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Miriam prepares to bare all in doc about 'her' life.
Brighter Pictures has been commissioned to make a documentary about Miriam - the star of its controversial Sky One reality series There's Something About Miriam, writes Glen Mutel.
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ATHENA'S L'ENFANT INSPIRES CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY.
The iconic sepia Athena image of a man cradling a baby boy is to be the
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FIVE COMMISSIONS MORE 'SWAP' SHOWS.
Five has created its own 'swap' strand, following the success of RDF's Wife Swap and Boss
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Thompson: I won't apply for DG's job.
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson this week said he will not apply to become BBC director general, writes Glen Mutel.
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Dyke's Manchester vision under threat.
The BBC could scrap a controversial Charter review plan to move a huge chunk of the
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The future of ITV news
Staff at Meridian TV are trying to make sense of a 40-page consultation document laying out management plans for a radical restructuring of news and regional programming. It makes fascinating reading, and not only for Meridian employees. Because this is not just a local issue. This document is being described ...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'In one sense, the flaw in Dunkirk was that it was too well made.'...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express
'Dunkirk continues tonight and ends tomorrow. Don't miss it.'...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Apart from being informative and inspiring, Dunkirk was also very impressive in technical terms.'...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Dunkirk describes itself as 'a dramatised documentary' - a phrase that can signify almost anything. Either way, it...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Like Operation Dynamo itself, Dunkirk is a chaotic affair, improvised and cobbled together from desperately limite...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'An excellent opening installment of the BBC's three-part docu-dram.'...
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Foundry invents open VFX program
London-based company The Foundry has blown the visual effects market wide open with the development of a software program that will allow editors and compositors to use 'plug-in' visual effects from any company on any finishing system, writes Farah Jifri.
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Millar puts£4m into Whitfield St Studios
Robin Millar, the new owner of London facility the Whitfield Street Studios (see Broadcast, 13.2.04), is investing around£4m to get the facility up and running, writesFarah Jifri.
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Luckwell given trade body role
Mike Luckwell has been appointed chairman of a new post-production industry association being set up by the UK Film Council. The as-yet-unnamed body will represent and promote the UK post-production industry at home and abroad.
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Flaxton joins hd bill
Director and DoP Terry Flaxton has been added to the bill for next week's Harnessing High Definition conference. The multi-award-winning film-maker, one of the first people in the world to shoot a feature film on videotape, has been involved in a number of HD projects including Past Present Future Imperfect ...
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Sale for Sony kit
Surrey-based broadcast services company Presteigne Broadcast Hire is the first customer to buy Sony's new wireless camera systems. Presteigne took delivery of the WLL-RX55 wireless camera receiver and CA55 wireless camera transmitter from Sony last week. Presteigne already has a number of wireless camera systems from other manufacturers such as ...
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MBO interest in alias
Computer hardware manufacturer SGI is in negotiations to sell its 3D division, Alias, to an MBO team. The deal, which will be done with backing from a private equity investment firm, will see the existing management team and organisation structure remain as it is under new ownership. Alias did not ...
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Minicams launched
Prime Television has launched two minicams, which are the result of three years of development. They are a compact three-chip, pan and tilt camera and the Matchstick Minicam. The pan and tilt camera avoids the need for ARC (aspect ratio conversion) before widescreen broadcast. The minicam provides true 16:9 widescreen ...
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Lip Sync posts great escapes
Lip Sync Post has completed the animated titles for 7 x 30-minute series Escape From? for Five. Produced by 3BM the series is part of a larger 14-programme commission, the other seven being Missions, a series on great missions in the 21st century. ...