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CARLTON BOOKS ATTABOY'S RAIL SUICIDE DOC
Independent Attaboy TV has been commissioned by Carlton commissioning editor for regional and daytime Emma Barker to make a 30-minute documentary on railway suicides for the First Edition strand. Entitled End
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SOUTH BANK SHOW CHER PROFILE GETS SATURDAY AIRING
LWT's The South Bank Show will be given its first Saturday transmission in 22 years on 11 December at 22.45. The programme, about singer Cher, will go out as part of
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LIVING BUYS FORGIVENESS FROM FOX
Cable and satellite channel Living has acquired 100 episodes of controversial talk show Forgive or Forget from the Fox channel in the US. The show, hosted by Mother Love, who is
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CLASSIC FM PREPARES FESTIVE FANTASIA
Simon Bates will introduce a live recording of Disney's Fantasia 2000 conducted by James Levine, the artistic director of the New York Metropolitan Opera, as the centrepiece of Classic FM's Christmas
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Neal unwraps C4 drama 10-parters
Channel 4 is poised to greenlight the first of two 10 x 30-minute series as part of the station's efforts to find a long-running hit drama.C4 head of drama Gub Neal
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Celador bags second format deal with CBS
Celador Productions has secured a second US primetime commission, for the Winning Lines format, on the back of the runaway success of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? on ABC, writes
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Chrysalis prepares C4 and C5 specials
Head of Chrysalis TV Tony Moss is executive producing three specials for the Channel 4 and Channel 5 Christmas schedules, writes Jason Deans.Gagging For It, Chrysalis TV's first entertainment commission for
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BBC scores with Three Lions
BBC entertainment features in Manchester is working on Three Lions, a 3 x 50-minute series for BBC 1 about the English national football team since 1966, writes Tim Dams.Described as an
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Oliver picks the pocket of BBC's Wives
While ITV came out on top in the battle of the period dramas last weekend, the BBC proved charity still pays with Children in Need putting in another strong showing, writes
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ITV2 cuts original quotas and revamps
ITV2 is to cut its original programming budget and revamp its schedule in a bid to make it more accessible for viewers, writes John Plunkett.The cable and terrestrial digital channel's director
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GMTV picks Frizell for weekday job
GMTV director of programmes Peter McHugh has appointed RTS award-winning reporter Martin Frizell as executive producer of weekday output, writes Jason Deans.The move forms part of a restructuring of GMTV's production
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BBC stalls in hunt for new arts chief
The drawn out process to find a new BBC Production arts chief was thrown into further disarray this week, with news that the leading contender for the job has withdrawn from
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OFT to consider merger under existing ad share rules
The proposed merger of Carlton Communications and United News & Media is expected to be considered under the existing Office of Fair Trading (OFT) rules on share of TV ad revenue,
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One of the centrepieces of BBC 1's Christmas Day schedule will be Hooves of Fire, a 30-minute animation and the first in-house production from BBC animation in Bristol, writes Tim Dams
One of the centrepieces of BBC 1's Christmas Day schedule will be Hooves of Fire, a 30-minute animation and the first in-house production from BBC animation in Bristol, writes Tim Dams.
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Hall mulls current affairs switch
BBC News chief executive Tony Hall is mulling plans to restructure the BBC's current affairs department, which could involve merging it with the BBC political programmes unit and handing it control
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BBC KID'S JOB SHORTLIST
The BBC is not expected to fill the vacant post of BBC Production head of children's programmes until after director general designate Greg Dyke completes his review of BBC Broadcast in
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TELEWEST PICKS CHAIRMAN
Telewest Communications deputy chairman Cob Stenham is to succeed Gary Ames as chairman of the cable company. Stenham will take over with immediate effect, but Ames remains as a director and
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GRIFFIN JOINS GRANADA
Granada Media Group has appointed a new director of channels, Chris Griffin, who effectively replaces Stuart Prebble as head of the outfit's pay-TV operations. Griffin joins from consultancy firm Griffin Lewis
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GERI TO SPICE UP ITV
Carlton has signed up former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell to host a 1 x 60-minute show for ITV. The one-off programme will include the three top 10 singles from her album
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EXPORT REPORT PUBLISHED
The Creative Industries Task Force report into UK TV exports was published by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport on Friday (26 November). As exclusively revealed in Broadcast (12.11.99), the