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BBC1 to broadcast Billy Connolly tour
Comedian Billy Connolly is to return to BBC1 primetime in November with a series that will see him touring New Zealand. Following the success of his World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales, and World Tour of Scotland, the 8 x 40-minute Billy Connolly's World ...
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Serbian TV reorders 19TV's idol format
Fremantle Media has secured second seasons for the Pop Idol format across Europe. The 19TV pop talent format has been recommissioned by Serbian commercial broadcaster RTV BK Telecom, TV3 in Denmark and TV2 in Iceland following successful first seasons.
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Golden sq 3D move
Soho-based Golden Square Post Production has appointed senior 3D animator Sean Elliott to head its expanding 3D department. Elliott moves to Golden Square after nearly five years at Glassworks. Elliott has worked on a number of high-profile commercial projects, including jobs for Aero, Churchill, Ford and the latest Keane promo ...
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Brule to present BBC4 media show
Tyler Brûlé, the founder of iconic lifestyle magazine Wallpaper , is to front new BBC4 flagship media show The Desk and his indie will co-produce it.
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C4 doc explores origins of AIDS virus
Channel 4 is to explore the origins of the HIV/AIDS epidemic with a documentary which claims that the disease spread from monkeys to humans via polio vaccination.
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C4 targets baby boomers in the afternoons
Channel 4 is to open up its afternoon schedule to the baby boomer generation with a range of 'aspirational' shows targeting middle-aged adults.
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C4 replaces The Slot with short film series
Channel 4 is replacing its long-running post-news window The Slot with a daily showcase for short films made by new directors.
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Interviews held for radio 4 controller
BBC director of radio Jenny Abramsky this week interviewed candidates for the coveted controllership of Radio 4. The corporation's head of TV news, Roger Mosey, is considered the frontrunner to succeed Helen Boaden, who is to replace Richard Sambrook as director of news. Other internal candidates are thought to include ...
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Liquid marks 40 years of Horizon
Liquid TV has created the titles for the new series of Horizon. Celebrating its 40-year history, the sequence attempts to create a sense of journey and discovery by showing images of the natural world; dramatic balls of fire, fisheye landscapes and billowing clouds. The ...
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ABS ups capacity
Advanced Broadcast Services (ABS) has increased its broadcast capacity by 15 channels with the opening of Unit 15, its state-of-the-art playout pod. ABS has set up terminals via internet links to
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Five makes three factual acquisitions
Five has acquired three documentaries from US distributor Solid Entertainment. The first is historical documentary The Hittites: The Lost Civilization , while 50-minute one-off Inside the Britannic will revisit the 1916 shipwreck. Also, the 48-minute documentary ...
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Simm stars in BBC adaptation of Blue/Orange
The BBC has signed up an all-star cast for a feature-length dramatisation of Joe Penhall's Olivier-award winning play Blue/Orange.
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Bulgaria to air Big Brother
Bulgarian channel NTV is bringing reality television to the country for the first time next month with the launch of a local version of Endemol's Big Brother.
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Noddy heads to America in PBS deal
Noddy is heading to the US after Chorion, the company which owns the rights to the Enid Blyton books, signed a major deal with the PBS network.
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Ofcom invites two FM applications
Ofcom has begun inviting applications for two new FM commercial radio licences in Belfast and Cornwall. The Belfast licence will reach an adult population of 750,000. The Cornwall licence will encompass two FM frequencies and will have an adult reach of 410,000. The closing date for both licences is 8 ...
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Bad Girls distributor on awards shortlist
Alison Rayson, chief executive of Bad Girls distributor Target Entertainment, has been shortlisted for the entrepreneur of the year prize at the National Business Awards. The awards will be held in London on 9 November.
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BBC doc led to Libyan's torture
The BBC has been slammed by Ofcom after one of its Holidays in the Axis of Evil documentaries led to a Libyan tour guide being detained and beaten by the Libyan government.
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Ryle joins YTV board
ITV controller of programme publicity Sallie Ryle has been appointed to the executive board of Yorkshire TV. As part of the move Ryle, a Yorkshire resident and veteran YTV executive of some 25 years, has given up her other role as YTV head of regional affairs. ITV's regional affairs have ...
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Callow is Dickens
Simon Callow has joined the cast of the BBC's revival of popular sci-fi series Doctor Who in the role of Charles Dickens. Callow will join actors Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper, who play the Time Lord and his assistant, in the forthcoming series currently in ...
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Celador format sells to Europe
Celador Productions' move into factual entertainment has paid off with three format sales for You Are What You Eat.