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    Commissioning - Secret Policeman reassessed.

    2004-01-16T13:39:21Z

    Films of Record is to revisit seminal comedy event The Secret Policeman's Ball for a 25th anniversary special, writes Michael Rosser.

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    COMMISSIONS - KITCHEN DETECTIVE ON WAY TO DISCOVERY.

    2004-01-16T13:39:21Z

    Discovery Health channel director Clare Laycock has ordered Kitchen Detective, a 10 x 30-minutes series from

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    Fox Sports Net to play Late Night Poker.

    2004-01-16T13:39:21Z

    Indie Presentable has sold its Channel 4 show Late Night Poker to US network Fox Sports, writes Glen Mutel.

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    TOP 10 KIDS PROGRAMMES IN 2003.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    In 2003 BBC1 continued to occupy an apparently unassailable position among four to 15-year-olds. Old favourites,

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    BBC3 gives Vaughan another shot.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Johnny Vaughan, whose BBC3 chat show was dropped last year, is to return to the digital channel with a new live entertainment show, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Uden goes into administration.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Indie Uden Associates has been forced into administration after 22 years of programme making owing to

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    JOWELL: NO PLANS TO BAN JUNK FOOD ADS.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Media secretary Tessa Jowell has ruled out implementing a ban on junk food advertising to children.

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    Oneword cuts all staff jobs.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    The entire full-time staff of digital radio station Oneword - twice winner of the Sony digital station of the year - have been made redundant ahead of a major restructure, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC DIGITAL CURRICULUM OPEN FOR PITCHES.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Indies have officially been invited to pitch for commissions for the BBC's controversial£150m digital curriculum

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    BBC SCOTLAND GAP.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    BBC Scotland is looking for a new controller after John McCormick decided to retire. He will

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    SHAREHOLDERS GIVE BLESSING TO ITV MERGER.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Carlton and Granada shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger of ITV at separate extraordinary general meetings this

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    THAMES DRAMA BOOST.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Thames Television head of drama Paul Marquess has made two key drama appointments for The Bill

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    Five boosts commissioning.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Five has bolstered its senior commissioning team by appointing Steve Gowans as its new head of factual and promoting Liam Humphreys to head of factual entertainment, writes Glen Mutel.

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    BROADCAST LAUNCHES GREEN LIGHT.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Green Light - a new service that allows Broadcast readers to search more than 1,000 commissioned

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    PA/BBC NEWS DEAL.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Foreign news broadcasters will be able to use BBC news footage on the same day the

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    ITV kids launch doesn't take off.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    ITV's replacement for its Saturday morning children's show SM:TV Live failed to find a sizeable audience in its first outing at the weekend, writes Jon Rogers.

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    TWG UPS DRG STAKE.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    The Wireless Group is to increase its stake in DRG, owner of the London III digital

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    MCDONALD GETS ITV NEWS EDITORIAL ROLE.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald has been made associate editor of ITV1's new News at 10.30, which

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    Wilde takes entertainment post at Hat Trick.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    Leon Wilde, co-devisor and producer of Granada's Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, has been poached by Hat Trick Productions to become its head of entertainment, writes Paul Revoir.

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    HOWIE MOVES TO UKTV.

    2004-01-16T13:39:20Z

    UKTV has appointed Diana Howie as editorial executive to develop event-based programmes for the network's entertainment