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liddiment to look at soaps for C4 doc
Channel 4 has ordered a brace of documentaries focusing on TV culture. In the 120-minute How Soaps Changed the World, to be made by Yorkshire TV, former ITV head of channels David Liddiment charts the history and evolution of soaps from the launch of Coronation Street in 1960 to the ...
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BBC3 offers job as top spy
The secret world of Britain's spies is to be opened up in a new BBC3 programme in which viewers get the chance to be the head of MI5 for a day, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Endemol revenue soars by£25m
Big Brother producer Endemol UK boosted its total revenue by£25m to£90m in 2003, largely due to a 125% increase in orders from Channel 4. The reality specialist received£40.9m from C4, which helped total revenue grow from£65m in 2002 to£90m last year. Meanwhile, Endemol has appointed Shirley Jones as executive producer ...
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Candidates vie for BBC2
Talkback editorial director Daisy Goodwin emerged this week as BBC4 controller Roly Keating's leading rival to become controller of BBC2, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC leads with 12 Baftas
The BBC dominated the Bafta television awards this week, scooping 12 of the 18 awards, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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Saturday Kitchen to move to BBC1
Saturday Kitchen, BBC2's surprise cookery hit, is set to transfer to BBC1 and be revamped with more live material which could see it broadcast from chef Antony Worral Thompson's home, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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French and Saunders reunite on BBC1
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to reunite for their first sketch show together in six years. The new
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Unique wins three orders from 1xtra
Unique has picked up three documentary commissions from the BBC's digital station 1Xtra. Babymothers will attempt to provide a snapshot of young motherhood, while The Love Divide will focus on the remaining taboos in mixed-race relationships. Both 30-minute documentaries will be scheduled in late summer. In addition, Unique will produce ...
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ITV3 to be backed by£20m budget
ITV's new channel for the over-45s, ITV3, will be backed by a budget of£20m when it launches in the fourth quarter of this year, writes Glen Mutel.
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NewsRevenue boost for Endemol
Big Brother producer Endemol UK boosted its total revenue by£25m to£90m in 2003, thanks largely to a 125% increase in the receipts from its relationship with Channel 4.
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NewsBBC America chief jumps ship to ABC
The chief executive of BBC America Paul Lee has been poached for a top job at the US network ABC.
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My Foetus (C4) - Paul Hoggart, Times
'Even by Channel 4's standards, an image of a legally dismembered baby makes disturbing viewing.'...
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My Foetus (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The nationally taboo-busting footage here - that of a woman undergoing an abortion - wasn't really shocking at all...
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No Angels (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'A likeable cast, lots of pace and perhaps the the best musical soundtrack of any recent drama series, and you've g...
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No Angels (C4) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'No Angels is Casualty with naughty words, Peak Practice with nipples, Heartbeat with acting. It could have been a ...
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NewsSky launches viewer panel
BSkyB is launching a 20,000 household-strong audience research panel to provide advertisers and broadcasters who use its platform with detailed viewing information on every channel.
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NewsThompson: I'll resist BBC headhunters
Channel 4 unveiled a threefold increase in profits for 2003 as the broadcaster's chief executive Mark Thompson was once again put on the spot over his designs on vacant BBC director general position.
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NewsBafta awards ITV1 7.2m
ITV1's 2-hour coverage of the The British Academy Television Awards brought 7.2 million viewers to the channel last night (19 April).
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Britain's Secret Shame - Bullying (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'I wish it hadn't been made in a style that will one day, ideally quite soon, seem as dated as a Pathe newsreel.'...