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NewsBBC soap boss knocks new-look Crossroads
The BBC's ?soap chief', controller of drama series Mal Young, has hit out at ITV's relaunched Crossroads claiming it has missed its chance at success, as ratings reveal it is performing even worse than before its revamp, write Leigh Holmwood and Jon Rogers
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Carter goes on message
Hours after being appointed as Ofcom chief executive, Stephen Carter was already in public servant mode, writes Conor Dignam.
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TV writers lobby for unpaid repeat fees
The Writers' Guild, the body that represents television and film writers, has complained to the BBC after the corporation failed to pay repeat fees to a number of its members for dramas repeated on its new digital channels, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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West End shows come to BBC4
BBC culture channel BBC4 is to ramp up its commitment to arts coverage by screening a series of four West End theatre productions and introducing a high profile award for the best contemporary foreign language film of the year, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC3 gets own news reporters
The BBC has set up a dedicated 27-strong team of journalists to work on news output for BBC3 in order to meet its government-set minimum hours commitment, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Capital boss attacks Radio 1 chart show
Capital Radio chief David Mansfield has called for Radio 1 to drop its chart show and focus more on public service broadcasting, writes Conor Dignam.
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Wark Clements signs Abbott for ITV comedy
Paul Abbott, creator of the BBC's Bafta-winning drama Clocking Off, has been signed up by Monogram Wark Clements to write a black comedy for ITV1 about a couple caught up in a web of deception after disposing of a body which one of them has ...
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Bid-up.tv bags Freeview slot
Two former On Digital executives have snapped up one of the remaining four channel slots on the digital terrestrial TV (DTT) platform, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsHowells throws out carriage charge claims
Broadcasting Minister Kim Howells has rejected complaints from terrestrial broadcasters that BSkyB is overcharging them to carry their channels, writes David Rose
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C4 to spotlight 'bad' Georgians
Channel 4 has lined up a season of programmes that take a look at the dark or hidden side of the Georgian era with films on boxing and gay sex headlining the season, writes Penny Hughes.
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Wall to Wall makes bold with knights of old
Wall to Wall is to investigate the truth about the knights of the Middle Ages and their penchant for jousting in a co-production for Channel 4 and Discovery, write Jon Rogers and Penny Hughes.
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Shine sails off with exclusive
Elisabeth Murdoch's indie, Shine, is to make a documentary series for Five about the aircraft carrier Ark Royal after securing exclusive worldwide access to the ship, as part of a slate of new orders from UK broadcasters, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Anne Robinson to host celebrity dinners
Acid-tongued presenter Anne Robinson is to make a full series of her alternative BBC2 chat show in which celebrity guests are asked to choose the eight people from the past or present whom they would like to invite to a dinner party. The 8 x 30-minute ...
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PBS special will follow Chinese explorers
Pearson Broadband and Paladin Invision, a co-venture between British documentary-makers William Cran and Clive Syddall, are to co-produce a 120-minute special for US public broadcaster PBS about 15th century China. 1421 - When China Discovered the World, which is due to air next year, will ...
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Jonathan Ross to present 2002 TV round-up
Jonathan Ross is to take over presenting duties from Michael Parkinson on BBC1's annual retrospective of last year's best TV moments. The live 90-minute 2002 TV Moments will allow viewers to vote for their favourites in seven genre categories with the results being revealed in ...
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Five takes Sky's Sunrise for another year
Five has renewed its contract with Sky News to continue broadcasting the satellite broadcaster's morning show Sunrise for another year. Sunrisewill now continue to air between 06.00 and 06.30 each weekday and from 07.00 until 08.00 on Saturdays. The deal, ...
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Dead ringers team in new R4 comic venture
BBC Radio 4 controller Helen Boaden has greenlit a new six-part comedy series from the team behind Dead Ringers. Elephants to Catch Eels, written by Nev Fountain and Tom Jamieson, is set in 18th century Cornwall and features ...
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R4 to dish dirt on 1982 rebel cricketers
A 60-minute documentary recounting the 1982 rebel England cricket tour of apartheid South Africa has been ordered by BBC Radio 4 commissioning executive Andrew Caspari. Rebel Hell, to be presented by BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew, will explore the political in-fighting and backroom dealings that ...
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Support behind Spy TV
Kit hire facility Shooting Partners has supplied full on-set technical support on Ian Wright's new show for Endemol, Spy TV, including providing and 'hiding'; all cameras and microphones. The programme features unsuspecting people being set up by friends in different scenarios, like helping the police trap a diamond smuggler. Each ...
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Nucoda tool for spring
Media company Nucoda has announced that its first PC-based full-resolution tool for film will be on sale in the UK from March. Data Conform (DC) is heralded as a time and money-saving device because it allows users to conform from an EDL (edit decision list) over a network and immediately ...