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CRACKER WRITER BEHIND MAJOR NEW BBC 1 DRAMA
Zenith Entertainment and AKA Pictures are completing production on a 3 x 50-minute drama co-production, Best of Both Worlds, for BBC 1. Commissioned by former Independent Commissioning Group head of drama
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CORONATION STREET ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL TO GO OUT LIVE
Granada Television will celebrate 40 years of its ITV soap Coronation Street this autumn with a special live episode to be screened in the run-up to the show's anniversary on 9
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BBC ENTERTAINMENT TO MAKE MORE DJ ANTHEMS
UKTV channel UK Play has commissioned BBC entertainment to make a second series of DJ Anthems and is looking for new programme proposals. The 40 x 30-minute series showcases four different
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BBC 1 WINS RIGHTS TO SPIELBERG WAR MINI-SERIES
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has unveiled an 'in association deal' for exclusive broadcast rights to new 10 x 60-minute second world war mini-series Band of Brothers with producers Band of
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PUB GRUB TO BE SUBJECT OF NEW CFN 15-PART SERIES
Carlton Food Network has commissioned indie producer Twodotfour.com to make a new 15 x 30-minute series on pub food. Carlton Food Network channel director Anne Gray has ordered the series which
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OCTOPUS GETS FIRST UK LIVING SERIES WITH PARENTS SHOW
Octopus Productions has scored its first commission from UK Living to produce a 30 x 5-minute run of Practical Parenting, which will be a fully interactive TV project. The third series
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BBC RADIO 2 TO BROADCAST MERSEY BEAT DOCUMENTARY
USP Radio Projects is completing production on Mersey Beat for BBC Radio 2. The 2 x 60-minute documentary commissioned by R2 controller Jim Moir is about the Mersey Beat in Liverpool
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EDINBURGH LIVE PITCH WINNER CHOSEN FOR£25,000 FILM
BBC Choice has commissioned a 30-minute film from freelance director Jon Sen as part of the TV25 live pitch session at this year's Edinburgh International Television Festival. Sen beat off competition
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Tell-Tale to launch animation studio
Tweenies producer Tell-Tale Productions is preparing to make its first move into animation with the launch of a new dedicated arm based at Pinewood Studios.The independent producer is using the same
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ITV targets violence
ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes is sounding out producers for new a factual strand focusing on domestic violence, writes Colin Robertson.
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Rapture set to travel club class
Youth channel Rapture is planning to commission external producers for the first time, in a move that will see two new series ordered in the next few weeks, writes Simon Ellery.
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Baby Channel to raise fresh cash
The Baby Channel is in talks with indies to commission 15 new series and has also revealed plans to raise a further£10m for its launch next year, writes Simon Ellery.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - BBC 1 farmer drama threshes Norden
BBC1's new farm drama series Down to Earth spread muck all over ITV's It'll Be Alright on the Night 11 on Monday night (28 August), writes Ashley Davies.
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BBC plans CPU review
BBC head of factual and learning Lorraine Heggessey is to review the 50-strong Community Programme Unit (CPU) and its diversity database, after admitting that the database has failed, writes Simon Ellery.
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C4 cancels Liberia doc
Channel 4 has put a stop on the documentary Sorious Samura and his team were working on when they were taken hostage in Liberia, writes Ashley Davies.
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Maddox says festival was too UK obsessed
This year's Edinburgh International Television Festival was not international enough and was sidetracked into UK-obsessed debates, according to BBC Europe, Middle East and Africa vice-president Tony Maddox, writes Tara Conlan.
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BBC 1 buys Enfield specials
Tiger Aspect has revealed that it is working on two Harry Enfield specials for BBC 1 less than two weeks before the comic's new series debuts on Sky One, writes Ashley Davies.
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Endemol sets up new UK talent arm
Endemol Entertainment UK has set up a new talent management arm and has revealed that its first signings are most of the contestants from Big Brother.The news was revealed this week
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Salmon ponders BBC 1 exit
The BBC has refused to deny that BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon is considering stepping down, despite BBC director-general Greg Dyke finally praising Salmon at this year's Edinburgh International Television Festival, writes Tara Conlan.
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FLEXTECH LINES UP ADDICTS
Flextech is understood to have bought the interactive rights to BBC 1 show Telly Addicts from format owners Unique TV. According to sources close to the deal, Flextech has completed a