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Emap renames show
Emap Media has unveiled a name change for The Production Show and details of Broadcast Week. The 2004 event will be called The Broadcast Production Show and will take place from 18 to 20 May at the National Hall, Olympia. It will form an important ...
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Kiss freshens up weekend schedules
London dance radio station Kiss is launching two weekend shows from 30 January. On Fridays, British Asian producer Rishi Rishi Project will host the midnight to 02.00 slot and on Saturdays US DJ Mark Ronson will front a R'n'B, rock and funk show from 23.00 to 01.00.
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TV gets in on government
Prime minister Tony Blair has finally yielded to broadcasters' demands by promising that more ministers will hold televised press conferences. And in a further concession to regional broadcasters the government plans more briefings for the regional media. Blair's announcement followed the publication of the independent review of government communications led ...
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YTV to make inserts for UK Gold special
Yorkshire TV has been signed up to produce two nights of programme inserts for UK Gold's Sex and Sitcom themed weekend. The shorts were ordered by UKTV head of entertainment and drama Matt Tombs. Louise Blythe will produce with Jeff Anderson as executive producer.
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John Suchet retires
ITV news presenter John Suchet has announced he will retire from ITN in March. Suchet joined ITN in 1972 and has held various reporting and presenting roles. He currently stands in for Trevor McDonald on the ITV1 late bulletin and has a presenting role on the ITV News Channel.
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Kudos plans US Psychos
Kudos, the indie behind hit BBC drama Spooks, is set to make its first foray into original programming in the US with a version of its award-winning Channel 4 hospital drama Psychos.
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SMG TV to sponsor RTS membership
SMG TV Productions plans to sponsor 30 people to become members of the Royal Television Society Scotland. If you are under 30, live in Scotland and would like to be considered for sponsorship contact: Wendy Saunders, SMG TV Productions, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 3PR by the end of January.
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Survivor next up for star treatment
A celebrity version of British reality format Survivor , devised by former Planet 24 executives Waheed Alli and Charlie Parsons, is being made for Australia's Nine Network. All Star Survivor will air on the network at the end of the ...
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Scream promotion
Indie Scream Films has promoted Paul Flexton to head of entertainment. Flexton, who produced Channel 4 strand T4 before stints at Tiger Aspect and 19TV, joined Scream as an entertainment executive in September 2002. He has worked on shows including ...
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Sington for Starkey
Granada has hired DOX Productions executive producer David Sington to be the new series editor for David Starkey-fronted Channel 4 history series Monarchy. The first six films of the 18-hour saga, written and presented by Starkey, have been completed and now Sington will oversee ...
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Talkback Thames
Talkback Thames has appointed Alex Mahon from parent company Fremantle Media to oversee its commercial operation. In the newly created role of commercial director, Mahon will manage licensing of Talkback Thames' programming as well as exploitation of books, DVDs, merchandising and distribution. She was director of commercial development and strategy ...
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NewsKelly case comes to screen
Panorama programme A Fight to the Death , which explores the feud between the BBC and the government which led to Dr David Kelly's death, generated more giggles than gasps when it was shown to a room full of ...
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NewsAtalla quits for Talkback
Ash Atalla, the producer of award-winning BBC comedy The Office , is quitting the corporation to develop sitcoms for Talkback.
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NewsC4 to make comic fans into super heroes
Channel 4 is set to broadcast a bizarre new primetime game show in which comic book fans are invited to turn themselves into stunt-performing super heroes.
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SMG fears news agenda change
SMG is to call for urgent talks with ITV chiefs amid concerns that the newly created ITV News Division could disadvantage the network's minority shareholders.
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Carlton's Wells takes ITV ents role
Mark Wells is set to take the post of controller of entertainment at ITV production arm Granada, making him the first senior Carlton programming executive to be given a job in the merged entity.
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Zeal hit by departures
Indie Zeal Television has been hit by the departure of three of its senior managers, including managing director and co-founder Mark Linsey.
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Thirkell links up with Wax
Robert Thirkell, the former BBC producer who launched award-winning shows Blood on the Carpet and Back to the Floor , is working on a new business series for BBC3, fronted by Ruby Wax.
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Company brings Pete and Dud 'love story' to C4
Company Pictures, the indie behind hit drama series Shameless , is to make a film for Channel 4 about the iconic comedy team Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
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Eubank knocked out of Five format
Five has decided not to make a second series of reality show At Home with the Eubanks but is keeping the brand and is on the hunt for a new celebrity.