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... WHILE PEEL MAY FRONT INTERVIEW SERIES FOR MERIDIAN
Meanwhile, Southgate has also ordered a 7 x 30-minute interview series The Things We Do for Love from Zenith Entertainment's new media division Workhouse Television for Meridian. BBC Radio 1 DJ
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ATTILA THE HEN IN FINAL STAGES AT VISIONSOUND
Visionsound is in post-production with 2 x 20-minute animation specials called Attila the Hen for Channel 4 and S4C Wales. The animation features a group of chickens confronting environmental issues, such
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Red scoops Sky One drama
Red Production has won its first drama commission from Sky One and has lined up Amanda Holden to take the lead role, writes Ashley Davies.
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Lygo commissions kids' drama for E4
Channel 4 head of entertainment and E4 controller of programmes Kevin Lygo has commissioned the first drama for the new digital entertainment channel, set to launch in January.The 21 x 30-minute
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Brighter films Indian pop
Brighter Pictures is making an 8 x 30-minute series for BBC 2 about Indian pop culture, with an estimated budget of£1m, writes Ashley Davies.
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Raft of reality for Channel 4
A raft of programming has gone into production for Channel 4 including a reality format and a follow-up to its Embarrassing Illnesses series, writes Simon Ellery.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - ITV's Tough Love smothered BBC's Care
ITV won over the hearts of the viewing public with the finale of the two-part drama Tough Love on Sunday (8 October) leaving BBC 1's drama Care to fend for itself, writes Jon Rogers.
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ITV accepts ITC deal for the moment
ITV will not seek an immediate reversal of its deal with the Independent Television Commission's decision to move the ITV Nightly News forward to 22.00, ITV sources confirmed this week, writes Colin Robertson.
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ITV on attack with drama and footie
ITV is to show a live Manchester United Champions League football match and Coronation Street against the BBC's Ten O'Clock News in the first week of BBC 1's new schedule.The network
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Tories call for 6-month BBC review
Senior politicians are lobbying the BBC to review its decision to move the BBC 1 21.00 bulletin to 22.00, within six months rather than a year, writes John Lewis.
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ITV to scrap Trafalgar Road name
ITV is being forced to change the title of its planned new teatime soap Trafalgar Road because the street where the fictional series is set actually exists, writes Colin Robertson.
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HTV production to stay with Granada Media
Granada Media will absorb the network production division of HTV as part of a commitment to preserve United Productions, the company's chairman Charles Allen has confirmed, writes Colin Robertson.
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ITV dominates National TV Awards with ten gongs
ITV walked off with the most gongs at the National TV Awards this week with Coronation Street snatching its third successive most popular serial award, writes Simon Ellery.
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CALL TO BOOST ETHNIC STAFF
Broadcasters across the industry launched a joint manifesto to improve the representation of people from ethnic communities in television on Thursday (12 October).The Cultural Diversity Network manifesto, supported by media secretary
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BBC/ITV WORLD CUP TALKS
The BBC and ITV attended a joint meeting on Thursday (12 October) with World Cup rights holder Prisma Sports, part-owned by Germany's Kirch Group.The meeting was organised to discuss timings, dates
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ASA THROWS OUT BBC CLAIM
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rejected complaints lodged by the BBC against ITV advertisements that claimed: 'Nobody does news better.' The BBC said the ads made 'superiority claims that could
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C4 STRIKES DIGITAL DEAL
Channel 4 has signed a three-year distribution deal with NTL for its digital entertainment channel E4 to be included on NTL's digital service, as exclusively predicted in Broadcast (22.9.00).E4 will launch
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SPONSOR CODE CHANGES
The Independent Television Commission has altered its sponsorship code to allow advertisers to feature images of actual products and contact details on screen. The move is part of a more streamlined
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Jackson quits for Oz Granada Media
BBC controller of entertainment Paul Jackson has ended months of speculation and announced he is to leave the BBC to join Granada Media.Jackson, 52, will become managing director of Granada Media
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Barb sheds 'black art' image
The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (Barb) should become less of a 'black art' and more of a support service to its customers once the new contracts come into effect, Barb chief executive Caroline McDevitt told industry members on Tuesday (10 Octobe