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BBC4 cash earmarked for science and ethics
BBC4 controller Roly Keating - who was given a£10m budget increase last month - has commissioned a range of science and ethics series in a bid to create more 'appointment to view' slots on the channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C4 pays tribute to influence of friends
Channel 4 is to mark the final episodes of Friends by airing a 90-minute documentary about the series. What Friends Did for Us , produced by indie Shine, looks at the effect the hugely popular sitcom has had both on ...
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BBC4 to invite tenders for media series
BBC4's flagship new media series, announced last month as part of an£8m corporation-wide boost to cultural programmes, is to be tendered out to indies. Pitches for the working-titled The Media Programme are set to be invited within the next six weeks once an editor ...
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Unique loses Radio 2 show
Unique Productions is to lose another lucrative contract when its BBC Radio 2 show with Richard Allinson is axed.
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NewsHat Trick in talks to buy Shed for£20m
Hat Trick, the maker of Have I Got News for You , is in advanced negotiations to buy Shed, the indie behind Footballers' Wives , in a deal that could be worth£20m.
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NewsJobs to go in Five news move
Up to 60 jobs are under threat after Five dropped ITN as its news provider and handed the £35m five-year contract to Sky News.
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NewsUlster TV disputes ITV1 charges
A row has blown up between Ulster TV and ITV over claims that the newly merged company is selling on hit shows such as Coronation Street to ITV2 too cheaply.
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NewsITV puts£4.5m into peak science thriller
ITV is ploughing£4.5m into a science fiction thriller series about a government scientist who is called in to tackle disasters caused by modern science.
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NewsFamily Affairs love triangle to be put to vote
Family Affairs is to become the first British soap to let viewers decide the fate of a number of key characters.
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NewsOuthwaite poised to make ITV debut
Former EastEnders actress Tamzin Outhwaite has jumped ship to ITV to star in her first drama for the commercial network, but BBC Worldwide will hold onto the rights to the series.
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Chambers defends Reality performance
Five director of programmes Dan Chambers has said that Back to Reality , the channel's£4.7m reality TV experiment, was 'worthwhile' despite pulling in fewer than half the viewers the channel had hoped for.
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BBC to give whole street makeover
The BBC is to give residents of a whole street a lifestyle makeover, with tailored exercise and diet plans, as part of a major campaign on obesity.
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Office star aims to boost opportunities for disabled
Actress Julie Fernandez, who played disabled character Brenda in The Office , has set up her own production company in a bid to get more work for disabled talent.
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NUJ launches own inquiry into BBC editorial 'defects'
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has set up a committee to review the BBC's editorial guidelines in the wake of the Hutton report after it was left out of the corporation's own internal inquiry.
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NewsC4 and Five in further talks
Channel 4 executives and representatives from Five shareholders United Business Media (UBM) and RTL are set to hold further talks about a possible merger before the summer.
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BBC signs campbell for primetime show
The BBC has signed TV and radio presenter Nicky Campbell to host its new primetime Saturday night quiz show Come and Have a Go if You Think You're Smart Enough. The six-part series, which pits studio teams against viewers, will run in two segments - ...
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NewsITV shuts multi-channel sales arm
ITV is closing its dedicated multi-channel sales arm as part of the merger process, with up to ten job losses.
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NewsLydon outburst escapes Ofcom censure
ITV has escaped censure from Ofcom over former Sex Pistol John Lydon's four-letter outburst on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
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NewsBBC to air Iraq war anniversary specials
The BBC is to mark the first anniversary of the war in Iraq with a range of special programming across television and radio.
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NewsFaking It director takes C4 doc role
A director of RDF's hit show Faking It has been poached to oversee Channel 4's experimental documentary strand The Other Side.