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NewsBlue Peter chief takes new BBC sport role
The BBC has appointed the head of Blue Peter , Steve Hocking, to head up a new initiative to encourage more people to take part in sport.
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NewsMoyles bags Sony nomination
Chris Moyles, the loudmouth presenter of BBC Radio 1, has been shortlisted for DJ of the Year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards.
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Where next for BBC2?
With the 'best job in the BBC' up for grabs, whoever replaces Jane Root is going to have to maintain ratings while satisfying a growing clamour for more risk-taking and more arts and documentaries.
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The Rise and Fall of Citizen Black (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'The Money Programme gave us a hard-hitting account of the up-like-a-rocket, down-like-a-stick career of Conrad Bla...
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The New Americans (BBC4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The result was fascinating, and made a case that quantity can be just as important as quality.'...
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Jesus Who...? (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Here was a documentary on Christianity that went about its business without either apology or any gimmicks.'...
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Selling Houses (C4) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'It was the sort of rubbish you could have at 10 in the morning or 2pm - daytime television posing as decent adult ...
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Neumann takes new role at ITV1
ITV has beefed up its factual programming department by giving ITV2 head of programming Daniela Neumann a new role as factual editor.
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ITV2 lines up Bad Girls special
ITV2 has commissioned a 60-minute Bad Girls spin-off from Shed Productions to air this autumn. The behind-the-scenes special has been commissioned by Daniela Neumann and will be produced by Jodie Reynolds with Brian Park as executive producer. The order follows a ...
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BBC2 wins Peabody
Giselle Portenier and Olenka Frenkiel have won a prestigious Peabody Award for their BBC2 Correspondent programme, Israel's Secret Weapon , which told the story of Mordechai Vanunu who was jailed after revealing Israel's nuclear weapons programme. UK documentary-maker Mischa Scorer ...
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all3media wins biggest brood orders
All3Media International has made a raft of sales of its documentary Britain's Biggest Brood. The 52-minute series has been taken by TV2 in Denmark, SBS in the Netherlands, TVNZ in New Zealand, TV Norge in Norway and Canal 5 in Sweden. Originally screened on ...
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P3 spices up The Sex.com story
P3 has done effects, online and grading work on The Sex.com Story , a 60-minute documentary for Five made by Making Time. The show charts the extraordinary theft of the most valuable domain name in the world, sex.com. Online and grade was completed by Michael ...
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C4 to end racing coverage if bid fails
Channel 4 will cease to cover horse racing if it fails to secure the rights to the Cheltenham Festival by Thursday night (8 April). C4 commercial director Rob Woodward has given the Racehorse Holdings Trust (RHT) - a grouping of 13 courses including Cheltenham - until Easter weekend to accept ...
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Trump show set for 40 markets
The Apprentice , the Donald Trump-fronted reality show that has taken the US by storm, is set to air in over 40 countries around the world.
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Grade: DG, Charter and board top his agenda
Michael Grade made a confident and relaxed start to his new role as BBC chairman, strolling in to spontaneous applause from gathered staff at his first press conference on Friday (2 April).
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Rushes graphics for Aids show
Rushes Post Production has completed graphics work on a 2 x 60-minute BBC specialist factual documentary about Aids. Being Positive , directed and produced by Andy Robbins, looks at the social history of the HIV and Aids epidemic. Modern graffiti-style graphic design and animation have ...
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DLT's My Family to air on BBC America
BBC1 sitcom My Family is to be screened on BBC America from this spring. It has ordered all 49 episodes of the first four series with the option to license further episodes. The deal was negotiated by DLT Entertainment, which produces the series with Rude ...
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Two appointments
Editor Tim Fulford has joined Soho offline facility Cut & Run from Red Square Editing. His recent work includes a BBC production of Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw plus ads for Vodafone for JWT and Ribena for Grey Advertis-ing. Meanwhile, Ascent Media-owned One ...
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BBC appoints digital curriculum leader
The BBC has appointed Granada Learning Group development director Anne Eastgate as the project leader for its£150m digital curriculum, which will provide free online educational materials for students and teachers. Eastgate, who takes up the role in May and reports to controller of children's education Frank Flynn, will be charged ...