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Radio 1 rejigs shows
Dave Pearce has been dropped from his 18.00 drivetime dance show on BBC Radio 1, but will continue to present a Sunday evening show. Meanwhile, DJ Zane Lowe will get a regular early evening slot to showcase new music. Veteran DJ John Peel retains his three weeknight slots but is ...
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Ten Alps pays£1m for indie Blakeway
Alex Connock, chief executive of Ten Alps Communications, said he is now looking to buy a factual entertainment or drama producer following his indie's£1m acquisition of documentary specialist Blakeway Productions.
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NewsThompson to back BBC Charter plans
Incoming BBC director general Mark Thompson is set to rubberstamp the BBC's Charter renewal submission, which includes plans to move major services to Manchester, by the June deadline, whether or not he has joined the corporation by then.
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NewsFive merger still on agenda
Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson said this week that the departure of chief executive Mark Thompson would not stop the broadcaster pursuing his controversial plan to merge with Five.
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NewsDyke to front C4 doc about his time as DG
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke is to front a film for Channel 4 charting his four years at the corporation.
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NewsRunners & riders for the top C4 job
The current favourite remains Dawn Airey, Sky Network's managing director.
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NewsHorrocks out of BBC4 running
The contest to succeed Roly Keating as controller of BBC4 was thrown wide open this week, after it emerged that BBC head of current affairs Peter Horrocks had not applied for the job.
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C4 doubles Big Brother airtime
Channel 4 has increased its commitment to Big Brother by setting aside almost twice as much terrestrial airtime to the flagship reality show as it did last year.
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Trevor's World of Sport returns - on radio
Trevor's World of Sport , the BBC1 sitcom controversially dropped from the Friday night comedy zone last September, is to get a new lease of life on BBC Radio 4.
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McGrath joins Tiger as head of features
Tiger Aspect Productions has appointed former Channel 4 commissioner Jo McGrath as director of features as part of a restructure of its factual department.
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Audi to fund two Le Mans shows
Car manufacturer Audi is fully funding two major shows on the Le Mans motor-racing tournament for ITV and Channel 4.
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Granada sells dramas to US
Granada has struck a co-production deal with US public broadcaster WGBH Boston for more than 26 hours of costume drama, including four episodes of Miss Marple.
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Vir loses ITV job after rejig
Former Carlton producer and diversity advisor Parminder Vir has been made redundant from ITV after a shake-up in the way the company runs its diversity activities.
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Five goes live in bid to win kids
Five is venturing into live children's programming on Saturday mornings in a bid to challenge the might of BBC1 and ITV throughout the summer.
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NewsDesmond: let ITV dump arts programmes
ITV has reiterated its desire to dump arts and religious programming, suggesting that the BBC should take the lead role.
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NewsMcCririck joins Attheraces
Channel 4's flamboyant racing presenter John McCririck has signed up with At The Races, the horseracing channel that collapsed in March and relaunches on the Sky platform next month.
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NewsSewell charts history of the Roller
Five has drafted in art critic Brian Sewell to front another documentary, this time on luxury car manufacturer Rolls Royce.
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Death in Gaza (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'James Miller's death meant that this film had stepped up a level. It had the force of last words or a final testam...
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Death in Gaza (C4) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'A tremendously moving and thought provoking story.'...
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One Life: Bindis and Beauty Queens (BBC1) - Gerard O'Donovan, Telegraph
'It was all done with enormous charm but perhaps with too much subtlety.'...