Most popular and commented – Page 19
-
News
Granada gives new job to Caplin
Sarah Caplin, editor of development in Granada Television's factual department, has been promoted to the new role of executive producer, features, writes Ashley Davies.
-
News
Emap Radio profits up
Emap Radio reported pre-tax profits of£26.8 million for the year to 31 March, up 18 per cent on the previous 12 months, writes John Plunkett.
-
News
Choice co-pro with Rapture
Teen channel Rapture has struck another co-production deal with BBC Choice, writes Alice Macandrew.
-
News
BBC science series looks into phobias
BBC science is working on a major new series looking at the phenomenon of phobias, write Ashley Davies and Claire Handley.
-
News
ALL ROYAL ASCOT RACES TO BE COVERED ON BBC IN 1999
The BBC will this year carry live coverage of all 24 races at Royal Ascot for the first time. The event will be broadcast across three of the corporation's channels -
-
News
MP CALLS FOR CURBS ON FILMING OF CHILDREN
The Labour MP for Nottingham East, John Heppell, last week called on the Government to strengthen the powers of the Independent Television Commission and stop television crews filming children without the
-
News
FIRST BLACK WOMEN'S FILM AND TV FESTIVAL LAUNCHES
Women in Film and Television (WFTV) is holding its first one-day Black and Asian Women's Film and Television Festival at Bafta on Saturday 12 June. The event, called Shooting From the
-
News
ANIMATION CODE UNDER CONSIDERATION BY WRITERS' GUILD
The Writers' Guild of Great Britain plans to develop a code of practice covering the work of animation writers. As a first step the guild has produced a set of policies,
-
NewsAt It to follow up New Face doc for Five
Five has commissioned Eyeworks At It to produce a sequel to last year's film for the Extraordinary Peoplestrand, A New Face For Marlie.
-
News
SHOWCASE SEEKS 10-MINUTE SCRIPTS FROM HOPEFULS
Television Arts Performance Showcase is looking for original 10-minute scripts from budding writers, to be rehearsed and performed in conjunction with a writers' workshop at Teddington Studios on July 10-11. The
-
News
LIDDIMENT TO TALK ON AUDIENCES AT RTS DINNER
ITV's director of programmes, David Liddiment, is speaking at the Royal Television Society (RTS) dinner on 1 July. His topic for the evening will be 'The Honourable Pursuit of Large Audiences'.
-
News
FOOD AWARD TAKEN BY BBC 2'S VINTNERS' TALES
BBC 2's Vintners' Tales scooped the prize for best food & drink television programme at this year's Glenfiddich Food & Drink Awards. The show's presenter, Jancis Robinson, picked up the best
-
News
MCWILLIAM NAMED PARTNER IN NI NEW MEDIA GROUP
News International general counsel Bruce McWilliam has been named as a partner in the company's recently launched new media investment group, e-partners. McWilliam will join BSkyB chief executive Mark Booth, who
-
News
MOONEY AND MAGEE BRING SLAPSTICK TO CITV
Carlton Television is producing a new 7 x 10-minute series for CITV called Mooney and Magee, which features the silent antics of slapstick double act Steve Mooney and Karl Magee. In
-
News
TELETEXT GETS ITC NOD
Teletext has been given the go-ahead by the Independent Television Commission to use its increased capacity for extra news pages, including regional news, travel and sports pages. The Government gave formal
-
News
DATE SET FOR ONE WORLD
The One World International Media Conference, chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby, will take place on 17 June.Titled Respect! Protect The Media and Children's Rights, it marks the tenth anniversary of the UN
-
News
GRANGER SIGNS FOR UKTV
The Paramount Comedy Channel head of promotions Andi Granger is leaving later this month to take up the position of creative director at UKTV. Granger, who joined Paramount before it launched,
-
News
OR BACKS FIRST FILM
London-based indie OR Media is backing its first feature film, Soul Stealer - a $10 million (£6.3 million) adaptation of a true story about an orphan Inuit boy. It will be
-
News
C4 under fire over millennium tender
Channel 4 has come under fire over its millennium programming from independent producers who are unhappy about the tender process for the project.Indies are saying the C4 millennium project, called On
-
News
Garden guru heads Style line-up
UK Style channel editor Andrew Lowrie has ordered a slate of new shows for autumn, including a gardening programme fronted by Stefan Buczacki, writes Alice Macandrew.