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Everyman special follows UN ambassador Halliwell
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is to present a 2 x 50-minute Everyman special for BBC 1 produced by September Films, writes John Plunkett.Geri's World Walkabout, commissioned by BBC 1 controller
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ITV winter line-up focuses on drama
ITV is to reunite former Ballykissangel stars Dervla Kirwan and Stephen Tompkinson in a new 6 x 60-minute drama, Shades, to air in autumn 2000.The show, about strangers who meet after
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Whiteley wins chat show battle for BBC 1
Last weekend saw a battle between three new late-night chat shows, with Richard Whiteley on BBC 1 emerging as the unlikely winner, writes Paul Donovan.According to unofficial overnights, BBC 1's Richard
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ITC's Biggam urges review of BBC
Independent Television Commission chairman Sir Robin Biggam argued this week that a fundamental examination of the structure of the BBC and its role as a public service broadcaster must take place
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BBC 1 chief launches£134 million winter slate
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon launched a£134 million winter season this week, with a strong emphasis on new drama output, writes Tim Dams.The winter offerings include Red Productions' Clocking Off,
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Atlantic 252 pins hopes on O'Hara
Atlantic 252 has poached RadioAire programme director John O'Hara to become its new managing director in a bid to turn around the fortunes of the station, which has lost almost half
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Bucks in, Billinger out as Sky reshuffles its interactive team
BSkyB has reshuffled its senior interactive programming team with the departure of Steve Billinger and arrival of former London News Network controller of programmes Simon Bucks to oversee a raft of
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GMTV swaps Reuters news for ITN
ITN has taken over the GMTV news contract from video news agency Reuters, as predicted in Broadcast (29.10.99), giving the Gray's Inn Road outfit its fourth terrestrial news window in the
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Outsider to replace Eyre
ITV is looking increasingly likely to appoint someone from outside the broadcasting industry to succeed Network Centre chief executive Richard Eyre, writes Steve Clarke.Eyre, due to start at Pearson TV early
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EXPORTS INQUIRY OUT
The Government's UK Television Exports Inquiry report will be released on Thursday (25 November). The report - prompted by a survey of TV exports by David Graham & Associates - contains
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TALKS OVER BLANK FUTURE
Pearson Television has confirmed it is in talks with ITV and the BBC over the future of Grundy gameshow Blankety Blank. The negotiations were prompted by host Lily Savage signing a
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SEVEN EYE WELSH LICENCE
Seven groups have applied for the new south Wales analogue regional radio licence, including the Guardian Media Group, GWR-backed The Radio Corporation, Kelvin MacKenzie's The Wireless Group and Jazz FM. Other
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SURVEY BACKS BROAD BBC
A survey by BMRB on behalf of the BBC has found that 86 per cent of respondents believe it is either extremely or very important for the BBC to maintain its
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ROBINSON NO TO SMG BID
Granada Group has stated that, as a 20 per cent shareholder in Scottish Media Group (SMG), it would not give its approval to a£225 million SMG bid for Ginger Media
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Faull fleshes out interactive plans
Former On Digital executive director of broadcasting Ashley Faull has revealed further details of his new interactive entertainment company, as it begins to raise backing worth£50 million.The new venture, renamed
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Brits clean up at 27th Emmys
UK producers and broadcasters swept the board at the 27th International Emmys on Monday (22 November), winning in six of the seven categories, writes Liz Shackleton.However, there were ties in three
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C5 snaps up wildlife pair from Tigress
Channel 5 has lined up celebrity wildlife films from Tigress Productions starring Julia Roberts and Whoopi Goldberg, writes Tara Conlan.Tigress has produced a number of celebrity-based wildlife shows for ITV and
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Fox Kids lures Ward from MTV to lead UK expansion
Fox Kids UK is preparing to increase its UK-originated programming and has drafted in MTV Europe production manager Claire Ward to spearhead the drive, writes Tara Conlan.Fox Kids managing director Rod
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Chrysalis TV posts pre-tax losses of£2.5m
Chrysalis TV made pre-tax losses of£2.5 million in the year to 31 August, blaming its performance on a£3 million write-off for its Australian-based soap opera, Breakers, axed in the
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GRANADA POACHES PIZEY TO BOOST FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Granada Television Entertainment has poached Clare Pizey, a BBC features and events editor, to join its senior team as executive producer. Granada Television controller of entertainment Duncan Gray said Pizey would