The 2 x 120-minute follows two soldiers, one of whom is captured and held at Colditz; while the other makes it home to his friend's fiance but suffers a crisis of conscience when ...
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Pepper spices up Fingersmith
Pepper has completed visual effects on the three-part adaptation of the Booker-nominated novel Fingersmith. The crime drama, set in 19th-century London, is the story of conman Richard Rivers who enlists petty thief Sue Trinder on the most ambitious scam of his career. Joint managing director Shane ...
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Nats posts Holy Warriors
Nats Post Production has completed work on Holy Warriorsfor Atlantic Productions. The 90-minute drama-documentary focuses on Richard the Lionheart and Salah Al-din, the leaders who came to symbolise the struggle between Christianity and Islam in the battle for the Holy Land. Location film footage was mixed ...
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Mill's who record
Mill TV has broken UK television production records by creating 1,300 visual effects for the return of Doctor Who. A team of 10 CGI artists, seven Flame and Shake compositors and one digital matte painter completed the special effects over eight months. However, Framestore CFC managed ...
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Five clips online
Five and North One Television, the production company behind Fifth Gear, have launched a video download store capitalising on the motoring show's content. Viewers can download a choice of 40 downloadable clips to their home computer from www.7digital.com/fifthgear. lips will include a helicopter racing a sports ...
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Avid nears pinnacle
Avid Technologies is expected to have bought rival manufacturer Pinnacle Systems for $462m (£224.3m) by the end of the week. As part of the transaction Avid will issue 6.2 million shares to current Pinnacle Systems shareholders, a total of around 15% of the company. The deal was announced on Monday ...
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Budget welcome
UK Post chief executive Gaynor Davenport believes the government's recent announcement to extend tax relief for low-budget British feature films until April 2006 is 'encouraging' but still has a long way to go. '[The announcement] boosts confidence and provides certainty for both film-makers and post facilities in the short term ...