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C4, BBC2 knock at Nobles Gate
Scottish indie Nobles Gate has won a host of commissions, including an irreverent film for Channel 4 on the dos and don'ts of being a child star.
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Wogan helps R2 to record audience
Terry Wogan's decision this week to retire from radio in March 2007 will be a major blow to his growing army of fans - now up to a record 8.05 million listeners, according to the latest Rajars.
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C4 takes third look at Peep Show
Channel 4 head of comedy Caroline Leddy has commissioned a third series of sitcom Peep Showfrom indie Objective Productions. The series, which follows a pair of socially dysfunctional flat-sharers (David Mitchell and Robert Webb) in south London, will be written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, ...
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4 Ventures shakeout to up C4 profits
Channel 4's move to slim down its commercial activities and concentrate on new media and programme rights will net it double-digit profits by the end of 2006, chief executive Andy Duncan has predicted.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Aaqil Ahmed
Channel 4's commissioning editor, religion wishes he could nab Top Gear- in the meantime he's looking for primetime documentaries that will bring in an audience while keeping spirituality in the driving seat
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Comment: can Magic keep up the act?
The battle for dominance in the competitive London market has long been considered a two-horse race.
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Adams Trainor cracks the Code
Adams Trainor Design has completed titles and graphics for Wildfire Television's The Real Da Vinci Code. Tony Robinson fronts the two-hour documentary looking at the real-life revelations that are discussed in the bestselling thriller The Da Vinci Code. Designers Paul Trainor and ...
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Homechoice replay adds BBC channels
Broadband entertainment provider Video Networks has added four more BBC channels to its on-demand replay service. Subscribers to the HomeChoice platform can now access popular programming from BBC3, BBC4, CBeebies and CBBC for up to seven days after transmission, in addition to programmes from BBC1, BBC2, Channel 4 and Chelsea ...
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Subtitling industry hit by slow adoption of Ofcom rules
Subtitling and voiceover services provider Independent Media Support Group (IMS) is being forced to look to mainland Europe for work after UK broadcasters delayed signing up to Ofcom's new subtitling rules.
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Open Mike scoops aid gig
Open Mike Productions has been commissioned by the BBC to film the nation's largest ever comedy gig, organised to raise funds for victims of the Asian tsunami.
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Americanised Office flies back to BBC
The BBC is set to buy back the American version of its hit comedy series The Office. US network NBC has commissioned six episodes of The Office - An American Workplace, which is due to air from March. The BBC confirmed it ...
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Goodall's animals talk for Tigress
Bristol-based indie Tigress Productions has been commissioned to make a documentary with renowned conservationist Jane Goodall. The two-hour special, working titled Jane Goodall's When Animals Talk, is scheduled to air on Animal Planet in June. The programme will focus on what happens when humans and animals ...
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Enders chiefs axed
EastEndersexecutive producer Kathleen Hutchison and series producer Sharon Hughff have left the show after only four months. New BBC drama chief John Yorke, a former EastEndersexecutive producer, will take over Hutchison's duties until a full-time replacement is announced. Hughff has been replaced by former ...
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Post industry backs UK talent
The UK post industry is investing£100,000 to fill a domestic talent gap caused by the booming VFX market.
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BBC orders teen drama
Southampton-based indie Resource Base has been commissioned to make a BBC2 drama, co-written and directed by acclaimed playwright John Godber.
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BBC scores more tests from talent
The BBC has locked down the rights to its hit interactive quiz format Test the Nationuntil 2006, ordering 15 hours of new specials from indie Talent Television. The next batch of six specials of the primetime BBC1 quiz, presented by Anne Robinson and Phillip Schofield, which ...
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Wise Buddah wins seven BBC orders
Radio indie Wise Buddah has picked up seven commissions from BBC Radio 2 and the World Service. Elton John will be the subject of a three-part series for R2, which will air weekly in July, while Tom Waits and Coldplay will be the subjects of documentary specials airing in April ...
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BBC worldwide takes the grid to Europe
BBC Worldwide has made a number of European broadcast deals for terrorism drama The Grid. The miniseries, co-produced by BBC, TNT, Carnival Films and Fox Television Studios, has been sold to France 2, Norway's NRK, Finland's YLE and DR in Denmark along with SVT in Sweden, ...
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BBC unlocks Hollywood secrets
BBC Scotland has completed the graphics for Secret Map of Hollywood, a 6 x 40-minute series for BBC1. Presenter Jonathan Ross explores the dark under-belly of life in the movie capital of the world using a 3D map to focus on its most famous and scandalous locations. ...
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BBC needs new body
A new independent body should oversee the BBC's accountability and advise on how much public funding it should receive, the government-backed Charter review panel has said. The panel, led by Lord Burns, said a Public Service Broadcasting Commission should be tasked with ensuring the BBC's Charter obligations are met and ...