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Producers wanted
BBC Scotland is investing£185,000 in the third year of its executive producer scheme in a bid to develop the next generation of senior production talent in the nations and regions. The year-long scheme, which is operated by the BBC in partnership with the Research Centre for Television and Interactivity and ...
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Mobile Millionaire
Celador has launched a mobile phone game for its Who Wants to be a Millionaire? quiz, offering users the chance to win up to£50,000. The voice-based interactive game is produced in association with Eckoh Technologies.
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BBC regions online
The BBC is putting all 40 of its regional radio stations online. Currently only six of the corporations regional stations are online: BBC London, BBC Radio Scotland, Gaelic service Radio Nan Gaidheal, Radio Wales, Radio Cymru and Radio Ulster. But the BBC is planning to stream the other 34 stations ...
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Gail porter to contact dead for Living TV
Living TV has ordered a second series of paranormal show Dead Famous, which features Gail Porter enlisting the help of an American medium to speak to dead Hollywood legends, in advance of the screening of the first series in June. Indie Twofour Productions has made the 6 x 60-minute first ...
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Unique wins three orders from 1xtra
Unique has picked up three documentary commissions from the BBC's digital station 1Xtra. Babymothers will attempt to provide a snapshot of young motherhood, while The Love Divide will focus on the remaining taboos in mixed-race relationships. Both 30-minute documentaries will be scheduled in late summer. In addition, Unique will produce ...
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At It makes cut-price plastic surgery doc
At It Productions has produced Sun, Sea & Silicone, a two-part series for Sky One, following four girls who journey to the Malaysian island of Penang for cut-price plastic surgery. Ordered by Sky commissioning editor Jamie Roberts and produced and directed by Graciela Watson, it will air on Sky One ...
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liddiment to look at soaps for C4 doc
Channel 4 has ordered a brace of documentaries focusing on TV culture. In the 120-minute How Soaps Changed the World, to be made by Yorkshire TV, former ITV head of channels David Liddiment charts the history and evolution of soaps from the launch of Coronation Street in 1960 to the ...
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Pact calls for reform of BBC production
Pact has called on the government to impose a 50% external production quota on the BBC - half of which would be safeguarded for independent programme suppliers, writes Glen Mutel.
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BBC3 offers job as top spy
The secret world of Britain's spies is to be opened up in a new BBC3 programme in which viewers get the chance to be the head of MI5 for a day, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Five to show live Caesarean birth
Hot on the heels of Channel 4's controversial abortion show, Five is to show a live Caesarean operation, writes Michael Rosser.
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ITV signs up loos for weekend show
ITV1 has signed up Rebecca Loos, the woman who claims to have had an affair with David Beckham, as the first guest on Granada dating show Love on a Saturday Night this Saturday. Loos will be paid around£15,000 for a short appearance, in which ...
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BBC becomes favourite for national
ITV has pulled out of the running for the Grand National, leaving the course clear for the BBC to again secure rights to the world-famous steeplechase. The BBC signed a 10-year deal for the race in 2000 through the Channel 4 and BSkyB-backed Attheraces consortium. However, following the collapse of ...
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internal candidates up for newsnight
Two leading internal candidates have emerged for the post of Newsnight editor following incumbent George Entwistle's decision to take up a role heading the BBC's new topical arts unit. Peter Barron, the editor of BBC2's If strand, is considered to be the front-runner for the job while editor of political ...
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Endemol revenue soars by£25m
Big Brother producer Endemol UK boosted its total revenue by£25m to£90m in 2003, largely due to a 125% increase in orders from Channel 4. The reality specialist received£40.9m from C4, which helped total revenue grow from£65m in 2002 to£90m last year. Meanwhile, Endemol has appointed Shirley Jones as executive producer ...
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Ofcom trails future of PSB
Ofcom this week outlined some of the challenges public service broadcasting in the UK faces in the future - and the reforms that may be required to ensure the quality and range of PSB in a digital ages.
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Indies form a 'Pact' for radio
Fifty key radio indies have come together to create an industry body to fight for programme rights and an increased indie quota from the BBC, writes Michael Rosser.
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Slowdown leads to London Studios cuts
THE LONDON Studios, home to programmes such as Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, has axed 23 people following a slowdown in business, writes Paul Revoir.
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Ofcom set to relax PSB requirements
Ofcom is set to scrap the 'box ticking' rules that force public service broadcasters to show specific amounts of religious or arts programming.
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Candidates vie for BBC2
Talkback editorial director Daisy Goodwin emerged this week as BBC4 controller Roly Keating's leading rival to become controller of BBC2, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC to show charity celebrity Superstars
The BBC has commissioned a special celebrity edition of TWI's cult Superstars, pitching stars from the BBC, Channel 4, ITV and Five against each other for charity, writes Paul Revoir.