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New facility eyes autumn launch date
Soho will get its first major new commercials facility in four years when plans being hatched by market research company founder Philippa Gillies come to fruition this autumn, writes Dominic Timms.Code-named
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BBC 2 lines up Flaubert two-parter
BBC films and single drama is producing a two-part adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary for BBC 2, writes Liz Shackleton.Pre-production on the 2 x 75-minute drama is due to start
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TALK RADIO CATCHES RIGHTS TO LIVE COCA-COLA CRICKET
Talk Radio has secured exclusive UK radio rights for live ball-by-ball coverage of the upcoming Coca-Cola Cup cricket tournament in Sharjah, Dubai. The commercial radio broadcaster will carry live daily coverage
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NEW SERIES FOR HOLBY, SUNBURN AND PLAYING THE FIELD
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has ordered second series of dramas Holby City (left) and Sunburn, and a third run of Playing the Field. The first two were commissioned from head
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CHANNEL 5 GETS SECOND HELPING OF FLOYD
Keith Floyd is set to appear in his second food and drink show for Channel 5, Floyd Around the Med. Produced by Denham Productions, the 9 x 30-minute series will be
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PICKARD RECOMMISSIONS MOPATOP'S SHOP UNTIL 2001
Nigel Pickard, ITV controller of children's and youth programmes, has recommissioned pre-school series Mopatop's Shop until 2001. Programme-makers Carlton and The Jim Henson Company have signed a deal to supply ITV
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HAT TRICK SHOOTS SECOND RUN OF THE PETER PRINCIPLE
Hat Trick Productions began recording the second series of BBC 1 sitcom The Peter Principle last week. The series, featuring Jim Broadbent in the main role as an incompetent bank manager,
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HEWLAND LINES UP NEW DREAM TEAM AND DREAM DATES
Hewland International has been commissioned to make a third series of its award-winning drama, Dream Team, for Sky One. Sky One head of programming and general manager James Baker has ordered
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BBC 2 TO BROADCAST RUGBY SUPER LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
BBC 2 is to broadcast JJB Super League rugby league highlights across the north of England from May. The weekly 30-minute show will be transmitted in an opted-out Monday evening slot
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CARLTON GOES TO AUCTION WITH TRANSMEDIA DOCU-SOAP
Carlton head of regional programmes Emma Barker has ordered a new 10 x 30-minute docu-soap on two auction houses from Transmedia Productions.The series, which has the working title Auction House, will
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Wall to Wall/TLC in factual link-up
Wall to Wall Television has unveiled a£2 million slate of popular factual programming, which it will co-produce with Discovery-owned US cable channel The Learning Channel (TLC).First into production will be
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Watchmaker brings Copenhagen to R3
Independent Watchmaker Productions has been commissioned by BBC Radio 3 to produce a version of Michael Frayn's award-winning West End play, Copenhagen, writes John Plunkett.The three-character play, which transferred to the
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CITV mulls Dome toon
The body behind the Millennium Dome, the New Millennium Experience Committee (NMEC), is talking to the ITV Network Centre about a millennium-related children's animation series, writes Jason Deans.An NMEC spokesman said
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Hill recounts Home Stories and serves up Fresh Food for BBC 2
Mark Hill, BBC features leisure programmes editor, is overseeing a new BBC 2 documentary series on the history of different homes, writes Alice Macandrew.The 6 x 20-minute series, Home Stories, was
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Arrow hits mark with record C5 audience
Channel 5 hit the bull's-eye with the terrestrial premiere of Broken Arrow last Tuesday (23 March), scoring its best-ever rating for a film, writes Alice Macandrew.The John Travolta/Christian Slater action thriller
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BBC 2 cleans up at 1998 RTS awards
A year of ratings and critical success for BBC 2 was capped by eight trophies at the Royal Television Society (RTS) 1998 programme awards this week, writes Tim Dams.BBC 2 won
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BBC rejects criticism of Westminster coverage
The BBC has refuted suggestions from MPs that it is failing in its duty as a public service broadcaster to provide proper coverage of parliamentary proceedings, writes Alice Macandrew.The corporation was
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Manchester radio jobs shed by BBC
BBC Production is shedding almost two-thirds of the radio production posts at its Manchester-based entertainment and features department due to a loss of commissions.Staff were told that 21 radio production and
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United to defend Prospero action
United Productions is to defend the action being brought against it for alleged copyright theft by Australian independent Prospero Productions, writes Nicola Methven.The indie issued a writ in March (Broadcast, 12.3.99),
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Tiger's Perfect World on BBC 2
Tiger Aspect Productions has been commissioned to make comedy series Perfect World starring comedian Paul Kaye for BBC 2, writes Liz Shackleton.Kaye, better known as celebrity taunter Dennis Pennis, will make