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Music therapy to fill gap left by Simpsons
BBC controller of daytime Alison Sharman has begun the task of replacing The Simpsons , by ordering a 20-part series featuring Fame Academy judges Carrie and David Grant.
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Five lures Sky One's Razaq
Five has poached Sky One commissioning editor Amina Razaq to join its factual entertainment department.
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Sit-up TV in£5m deal
Sit-up, the company behind bid-up.tv, price-drop.tv and Screenshop, will hand over large chunks of its schedule to infomercial broadcaster Vector Direct until 2008 in a£5m deal. Under the terms of the deal Vector will broadcast 24 hours a day on Screenshop and from 01.00 to 08.00 every night on the ...
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Red minorities help
Red Production Company has launched a training scheme aimed at developing more jobs for black and Asian people. Working in partnership with Media Training North West, the indie has taken on five trainees for the filming of its drama Blue Blood. All are on ...
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NewsTV's 50 most influential shows
This was never going to be an easy task: 13 television executives, three media journalists, a list of over 100 programmes and a mission to pick the 50 most influential programmes in British television history.
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Tackling a taxing issue
When Michael Grade was recently asked whether he was prepared to become unpopular with BBC staff by pushing through real, radical and painful reform, his answer was succinct: 'We have to be popular with the licence fee payer.'
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Five favourite to bag Joey in bidding war
A bidding war has begun for Friends spin-off Joey after Channel 4 failed to capitalise on its first-look deal. C4, which aired all nine series of Friends , did have a first look window with ...
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Mirren in frame to play queen in Diana film
Prime Suspect star Helen Mirren is being lined up by Granada to play the Queen in an ambitious new cinema film charting the death of Princess Diana from the view of the royal family and Tony Blair. The film is due to go into ...
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Capital and GWR rumours intensify
Capital Radio and Classic FM-owner GWR remained tight-lipped this week over speculation that they are in merger talks to create an£800m radio giant. Share prices have soared amid the rumours, with Capital seeing an increase of 51p and GWR growing by 20p since 8 July. The rumours stemmed from a ...
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Celador fails in bid to appeal ruling
Celador's application for permission to appeal against a High Court ruling which leaves it liable to potential damages of $40m (£23m) has been quashed. A judge ruled in May that Celador International had no grounds for breaking its licence contract with Arief, Indonesian producer of ...
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Duncan canvasses C4 staff for views
Andy Duncan kicked off his first week as Channel 4 chief executive by encouraging its entire staff to share their ideas on the future of the broadcaster and the way it is run. Duncan hosted a drinks reception on Tuesday evening (20 July) for the entire channel, during which staff ...
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Bectu to confirm technology strike date
Bectu is expected to confirm the dates for BBC Technology's industrial action this Friday (23 July). BBC sources maintained that the strike will not affect output or the TV schedule and claimed to have a contingency plan in place, details of which were not disclosed.
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News'Make a baby' TV show under fire
One thousand men will compete for the opportunity to father a child in a controversial new format that is already provoking outrage among religious and fertility groups.
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NewsIndie quota has reached 28%, claims BBC
BBC director of television Jana Bennett has revealed that the corporation has not only met but will exceed its 25% independent quota for the first time in three years.
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NewsUK broadcasters vie for Captain Scarlet revamp
ITV, the BBC and Sky One are set to bid for the new£20m revamp of Captain Scarlet - the most expensive children's TV programme ever made.
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NewsBroadcast names TV's 50 most influential shows
The BBC has been responsible for 33 of the 50 most influential shows in British broadcasting history, according to a special report published by Broadcast this week.
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NewsReport finds public critical of the BBC
The BBC was confronted with more evidence this week of public concern about the quality of its output and value of the licence fee.
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Walters to star in Philip Lawrence school drama
ITV is lining up Julie Walters to star in a drama about the woman credited with turning around the north London school where head-teacher Philip Lawrence was killed in 1995.
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RDF looks at family feuds
RDF Media has begun work on a potential successor to its Channel 4 hit Wife Swap with a new show that aims to help families resolve long-running rifts.
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Saturn looks to buy up indies
Investment fund Saturn Capital is looking to buy up four or five independent production companies to create a new production entity, with a combined turnover of£20m.