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Peaches Geldof follows in Paula's steps
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
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
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
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
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
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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NewsManchester move for BBC Children's
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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NewsHow the C4/Five deal died
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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NewsBritish TV chiefs rate Sopranos top show
Britain's leading commissioners and channel controllers have voted a US TV import as the best thing on the box.
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NewsReynolds quits as Corrie boss
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
TWI has appointed former Carlton factual controller Richard Clemmow as its new head of factual programming.
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NewsButters axed from Radio 1
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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NewsEmap: SRH deal 'not imminent'
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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NewsGovernment cools on junk food ban
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.