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Friend of Five takes over at parent
Gerhard Zeiler was made chief executive of the RTL Group yesterday ...
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Congratulations, you've just won£1m. But we don't want to give you that, do we?
Three in court accused of using coded coughs to win TV show ...
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NewsBig hitters combine for radio licence bid
A consortium including Celador's Paul Smith and Richard Eyre, the former chief of ITV and Capital Radio, has emerged as a surprise bidder for the UK's biggest remaining radio licence, writes John Plunkett
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NewsBBC issues Iraq war guidelines
The BBC has issued guidelines for covering the potential war in Iraq, including how BBC correspondents should refer to British troops and report the widespread opposition to the war around the world, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsBlair says yes to MTV but no to Al Jazeera
Prime minister Tony Blair will this week be interviewed by MTV as part of a PR drive to justify war in Iraq - but has turned down a request for an interview with the Al Jazeera news channel, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsAherne and Cash bury the hatchet
The lucrative creative partnership between Royle Family writers Craig Cash and Caroline Aherne - which broke up amid recriminations last year - could be rekindled following a reconciliation between the two, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Tiger wins bag of commissions
Tiger Aspect Productions has won a raft of commissions from the BBC and Channel 4, including a second run of its hit documentary series A Place in France, in which two friends set out to buy and renovate a house across the ...
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Ross wife latest Living psychic host
Living TV has signed up sci-fi author and wife of Jonathan Ross, Jane Goldman, to front a new paranormal investigation show, writes Jon Rogers.
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Discovery looks at altered statesmen
Discovery Networks Europe has commissioned a series on the impact of addiction, depression and alcoholism on John F Kennedy, Boris Yeltsin, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden and Ronald Reagan from Outline Productions. The 5 x 60-minute Altered Statesmenis due to air in April. Ordered by Discovery ...
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Wright to be face of latest lottery show
Former footballer Ian Wright is to host BBC1's latest Saturday night lottery show that will mix the tried and tested formula of winning balls, big star names and music. The 6 x 30-minute The National Lottery Wright Ticket, commissioned by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and ...
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Imago's Discovery special on aquatic lions
Norwich-based indie Imago has completed a 60-minute special for the Discovery Channel about an unusual group of lions that have taken to the water in Botswana. Swimming Lions, which will air in May and on Animal Planet US in June, is the first wildlife documentary ...
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Renamed Bill spin-off gets underway
Thames TV has renamed its new The Billspin-off M.I.T Murder Investigation Teaminstead of its original title Think Murder. The 8 x 60-minute series starring Lindsey Coulson ( EastEnders) and Samantha ...
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Somethin' Else takes Sanchez radio show
Somethin' Else has taken over production duties from Wise Buddah on club DJ Roger Sanchez's nationally syndicated dance show, Release Yourself. The show is heard on Chrysalis-owned Galaxy, Vibe FM and Fire FM, as well as in six European countries and a raft of stations ...
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BBC radio lines up comic relief capers
BBC Radio 1 presenters are to take part in Dance Relief, featuring a battle of the DJs, while BBC Radio 2 is to broadcast a concert featuring Mick Hucknall as part of BBC radio's plans for Comic Relief coverage. BBC Radio 4 is to give listeners the chance to hear ...
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Facility M2 has Big Finish in view
Soho facility M2 is in negotiations to buy a majority share holding in post-production group Big Finish, write Sam Espensen and Will Srauss.
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BBC post facility wins Weakest Link tender
The new producer of BBC's Weakest LinkJo Street has completely overhauled the way the shows are made for the forthcoming fifth series, writes Sam Espensen.
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Welsh Assembly backs animation venture
A new animation studio, partially funded by a grant from the Welsh National Assembly, will open in Cardiff Bay this week, writes Sam Espensen.
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422 South brings the human chimp to life
422 South has provided graphics and content for Granada's show The Human Chimp, part of the Unsolved Mysteries strand on Five. The programme uses archive footage to speculate about a human/chimp hybrid species and whether such a species is already in existence. 422 designer Will ...
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Knight goes to Nats
Nats Post Production has added Louise Knight to its team of post-production managers. Knight was previously joint managing director of Rainbow Post where she worked for six years. 'I wanted to concentrate on the post side,' she said. 'Because of my position at Rainbow I was often involved in things ...
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Mediahouse living deal
TWI's Mediahouse studio has won the contract for Living TV's new daily live talk show Loose Lips, produced by Scream Films. The show will kick off on 31 March and run for 20 weeks. Living TV channel controller Richard Woolfe told ...