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Radio 2 scoops Bee-Gees one-off concert
BBC Radio 2 has secured an exclusive concert by the Bee Gees - their only planned performance for this year.The group will record the 60-minute special before an audience of 300
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Wise Buddah wins Hitman documentary
Indie Wise Buddah has secured its first TV commission, six months after setting up a dedicated TV arm
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C5's Shaw on factual drive
Channel 5 senior controller of arts, features and documentaries, Chris Shaw, has commissioned a raft of new factual programmes, as part of a drive to promote quality documentaries in primetime, writes
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BBC Choice orders sexual disease series
BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a 6 x 15-minute series from BBC Scotland entitled Sex, Warts and All.Originally entitled The Clap Clinic, the show is based around a
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Discovery alternative medicine show
Discovery Health is re-versioning a Canadian complementary medicine series and has lined up Toyah Willcox to present it.The 39 x 30-minute series called Beyond Medicinelooks at health issues with
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Extreme in deal with Spain's AXN channel
London-based channel owner and distributor Extreme International has signed a deal to supply an additional 50 hours of programming to Sony-owned Spanish channel AXN over the next three years.AXN is
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Second commission for The Hot Seat
Flashback TV has been commissioned by Artsworld channel director Richard Melman to produce a second series of interview show The Hot Seat.Presented by Sir Christopher Frayling, the 6 x 30-minute
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Turner rank outsider for celebrity Big Brother
Bookies bank on Brookside's Sweeney as hot favourite with Jack Dee at three's as former GMTV presenter Turner looks set for an early bath
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Turner made rank outsider for Celebrity Big Brother
Bookies bank on Brookside's Sweeney as hot favourite with Jack Dee at three's as former GMTV presenter Turner looks set for an early bath
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BBC KICKS OFF FEE CAMPAIGN.
The BBC is taking a humorous look at its flagship programmes in a campaign to persuade viewers to pay their licence fee by direct debit, writes Barbara Marshall.
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C5 shifts news and adds chat.
Channel 5 is shifting its main evening news programme to 17.30 from the start of the forthcoming general election campaign, despite the fact that the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has not
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BBC drama worst hit by blast.
The bbc drama department has borne the brunt of disruption caused by the bombing in Wood Lane, London last week, with parts of Centre House closed until at least the weekend, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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C4's Bender to freelance.
Channel 4 commissioning editor, night-time, Darren Bender has quit, writes Steve Aston.
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Benson heads F&L full-time
BBC controller of specialist factual Glenwyn Benson has taken on the post of factual and learning co-director on a full-time basis, despite having previously turned the job down.Benson was originally made
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C5 GLADIATOR TRIUMPH.
Channel 5 has won the British terrestrial television first-run rights to the multi-Oscar nominated film Gladiator after a 'keenly contested' battle with other broadcasters, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Gearhouse sells off its assets.
Audiovisual equipment specialist Gearhouse Group, which went into receivership two weeks ago, has been disbanded after the sale of a number of its assets to two different parties, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Granada revamps kids department.
Granada has restructured its children's department following its takeover of United Productions' children's assets, rebranding the division as Granada Kids, writes Colin Robertson.
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Carlton sex doc injunction.
Carlton has been further prevented from broadcasting Tara's Story, its controversial regional documentary on under-age sex, following a high court injunction lodged by Nottinghamshire County Council, writes Steve Aston.
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BBC News never went off air - First hand experience.
On Saturday evening, I was in town when a member of my team called me to say there had been a bomb warning and they had been told to evacuate the
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BBC's digital channels 'offer very little'.
THE BBC is targeting too narrow an audience with its planned digital channels, a leading business academic claimed this week, writes Nick Radlo.