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Bedtime: Boxing Day (BBC1) - Peter Pateron, Daily Mail
'Wonderfully well-written by Andy Hamilton (who also directed), and with an exemplary supporting cast.'...
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C4 follows Iraqi Muslim festival
Channel 4 is to put coverage of an Iraqi Muslim festival - banned by Saddam Hussein for 30 years - at the heart of its religious output for 2004, writes Glen Mutel.
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BBC puts Charter debate onto TV
The BBC is developing a series of programmes to allow viewers to take part in the government's public consultation on the future of the corporation.
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Chrysalis to press ahead with Telford sale
Chrysalis Radio has vowed to retable the sale of its 28% stake in Telford FM to the Midland News Association after the outgoing Radio Authority blocked the deal.
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Diverse extends Britain BC with spin-off
Diverse is to make a spin-off of its formatted Channel 4 history series Britain BC, which featured sheep-farming archaeologist Francis Pryor, writes Glen Mutel.
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Somethin' Else scoops Brit Awards radio deal
the brit Awards will be heard across the commercial radio landscape for the first time next year and indie Somethin' Else has been commissioned to provide the content.
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ITC fines Sky£50,000 for faked report
Sky news has been forced to pay a£50,000 fine for broadcasting a faked report from a Royal Navy submarine during the Iraq war.
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Films to boost Friday night Living
Flextech has sealed its biggest ever movie deal with Sony Pictures Television in an attempt to strengthen Living TV's Friday night offering. In the multimillion-pound deal, 50 movies from Sony's Columbia Pictures will be broadcast on Living TV over the next three years, with a small portion of the films ...
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Forth board recruit
Radio Forth has appointed former Kiss producer Nik Goodman to its board. Goodman has been with the Edinburgh-based station as programme director for just over a year. He joined from Emap-owned London station Kiss, where he produced the Bam Bam Breakfast Show.
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Fox Kids posts profit
Fox Kids Europe has recovered from its $28.9m (£17.2m) loss last year and posted a $3.8m (£2.26m) profit for 2002/03. The broadcaster, which is 76% owned by Disney, upped advertising revenues by 36% to $30.3m (£18.0m) for the 12 months ending 30 September. Overall revenues were up by 14% to ...
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Discovery commissions five original pilots for 2004
DISCOVERY Channel UK director Katy Thorogood has commissioned five broadcast pilots for the first quarter of next year, including a genealogy investigation and a programme which looks at the world's luckiest people, writes Paul Revoir.
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Five looks at extreme plastic surgery
Yorkshire Television has been commissioned by Five to explore just how far people will push the boundaries of plastic surgery. Drastic Plasticwill track the extreme enhancements taken by both men and women across 2 x 60-minute programmes and is due to be broadcast early next ...
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Trouble to examine celebrity bodies
Flextech channel Trouble has commissioned September Films to make a 15 x 30-minute series on how celebrities get their physiques. Celebrity Bodies, ordered by Trouble commissioning editor Lucy Pilkington, will give a detailed head-to-toe analysis of stars such as Justin Timberlake and David Beckham. It ...
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Elliot orders third Wire In The Blood
ITV has commissioned a third series of Robson Green vehicle Wire in the Blood, before the second series has aired. Controller of drama Nick Elliott has ordered four more episodes of the detective series, which
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BBC2 to make three-part diet junkies
BBC2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a third instalment of its ?Junkiesstrand with a look at dieting. The 3 x 60-minute in-house Diet Junkies, which was co-commissioned by head of current affairs Peter Horrocks, will look at the history of ...
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Molinare to host Sky daytime show
Molinare has secured the contract for Sky One and Shine's new daytime show, writes Sam Espensen.
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Mitcorp set to plug gap left by McMillan
Following the closure of broadcast equipment reseller McMillan last week, Mitcorp UK has announced that it is to set up a subsidiary to fill the gap in the regional market left by the company's demise.
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Discreet's US parent in move to shed jobs
Discreet is to streamline its management operation as part of a rationalisation process announced by its US parent company, Autodesk.
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Lipsync hires fyvie
Lipsync Post has hired Stuart Fyvie as senior colourist to utilise its Quantel iQ-based grading system. Previously at Resolution, his credits include Band of Brothers and Dreamkeeper. This year he has worked with Ray Harryhausen on the restoration of archived 16mm material.
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844/X price slash
Media 100 has announced a significant price drop in its 844/X editing system. It is also thought the price cut will anticipate and drive a large software expansion in the company, due for January. The price for the 844/Xi was£16,495 and is now£7,095; the 844/Xe was£29,595 and is now£14,195; and ...