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NewsLynam back at Beeb
Veteran sports broadcaster Des Lynam is to rejoin the BBC next month to present a new Saturday lunchtime sports show on Radio Five Live.
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NewsBBC Technology faces strike action
Union members at BBC Technology are set to strike over plans by the corporation to sell the division to German electronics group Siemens.
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NewsITV orders new thrillers
ITV has commissioned Granada to produce two psychological thrillers from its Manchester drama department.
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NewsSky reviews music channels future
BSkyB head of music channels Jo Wallace has been moved to oversee all original programming on Sky One, as the broadcaster admits it is reviewing its options for its music services.
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NewsCDN opens northern office
The Cultural Diversity Network - the organisation representing the UK's major broadcasters, which aims to improve ethnic representation in TV on and off screen - has opened its first branch in the north of England.
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NewsRevenue boost for TWG
Kelvin MacKenzie, chairman and chief executive of the Wireless Group, has unveiled a 40% rise in revenue for national speech station TalkSport at the company's annual meeting.
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Aiming at a new target
The BBC is carrying out a wide-ranging review of its commissioning and production operations - which could mean new quotas for the indie sector. But just how brave is Auntie prepared to be?
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Fake lottery win story airs on ITV
ITV1 has commissioned Hewland International to make a one-off drama documentary about Howard Walmsley, the painter and decorator jailed in 2001 after posing as a£9m National Lottery winner to save his marriage.
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Living takes celebrity snaps
Living TV has commissioned new indie Thumbs Up to make a 20 x 30-minute reality show about photographers who snap celebrities for a living.
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C4 gives female orgasms the Bodyshock series treatment
Channel 4 is to chart the progress of three British women who travel to the US to test a new treatment for women who can't reach orgasm.
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Dee takes lead in Simon Nye film for ITV
Jack Dee is to star in an ITV film penned by Men Behaving Badlycreator Simon Nye, writes Michael Rosser.
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Whistledown profiles Thackray's life
Whistledown Productions has secured three commissions for BBC Radio 4. That Jake Thackray Thing, a 30-minute programme profiling the folk singer/songwriter (pictured) who died last year, is due to air towards the end of 2005. The producer is David Prest. ...
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ITV watches naturists at work
Naturists of all professions are to star in an ITV primetime show called Going to Work Naked. Indie Hanharan Media, which is making the show, claimed to have found people doing a diverse range of jobs who can work unclothed. Ordered by ITV controller ...
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Libra to produce two BBC schools shows
Manchester-based Libra Television has won the two secondary school commissions put out to indies by the BBC schools and colleges department this year. Libra will make 2 x 60-minute religious education programmes for the Curriculum Bitesseries. Ordered by BBC schools and colleges editor Karen Johnson ...
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C4 plans six more pieces for Animate
Channel 4 and the Arts Council have unveiled the latest commissions for its animation series Animate!. The season includes Who Am I and What I Want, a collaboration between Chris Shepherd and artist David Shrigley. Other pieces include As the Crow Flies by Carolina Melis and Susanne Flender; Rabbit by ...
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Challenge captures weird acts on film
Challenge has commissioned Indie Blue to make a 15 x 30-minute clip show series called Twisted TV. The show, which airs from 9 August, focuses on the weirdest moments caught on camera, such as water-skiing monkeys in Japan and a man with a six-and-a-half-foot moustache. ...
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£60m Teachers TV gets government green light
Teachers TV, the planned£60m TV service for teaching professionals, has been signed off by the government and will launch in the first quarter of next year.
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Celador wins comedy order
Celador Productions has been given a rare comedy commission, with a new half-hour show for Channel 4.
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Commissioner's Q&A : Gary Shoefield
GSB director of programming has a maximum of£10,000 an hour to spend so has little chance of realising his dream of poaching The Sopranos, but he can afford another Sold in 60 Seconds
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Saga radio launch
Saga Radio has revealed it will launch its FM radio station for Glasgow on 7 September. The over-50s specialist won a competitive bid to launch Saga 105.2 last November, beating 12 competitors for the licence worth up to£20m in annual advertising revenue and commercial opportunities. Saga will have a potential ...