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No Going Back (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'No Going Back is certainly a project for people who crave an adventure. But you can experience a similar kind of a...
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Landrover on H&L
Discovery Home & Leisure channel director Paul Welling has commissioned independent producer i2i to produce a 15 x 30-minute show covering the restoration of an early series one Landrover, which was made between 1948 and 1958. A Landrover is Born, the seventh in Discovery Home & Leisure's ? ...
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BBC4 Soul specials
BBC4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned two documentaries to air during a special 'soul weekender' on the channel early next year. The working titled Urban Soul, to be made by Smoking Dogs Films, will tell the story of modern R&B and its rise in popularity. ...
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Forsyth in BBC1 show
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush have ordered a quiz show which will be fronted by former ITV star Bruce Forsyth. In the weekly Didn't They Do Well?two teams answer questions based on TV archives about major events, with a ...
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Art deco profiled
UK Style has ordered 6 x 30-minute series Art Deco Designs from indie Colonial American Productions to air from 11 December at 20.00. Presented by Maureen Lipman the show follows couples who love Art Deco houses. The series was commissioned by UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood and the executive ...
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Guinness on BBC2
The late actor Sir Alec Guinness is to feature in an Arena special to air on BBC2 at Christmas. The 90-minute Alec Guinness - A Secret Manwill be produced and directed by David Thompson, who had access to the actor's private journals and letters and ...
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Anglia builds Demolition Day for C4
Granada's Anglia TV is producing a new science reality gameshow for Channel 4 in which contestants are challenged to build the strongest structure they can in 72 hours, writes Paul Revoir.
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How the BBC will hit indie quota in 2004
The BBC is banking on a package of measures to help it exceed its 25% indie quota this year after it met a barrage of criticism following confirmation that it failed to meet the target last year for the third time in a row.
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Tern opens London office
Scottish indie Tern Television is hoping to bolster relationships with the commissioning community by expanding its operation into London.
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Marley to Mersey
Radio City managing director Sean Marley is to become commercial director at Mersey Television. Marley, who spent four years at the Liverpool-based Emap radio station, will take up the newly created position on 1 December. His appointment is part of Mersey's strategy of making the company a more broadly based ...
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Ultimate force move
Bentley Productions, producer of Midsomer Murdersand Ultimate Force, has appointed Natalie Collison as head of development and associate producer on the third series of Ultimate Force, following the departure of Emma Kingsman-Lloyd. Kingsman-Lloyd has joined the BBC as a producer ...
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Horror on Sky
The Horror Channel is to launch on Sky early next year, airing programmes ranging from Hammer House of Horror movies to Hollywood cult and comedy horror movies, series and biographies. It is in discussion with a number of firms which have pitched to produce its weekly magazine programme looking at ...
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Freeview viewers favour pop
Freeview viewers are tuning into pop and shopping channels rather than news, sport or the more highbrow output of BBC4, according to new Barb figures.
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Iraq war footage wins Rory Peck news award
An American cameraman's footage of the Iraq war friendly fire tragedy that almost claimed the lives of BBC veteran John Simpson and his camera crew has been named the hard news image of the year by the prestigious Rory Peck Trust.
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Radio big guns await Glasgow FM decision
Thirteen of the country's biggest radio owners will today (Thursday) hear who has won the new FM licence for Glasgow, which is expected to yield as much as£15m in advertising revenue.
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Bowling for Columbine to screen on C4
Channel 4 is to screen Michael Moore's Oscar-winning documentary film Bowling for Columbineafter picking up the rights from Momentum Pictures. Directed and fronted by US left-wing film-maker Moore, the 114-minute movie, which was made last year, will be shown on FilmFour and then C4 before ...
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Twofour hires Gage
Plymouth based indie Twofour productions has appointed former Big Breakfasteditor Emma Gage as development producer with a remit to expand its factual entertainment department. The appointment is part of the 4South West initiative to encourage programme making outside London.
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McMillan forced into receivership
McMillan, one of the UK's largest equipment suppliers, was this week forced to call in the receivers. Blair Nimmo and Neil Armour of KPMG Corporate Recovery have been appointed joint receivers at the request of the directors, writes Sam Espensen.
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Management finalises deal to buy Red Post Production
The management of Soho's Red Post Production has completed a deal to buy the company, writes Will Strauss.
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M2 founder Cullen set to step down
The founder of M2 Television, Bill Cullen, is expected to finalise a deal this week in which he will step down as a company director, writes Sam Espensen.