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Nye to adapt comic diary
GRANADA has teamed up with Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye to adapt cult classic book The Diary of a Nobody.
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Baker joins TWI
Martin Baker, the former Carlton commercial director, has been appointed commercial director of indie TWI. He joins next month and will be responsible for overseeing TWI's numerous rights and programme deals in the UK and abroad. He will work closely with programme chief Alastair Waddington and head of sport Graham ...
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YTV training plan
ITV Yorkshire has renewed its foundation placement scheme, which gives year-long jobs at the company to people from ethnic minorities. This year's scheme will kick off in November, offering a further 15 one-year placements. The first scheme saw 20 people taking up placements across areas of the business including research, ...
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Grierson shortlist
The Secret Policeman , BBC1's multi-award-winning investigation into racism in the police force, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Grierson documentary award. The investigation, in which BBC reporter Mark Daly spent several months working undercover at the Greater Manchester Police, is up against three Channel 4 films in the best ...
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Battle for cricket
Channel 4 and BSkyB are hot favourites to keep hold of terrestrial and satellite rights to English cricket coverage. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is currently considering offers for rights to domestic and international cricket, including Test and one-day international matches, from 2006 to 2009. The ECB is ...
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Miss World 2004
Broadcast has been asked to point out that the forthcoming Miss World 2004 event ( Broadcast , 8.10.04) is being made as a co-production between Miss World Ltd and TWI, with producing duties handled by Paul Kirrage at Miss World TV. TWI is production managing ...
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The training test
The indie sector still has plenty of work to do on the quality of training it provides, as its own research shows
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BBC snaps up American dad in Fox deal
The BBC has bought exclusive UK rights to new US satirical animation American Dad. The series, which features CIA officer Stan Smith, who will do anything to protect his family and America, will air on BBC2 and BBC3 after its US debut on Fox ...
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Lawes leaves Hit Entertainment
Rob Lawes is stepping down as chief executive of Hit Entertainment with immediate effect as Hit prepares to extend its reach in the US. Chairman and founder Peter Orton will take on the role until a replacement is found and said the company needed a leader with 'different skills to ...
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Hit pours£18m into kids channel
Hit Entertainment is to invest up to£18m over the next five years in a new US cable channel for children. Hit will own a 30% stake in the 24-hour channel alongside US cable company Comcast, public service broadcaster PBS and Sesame Street producer Sesame Workshop. ...
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Shine's first feature to get BBC airing
Indie Shine's first feature film, which premieres at the London Film Festival next week, will be screened by the BBC later next year. The 100-minute Bullet Boy , which stars So Solid Crew rapper Asher D, tells the story of two brothers growing up in ...
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Grand Designs spins off exhibition
Channel 4 property development series Grand Designs is to launch its own exhibition in London next year and has been greenlit for a fifth series. The Grand Designs Live! exhibition will be held next summer and builds on the brand created by indie Talkback, which ...
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NewsITV2 hikes budget to take on Sky One
ITV2 has set a target of overtaking Sky One as the UK's most watched digital channel by the end of 2005 and has ploughed an extra£14m into next year's budget to achieve it.
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NewsIndie training put at£32m
The indie sector spent£31.5m on training last year, around 3.5% of its annual turnover, although questions remain over some of its quality, a report has found.
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NewsC4 picks Dale to lead More 4
Channel 4 is to give its planned over-35s channel More 4 a greater public service focus and has handed the job of running it to its head of documentaries Peter Dale.
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NewsUKTV plants the seeds for gardening TV
UKTV is looking to combine Britain's two biggest loves - gardening and TV - with a new channel called UKTV Gardens.
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NewsFive gets ready to reorder The Farm
Five director of programmes Dan Chambers is in talks with Endemol to commission a second series of reality show The Farm and is hunting for up to two more reality series for 2005.
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BBC safety fears put Saudi plans on hold
The BBC has shelved plans to open a news bureau in Saudi Arabia amid concerns that the region is too unsafe.
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TWG and GMG in radio clash
the Wireless Group (TWG) and the Guardian Media Group (GMG) are to go head-to-head in a bid to launch Manchester's first commercial speech radio station.
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NewsIndies offered£5,000 prize
Indies attending this year's Broadcast Commissioning Conference will get the chance to win£5,000 development money for a programme idea.