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    Peaches Geldof follows in Paula's steps

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    Bob Geldof's 15-year-old daughter, Peaches, is to follow in the footsteps of her late mother, Paula Yates, by taking to the small screen. She is fronting a 60-minute documentary for Sky One, Peaches Geldof - Inside the Mind of a Teenager , which will look ...

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    Zenith wins Fourth garden rivals series

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    UKTV Style has ordered a fourth series of Garden Rivals from Zenith Productions. The 15 x 30-minute episodes, set to air in March, will be produced by Paul Coleman. UKTV Style commissioning executive Chantal Rutherford Browne has also commissioned 10 episodes of ...

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    Sky One gets go-ahead for Hex series two

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    Sky One has given the green light to a second 13-part series of Shine teen drama Hex for a spring 2005 delivery. The deal comes as the first run of the sci-fi teen drama, co-produced by Sony Pictures, draws to an end on Sunday (21 ...

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    Talent picked for Japan job

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    Indie Talent Television has secured a raft of new international commissions, including a second instalment of Test the Nation in Japan.

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    Malik to Red Post

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    Kabir Malik has joined Red Post Production from Ascent Media. Malik has been appointed business development manager, having had similar roles at a number of post companies.

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    No Peroxide opens

    2004-11-18T08:30:00Z

    Film and TV composers agency No Peroxide has opened offices on Newman Street. The current roster includes Rob Lord and Mark Tschanz, previously of EMI and Warner Brothers. Television credits include The Big Breakfast ad campaign for Rainey Kelly and the Sky One documentary ...

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    Manchester move for BBC Children's

    2004-11-18T07:50:32Z

    The BBC will confirm next month that its children's department is to be relocated to Manchester as part of the corporation's move out of London.

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    How the C4/Five deal died

    2004-11-18T07:50:30Z

    It promised to be a tense lunch as Channel 4 and Five executives sat down in a private dining room at One Aldwych Hotel in London last Friday afternoon.

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    British TV chiefs rate Sopranos top show

    2004-11-18T07:50:16Z

    Britain's leading commissioners and channel controllers have voted a US TV import as the best thing on the box.

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    Reynolds quits as Corrie boss

    2004-11-18T07:50:12Z

    Coronation Street executive producer Carolyn Reynolds has quit ITV after 25 years to set up her own indie.

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    ITV orders SMG TV show for Trisha slot

    2004-11-18T07:50:10Z

    Granada has lost its grip on ITV's morning schedule after the broadcaster commissioned SMG TV Productions to make a courtroom show to run in the Trisha slot.

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    Hamann quits Shine to start own firm

    2004-11-18T07:50:08Z

    Paul Hamann, creative director of factual at Elisabeth Murdoch's indie, Shine, is to leave the company after four years to set up on his own.

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    CGI costs delay ITV Marchioness film

    2004-11-18T07:50:06Z

    A signature ITV film about the Marchioness disaster - feted in Edinburgh by chief executive Charles Allen - is under threat because producers are short of more than£300,000.

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    BBC shelves plan for public to pick favourite EastEnder

    2004-11-18T07:50:04Z

    A BBC entertainment show inviting the public to pick their favourite EastEnders character has been shelved because of a string of negative tabloid headlines about the show's stars.

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    Hicks exits Chrysalis

    2004-11-18T07:50:02Z

    Jim Hicks has quit as group programming director of Chrysalis Radio in the week the group warned of a slowdown in the radio advertising market.

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    BBC sets up Gina Ford school

    2004-11-18T07:50:00Z

    The BBC has commissioned an ambitious reality show in which stressed mums and dads will be sent to a parenting academy to learn tips from baby expert Gina Ford.

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    Clemmow gets TWI factual job

    2004-11-18T07:49:30Z

    TWI has appointed former Carlton factual controller Richard Clemmow as its new head of factual programming.

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    Butters axed from Radio 1

    2004-11-17T10:31:58Z

    Wes Butters has been axed as the host of BBC Radio 1's chart show as part of a shake-up of the weekend schedule that will mark the return of Sara Cox.

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    Emap: SRH deal 'not imminent'

    2004-11-17T09:58:44Z

    Emap has played down speculation that it is to launch a£250m takeover bid for Scottish Radio Holdings before the end of the year.

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    Government cools on junk food ban

    2004-11-17T09:45:45Z

    Commercial broadcasters are today breathing a sigh of relief after the government backed away from banning junk food ads before 9pm - a move that could have cost millions in lost revenue.