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Baby Cow to make radio 4 sci-fi sitcom
Steve Coogan's indie, Baby Cow, is to make a science fiction sitcom featuring The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss for BBC Radio 4. Set in 2099, Nebulous stars Gatiss as the head of an eco troubleshooting team whose nemesis is Dr Klench, played by David ...
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S4C to air mass for peace at easter
S4C is to broadcast a performance of The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace , by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins on Good Friday on 9 April. The channel has also commissioned production company Cwmni Sianco to make a 52-episode series for pre-school viewers called ...
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c4i renews output deal with finland
Channel 4 International has renewed its 59-hour output deal with YLE in Finland, with shows including factual documentaries, comedy and drama. The programmes include Talkback/HBO's Ali G in da USA!!!, The Regency House Party from Wall to Wall and Pioneer Productions documentary Sars: Killer Bug ...
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Ex-BBC man in at C4 day time
Channel 4 has appointed former BBC1 head of planning and scheduling Adam MacDonald to reinvigorate its daytime output and help it boost its overall share.
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Cooke leaves Radio 4
Veteran BBC Radio 4 broadcaster Alistair Cooke is retiring after 70 years at the BBC. The 95-year-old has presented the Letter from America show since 1946 and joined the corporation in 1934 as a film critic. The current affairs and historical programme is the world's ...
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C4 promotes Hilsum
Channel 4 News has promoted Lindsey Hilsum to the position of international editor. Hilsum, who has been Channel 4 News diplomatic correspondent for the past eight years, has also reported for the BBC, The ...
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Walters rises at S4C
Welsh distributor S4C International has promoted Huw Walters to the newly created role of head of international business. Walters, who was previously the company's head of co-productions, will be tasked with integrating S4C International's sales and co-production businesses. Walters joined the distributor in 1998 after working for the Welsh broadcaster ...
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BBC2 reorders Get a New Life after initial success
BBC2 has ordered 60 further episodes of Brighter Pictures' relocation show Get a New Life , following a successful first run of eight, writes Glen Mutel.
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BBC2 orders fourth outing for Coupling
Hartswood Films' hit sitcom Coupling is to return to BBC2 for a fourth series. The show, which is written by Steven Moffat, has been recommissioned by BBC head of comedy Sophie Clarke-Jervoise and will feature a new character, Oliver, played by Richard Mylan. Mylan ...
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12 Yard devises psychological quiz for BBC
Indie 12 Yard Productions is developing a psychological quiz show pilot for BBC daytime which will test contestants' powers of persuasion.
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Optibase eyes up Media 100
Editing software company Media 100 is in talks with Optibase about a possible buyout.
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NewsAllen promises end to regional job cuts
ITV chief executive Charles Allen this week signalled an end to the strategy of wholesale job losses and studio closures in the regions, after Broadcast 's revelations last week that up to 400 jobs are to go at Central.
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NewsCentral staff hit out at ITV
Angry workers at Central's Nottingham studios, which are being closed with the loss of 200 jobs, have blasted ITV bosses as 'insulting' and 'insensitive' after they were told their cars will be searched to make sure they are not stealing company property.
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NewsITV parades army wives
The maker of ITV's flamboyant Footballers' Wives has been commissioned to make a new series for the network, this time looking at the lives of men and women in the army.
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NewsC4 chief dampens Five merger talk
Channel 4 is playing down reports that it has begun talks to merge with Five, saying it is no where close to a possible deal.
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NewsBBC to follow up The Secret Policeman
The BBC is to follow up its Secret Policeman documentary with a series of investigations - several of which are expected to again involve reporters gathering evidence undercover.
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German firm sues C4 over film deal
Channel 4 is being sued for£6m by a German-owned film com-pany in a conflict arising from cutbacks the broadcaster made to its film production arm, FilmFour.
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Moffatt and Gatiss to pen Doctor Who
Stephen Moffatt, the creator of hit sitcom Coupling , and League of Gentlemen star Mark Gatiss have joined the writing team for the revival of Doctor Who.
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Central MD to be promoted
Central Television managing director Ian Squires, who last week announced 400 job cuts at the franchise, is set to be promoted.
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Phillis takes All3Media role
All3Media, the company run by former Granada chief executive Steve Morrison, has appointed Guardian Media Group (GMG) chief executive Bob Phillis as non-executive chairman.