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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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Joey to lead Five comedy
Five is planning to use new US acquisition Joey costing£500,000 an episode - to launch a block of comedy programming, said its chief executive, Jane Lighting, at the Edinburgh Festival.
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Directors to go as VTR restructures
The VTR Group is to shed some of its most senior staff including managing directors and has earmarked up to£1m for redundancy payments.
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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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Kemp on guns for Sky One doc
ITV's former star signing Ross Kemp has landed his first TV role since relinquishing his golden handcuffs deal with the network.
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Talksport DTT slot
The Wireless Group's flagship station Talk Sport has launched on Freeview. The speech-based station has taken up channel 94 on the DTT platform meaning it is now available on all digital TV platforms.
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Time for Dyke to move on
We all know Greg Dyke's side of the Hutton story by now so it's time for him to find a new role for himself.
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Edinburgh soundbites
'This year we've had sex and masturbation. Next year we'll have GBH and bestiality. Do not be surprised if one of the housemates next year is a pretty young sheep'
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Jump has the X Factor
Jump has created titles for pop contest The X Factor , for Simon Cowell's indie Syco. Cowell and two other judges will pick a winner from their category, then champion that contestant to win overall. The titles, devised and directed by senior Jump designer Russell ...
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Five puts Ice in farm
Five has lined up former 'rapper' Vanilla Ice to take part in its new reality series The Farm. He will join Rebecca Loos, Paul Daniels, Debbie McGee and Sophie Anderton in their attempt to survive three weeks of living on a working farm. American ...
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One Life follows up Lager, Mum and Me
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has commissioned a spin-off of documentary strand One Life, as well as committing to the main series until at least 2007.
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Glasgow indie lands German TV task
Glasgow-based indie Caledonia Sterne & Wyld has been hired by German public broadcaster ZDF to shoot a series of interviews for a strand on powerful couples. CS&W will spend the next three weeks filming in the UK and US for an episode being produced by ZDF about Prince Charles and ...
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Racing UK gets slot
Racing UK, the channel owned by 30 of the UK's leading racecourses, has secured a permanent broadcast slot and announced that it will cost a maximum of£20 a month. The company has signed an agreement with Setanta Sport to broadcast Racing UK on channel 432 on Sky.
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Rich Hall takes up the open mike
Comedian Rich Hall is to front a one-off special for BBC4 ahead of the US presidential election in November. Open Mike has been commissioned by Mark Freeland, head of comedy commissioning for the BBC, and production has begun on the 60-minute show. The Perrier ...
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ITV pop quiz for November
ITV1 has commissioned indie North One Television to make a pop music quiz to coincide with the 1,000th number one single.
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Wall to Wall sells raft of shows to US
Wall to Wall has sold its 'mockumentary' Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon to the FX network in the US. Originally made for BBC2, cablecaster TLC and Granada International, the show is currently being reversioned for US transmission. Wall to Wall is also producing a ...
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Yentob verdict soon
The BBC is not expected to officially confirm the outcome of its investigation into alleged expenses abuses by creative director Alan Yentob for several more weeks, despite reports suggesting he will be cleared. A BBC source said a report by chief operating officer John Smith was still being finalised and ...
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NewsEndemol chiefs in£1bn buyout talks
The international management of Endemol - maker of Big Brother - is exploring a£1bn buyout of the business from Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica.
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NewsThompson makes PSB vow
BBC director general Mark Thompson is set to plough more money into key public service genres such as news, current affairs and comedy by spending less in areas such as reality and lifestyle shows.