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    Zig Zag to examine split personality

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Zig Zag Productions has been commissioned to make a one-hour documentary for Five about a woman who is split between seven personalities. Working-titled The Woman with Seven Personalities has been commissioned by controller of science Justine Kershaw and is expected to be part of the ...

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    ITV orders two shows from SMG TV

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    ITV controller of children's programming Steven Andrew has commissioned SMG TV Productions to make a comedy drama series and a factual show for its CiTV block. Butterfingers , which tells the story of a goalkeeper and his magic gloves, is a 7 x 30-minute drama ...

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    Imago to produce male makeover show

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Norwich-based indie Imago Productions has been commissioned to produce a male makeover series for Discovery Health. Perfect Man , a 15 x 30-minute series, sees nine men transformed by a relationship coach into the ideal partner. The show is filmed at a secret location, where ...

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    BBC1 tries six fresh ideas for Saturdays

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has stacked up at least six new formats to try and revitalise Saturday nights.

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    C4's Thompson suggests trust

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has ruled out privatisation, but has expressed support for transferring the broadcaster to trust status.

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    Pioneer stirs volcano for C4

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    The devastating eruption of the Krakatoa volcano is to be turned into an ambitious docu-drama for Channel 4.

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    Camelot hires Fox

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Camelot, the company that runs the National Lottery, has hired former ITV executive producer Martyn Fox as senior broadcast manager. Fox, who recently spent four years as head of on-air and promotions at CiTV, will manage relations between Camelot and its broadcast partners. He will also help shape future broadcast ...

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    Fresh ideas for BBC3

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    BBC3 commissioning editor Celia Taylor has at last ordered her first film for the new Fresh documentary strand. New director Grant Pollard from Dorset indie Touch Productions has been commissioned to make a 'gritty, visually strong' documentary for the six-part strand around the theme of ...

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    R5 goes into business

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio Five Live's first ever programme dedicated to city news is to be titled Weekend Business. The new show will air from 19.00 to 20.00 every Sunday and will examine complex money issues, stories from the workplace and reports from the business world. ...

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    Meridian training

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Meridian, the ITV franchise, which recently announced up to 175 redundancies, has entered into a partnership with the Southampton Institute to create a training and research facility similar to Meridian's proposed new digital production facility near Fareham in Hampshire. The institute will use the facility to teach degree students and ...

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    LNN Factuals head leaves for indie

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    London News Network (LNN) Factuals head Bob Whittaker has become the first ITV regional programme-maker to quit the merged company to set up an independent.

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    US women's channel picks up Neighbours

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Fremantle Media's long-running Australian soap Neighbours , which airs on BBC1, is to launch in the US on women's cable network Oxygen, writes Michael Rosser.

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    Noddy's market leaps by 95 million

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Noddy owner Chorion has secured a deal with a Chinese academic publisher, which will take the Enid Blyton character into the world's most populous nation. Chorion has awarded the Beijing-based Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) the mainland Chinese rights for the new CGI animated series Make Way for ...

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    Done and Dusted to film Britney concert

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Indie Done and Dusted has been commissioned by US channel Showtime to produce live coverage of Britney Spears' Miami concert next week - its second major US order since setting up an office in the states in October. Channel 4 is expected to pick up the UK rights to the ...

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    European channels snap up D-Day doc

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Factual distributor Electric Sky has secured a raft of sales to broadcasters across Europe for documentary D-Day: The Shortest Day. The 52-minute special, produced by Peter Williams Television for ITV, has been picked up by PBS in the US, RAI3 in Italy, and HBO's ...

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    Austria's orf picks up three uk docs

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 International has sold three one-off documentaries to Austria's ORF. The broadcaster has picked up Child Trafficking, made by Hardcash Productions, Inside the Mind of Suicide Bombers, produced by October Films, and Dying to be Apart, from ITN Factual.

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    Five in canadian co-pro deal for milkshake

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Five has entered a co-production deal with Canadian animation house Nelvana for pre-school series Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends. The channel has picked up the initial 26 x 30-minute series for its Milkshake block in the autumn. The series is also being co-produced by Glasgow-based CGI producer Absolute Digital Pictures.

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    Anglia wins 25-hour animal planet order

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Granada's Anglia network factual team is to produce a 25 x 60-minute series for US broadcaster Animal Planet called Animal Cops San Francisco. Anglia is also developing a series of Animal Cops New Orleans for Animal Planet as well ...

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    RTS judges give Dyke top honour

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Former BBC director general Greg Dyke was this week given the prestigious judges award at the Royal Television Society's (RTS) annual programme awards, as the corporation won 17 of the 27 awards, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Tigress restructures after securing orders

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Tigress Productions has restructured its senior management team after securing over 40 hours of commissions, writes Glen Mutel.