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Clone doc picked up
Electric Sky has taken on distribution rights to a controversial documentary about human cloning from producer Peter Williams. Cloning the Dead, a 52-minute piece, follows Professor Panayiotis Zavos' successful attempts to produce a 64-cell embryo from three dead people. The documentary was produced over three ...
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Nickelodeon exec quits for Disney role
Nickelodeon UK managing director Nicky Parkinson is leaving the company to take up the role of senior vice-president and managing director, branded television, Walt Disney TV International Asia Pacific in Hong Kong.
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RatingsSteel River Blues launches with 6.4m
ITV1's new drama series about a team of fire fighters, Steel River Blues , got off to a respectable start with 6.4 million (30.6%).
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NewsJust a Grumpy Old Man
For his MacTaggart lecture John Humphrys chose to vent his considerable spleen on the 'coarsening' effects of reality TV, but do his arguments amount to anything more than Mary Whitehouse-lite?
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RTL chief still wants 4/5 merger
Gerhard Zeiler, the chief executive of Five owner RTL, is still considering a merger with Channel 4 as part of plans to expand the broadcaster.
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NewsPEER POLL: Channels of the year
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Did BBC2 and BBC4 deserve to win channels of the year at Edinburgh?
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NewsJordan in line for new reality show
ITV is considering another reality show from Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell starring glamour model and I'm Celebrity?Get Me Out Of Here! contestant Jordan.
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NewsCommunity Channel gets breakfast slot
The Community Channel is to begin broadcasting in a prime breakfast slot on Freeview for the first time after being bumped up from its previous night-time graveyard shift.
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NewsHollick to quit UBM
Clive Hollick, chief executive of Five shareholder United Business Media, is to quit the company fuelling speculation of a merger or break-up of the business.
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RatingsDoc Martin launches with 9.4m
ITV1's new comedy drama Doc Martin got off to a flying start with 9.4 million (42.5%), making it the second most watched new drama this year.
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RatingsBarb launches lifestyle survey
The Broadcasters Audience Research Board (Barb) has launched a major new research project as a way to 'enrich' the audience data it provides.
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NewsBBC exposes UK airport's 'shocking security'
The BBC is set to expose more malpractice in major institutions this week with an undercover investigation into security at Manchester airport.
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NewsITV to air Prince Harry doc
ITV has lined up a documentary devised and partly filmed by Prince Harry about the plight of AIDS-stricken African country Lesotho.
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NewsITV director resigns
ITV plc has announced that non-executive director Etienne De Villiers has resigned with immediate effect.
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NewsDCMS strategist takes BBC governors role
BBC chairman Michael Grade has appointed the corporation's first director of governance in a bid to enhance the independence of the board of governors.
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NewsSky's Wakeling to stay until 2008
Vic Wakeling, managing director of Sky Sports, has signed a new contract that will see him remain at the pay-TV broadcaster until 2008.
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NewsLWT chief joins talent agency
Former LWT executive Geraldine Woods has resurfaced with a new role at a talent agency.
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NewsBBC film led to Libyan man's beating
The BBC has been slammed by Ofcom after one of its Holidays in the Axis of Evil documentaries led to a Libyan tour guide being detained and beaten by the Libyan government.
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NewsIvana Trump turns to reality TV
Not to be outdone by her ex-husband, Ivana Trump is turning to reality TV host to help a 'mature' woman find love with a younger man.
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RatingsParky draws 5.7m to ITV1
The start of chat show Parkinson on ITV1 helped boost the commercial broadcaster's Saturday night performance with 5.7 million (28.1%).