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Rushes graphics for Aids show
Rushes Post Production has completed graphics work on a 2 x 60-minute BBC specialist factual documentary about Aids. Being Positive , directed and produced by Andy Robbins, looks at the social history of the HIV and Aids epidemic. Modern graffiti-style graphic design and animation have ...
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Indies chalk up daytime orders
Two indies have secured footholds in ITV1 and BBC1's daytime schedules.
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UKTV Food puts Wozza special on menu
Anthony Worrall Thompson, host of BBC2 cooking strand Saturday Kitchen , is to be the subject of a UKTV Food documentary series.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Hilary Bell
The Channel 4 commissioning editor - documentaries is looking for ratings winners for the primetime 21.00 slot, possibly along the lines of the programme she is most proud of during her tenure at the channel: Faking It
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William and Mary return for third time
ITV1 has commissioned a third series of hit romantic drama William and Mary , starring Martin Clunes and Julie Graham, from Granada London. The new six-part order comes after the second series, which finishes on 11 April, continued the ratings success of its first outing, ...
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CNN presents recalls Warsaw uprising
CNN International has lined up 60-minute documentary Warsaw Rising: the Forgotten Soldiers of World War II. The film, which tells the story of the 63-day Warsaw uprising during the city's occupation by the Nazis, is being made by the channel's CNN Presents team, with ...
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ITV2 lines up Bad Girls special
ITV2 has commissioned a 60-minute Bad Girls spin-off from Shed Productions to air this autumn. The behind-the-scenes special has been commissioned by Daniela Neumann and will be produced by Jodie Reynolds with Brian Park as executive producer. The order follows a ...
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Neumann takes new role at ITV1
ITV has beefed up its factual programming department by giving ITV2 head of programming Daniela Neumann a new role as factual editor.
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Five marketing director quits to head FHM brand
David Pullan, the Five executive who oversaw a multi-million pound rebrand of the broadcaster, has quit the channel.
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RDF in LA wins Spike TV order
RDF Media's Los Angeles office has scored a commission for US men's cable network Spike TV.
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BBC2 wins Peabody
Giselle Portenier and Olenka Frenkiel have won a prestigious Peabody Award for their BBC2 Correspondent programme, Israel's Secret Weapon , which told the story of Mordechai Vanunu who was jailed after revealing Israel's nuclear weapons programme. UK documentary-maker Mischa Scorer ...
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Strong sales for QVC
Shopping channel QVC has reported a 14.2% boost in sales from£197.6m in 2002 to£225.7m in 2003. During the Christmas selling period - from 3 November to 21 December - the channel averaged more than£1m of orders each day. It also handled 12.4 million calls during 2003, shipping over 9 million ...
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Grade: DG, Charter and board top his agenda
Michael Grade made a confident and relaxed start to his new role as BBC chairman, strolling in to spontaneous applause from gathered staff at his first press conference on Friday (2 April).
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... but who will he pick for DG?
New candidates for the vacant BBC director general role are expected to come forward following confirmation of Michael Grade's appointment as chairman.
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Second time lucky for BBC chairman
After weeks of post-Hutton self-flagellation at the BBC, the appointment of Michael Grade as chairman means staff are finally ditching their sackcloths.
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Grade and Thompson
The BBC's new chairman Michael Grade must choose a director general with vision and charisma to match his own
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Blackmore changes role at UBC Media
Radio veteran Tim Blackmore is relinquishing his executive duties at UBC Media Group and has been appointed a non-executive director of the company. Blackmore, who founded the company with chief executive Simon Cole in 1989, will continue to serve as chairman of Classic Gold Digital and Oneword Radio and will ...
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Ofcom lets missing chink off the hook
Ofcom is to take no further action over a Channel 4 series entitled The Missing Chink , despite receiving 191 complaints. Viewers complained that the title of the series of four short films, which broadcast in January, was racist and offensive. However, C4 argued that ...
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BBC appoints digital curriculum leader
The BBC has appointed Granada Learning Group development director Anne Eastgate as the project leader for its£150m digital curriculum, which will provide free online educational materials for students and teachers. Eastgate, who takes up the role in May and reports to controller of children's education Frank Flynn, will be charged ...