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Pissed on the Job (C4) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'The whole thing was so grimly persuasive and entertaining.'...
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Pissed on the Job (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Paul Wilmshurst's film turned out to be an intriguing affair.' ...
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The Perfect Holiday (BBC1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'You wonder if TV executives just drank way too much over the Christmas holidays, with unfortunate consequences.'...
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Hunt for the Nazi Diamonds: The Great Adventure (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Last night's documentary remained rather vague on certain key questions - including who exactly Svoray is and whet...
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Start-up fills gap left by McMillan
Former McMillan sales and marketing director Gary Langlands has set up a broadcast equipment supplier business in his native Scotland, writes Will Strauss.
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Discovery renews LPC contract
Discovery Networks Europe has given itself breathing space in the continuing saga over who should transmit its 27 channels by extending its current playout contract with London Playout Centre (LPC) by 12 months.
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Six battle for top post gong
Six London-based broadcast facilities will battle it out for the prestigious best post-production house gong at this year's Broadcast Awards. The Farm, Molinare, Editworks, Evolutions Television, Resolution and St Anne's Post are all shortlisted. The award recognises the company that has provided not only outstanding service but also shown the ...
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MTV hires editors
MTV Studios has picked up two new editors. Franco Pistillio and Jim Wilson will join this month as senior editor and editor respectively. Pistillio has 16 years' editing experience, three Emmys and a Peabody for 60 Minutes. Wilson has been an Avid editor for the past eight years and has ...
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Pinewood TV head
Pinewood Shepperton Group has appointed Rachel Joseph as its director of television. Joseph joins from 3sixtymedia where she spent three and a half years. She will be responsible for the continued investment and growth in TV for the Pinewood Shepperton Group and oversee the existing studio resources, operational logistics and ...
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Mansfield to Oasis
Editbox editor Jim Mansfield has joined Oasis Television from Molinare. Mansfield worked at the Fouberts Place facility for five years and his credits include T4 Pop Beach, on which he completed the titles, and Wish You Were Here? on which he did both titles and stings. Other credits include Doubletake ...
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Kingston wins out
Kingston Inmedia has won the contract to provide playout and satellite uplink for the Horror Channel.
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Red and BBC team up for promo
Red Post Production and BBC Broadcast have collaborated on a 40-second promo for UK History that highlights a new series of programmes covering the major events that formed modern Britain. Called A 1,000 Years of History, the promo features series presenter Michael Wood guiding viewers through a photo-real
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BBC Bristol sends spies into wild
A new BBC Bristol series, presented by Steve Leonard, makes use of the latest in spy technology to find out more about wild animals. The six-part series - Animal Camera - features satellite telemetry, low light cameras and acoustic imagers which hear sounds inaudible to humans. Camera technology includes thermal ...
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Pepper adds spice to Clark diary
Pepper has completed the grade on BBC4 adaptation The Alan Clark Diaries. Clark, hailed as a modern-day Samuel Pepys, wormed his way into the public's affection through his diaries and their withering observations of political backbiting and cabinet inertia. The six-part series was shot on Digibeta and graded by Pepper ...
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Pop Idol poised for Asian launch
Indie 19TV has struck its first Asian deal for the Pop Idol format, with Singapore's Channel 5 signing up to produce a local version, writes Michael Rosser.
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Fox Sports Net to play Late Night Poker
Indie Presentable has sold its Channel 4 show Late Night Poker to US network Fox Sports, writes Glen Mutel.
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My New Best Friend goes to MTV US
My New Best Friend , Tiger Aspect's hit Channel 4 comedy format, has been sold to MTV US Networks. Tiger will co-produce a pilot of the programme with Katalyst, the production company owned by Aston Kutcher, star of US hidden camera show ...
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TV corp sends mother-in-law to Germany
The Television Corporation has sold its ITV1 reality format Take my Mother-in-Law to German broadcaster RTL2. Constantin Entertainment GmbH is producing an initial six episodes to be aired by the network in February. The completed UK series is also set to be screened in TVNZ ...
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A&E keen for a third visitation of Spooks
A&E Networks in the US has bought the forthcoming third series of Kudos's hit BBC1 drama Spooks. The 10 x 60-minute series - renamed MI-5 for the US - will air later in the year. Series one and two of the drama aired on ...
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Discovery US goes to Extreme for doc
Extreme Entertainment has been commissioned by Discovery USA to make a one-hour documentary exploring how humans can affect electronic circuitry. Electric Children will co-produce with UK indie Illumina TV. Extreme will retain the international rights, with the exception of the US and Asia which ...