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Five Things I Hate about You (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'The faults were such banal old chestnuts that it seemed only a matter of time before the position of the toilet se...
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No Going Back (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'No Going Back is certainly a project for people who crave an adventure. But you can experience a similar kind of a...
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Landrover on H&L
Discovery Home & Leisure channel director Paul Welling has commissioned independent producer i2i to produce a 15 x 30-minute show covering the restoration of an early series one Landrover, which was made between 1948 and 1958. A Landrover is Born, the seventh in Discovery Home & Leisure's ? ...
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BBC4 Soul specials
BBC4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned two documentaries to air during a special 'soul weekender' on the channel early next year. The working titled Urban Soul, to be made by Smoking Dogs Films, will tell the story of modern R&B and its rise in popularity. ...
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Forsyth in BBC1 show
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush have ordered a quiz show which will be fronted by former ITV star Bruce Forsyth. In the weekly Didn't They Do Well?two teams answer questions based on TV archives about major events, with a ...
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Art deco profiled
UK Style has ordered 6 x 30-minute series Art Deco Designs from indie Colonial American Productions to air from 11 December at 20.00. Presented by Maureen Lipman the show follows couples who love Art Deco houses. The series was commissioned by UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood and the executive ...
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Guinness on BBC2
The late actor Sir Alec Guinness is to feature in an Arena special to air on BBC2 at Christmas. The 90-minute Alec Guinness - A Secret Manwill be produced and directed by David Thompson, who had access to the actor's private journals and letters and ...
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Anglia builds Demolition Day for C4
Granada's Anglia TV is producing a new science reality gameshow for Channel 4 in which contestants are challenged to build the strongest structure they can in 72 hours, writes Paul Revoir.
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Mills and Nemone switch slots at Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is making further changes to its schedule to prepare for Chris Moyles' arrival on the breakfast show in January. Early morning DJ Scott Mills will change places in the schedule with Nemone, who currently broadcasts from 13.00 to 15.00 at the weekend. R1 head of mainstream programmes ...
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M2 founder Cullen set to step down
The founder of M2 Television, Bill Cullen, is expected to finalise a deal this week in which he will step down as a company director, writes Sam Espensen.
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BBC2 to examine Harley St doctors
BBC2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a series looking at the doctors and patients in London's famous Harley Street in the latest example of the resurgence of interest in docusoaps, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Greece takes 200 ready steady cooks
Screentime Partners has secured a raft of new distribution deals with formats including Ready Steady Cook and The Chair. A further 200 episodes of Endemol UK format Ready Steady Cook have been picked up by Mega Channel in Greece while another 44 episodes of quiz show The Chair have been ...
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How the BBC will hit indie quota in 2004
The BBC is banking on a package of measures to help it exceed its 25% indie quota this year after it met a barrage of criticism following confirmation that it failed to meet the target last year for the third time in a row.
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Kiss signs Bam Bam for 3 more years
Emap has held on to its breakfast DJ Bam Bam, handing him a£1m contract to stay at Kiss FM for another three years. The deal is an important one for Emap, publisher of Broadcast, which is keen to maintain consistency at Kiss before the London ...
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Bowling for Columbine to screen on C4
Channel 4 is to screen Michael Moore's Oscar-winning documentary film Bowling for Columbineafter picking up the rights from Momentum Pictures. Directed and fronted by US left-wing film-maker Moore, the 114-minute movie, which was made last year, will be shown on FilmFour and then C4 before ...
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Lygo reshuffles T4 and 4Music staff
Channel 4's new director of television, Kevin Lygo, has made his first staff changes since joining the channel on Monday (3 November). He has handed head of scheduling Jules Oldroyd the extra responsibilities of T4 and 4Music and promoted deputy editor, T4 and 4Music Neil McCallum to editor.
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C4 goes inter sex
Channel 4 has ordered a brace of films from indie Wag TV looking at people with a rare disorder which makes them genetically one sex, although they look like the other, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Blunt animated after double act
Canned Heat is the first of two S4C commissions for Blunt Pictures, a division of Siriol Pictures set up to produce adult animation. It is described by the producers as 'a humorous exploration of prejudice and intolerance featuring animated cans of soup which prove that despite our differences, we all ...
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Highfield pledges limits to online activity
BBC director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield has pledged to stay out of key commercial areas following criticism from commercial rivals.
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Leitch defers agm
Leitch Technology has rescheduled its annual general meeting after receiving a vote of no confidence from shareholders. According to Leitch, the company does not have to postpone the AGM but has chosen to do so because it 'gives an opportunity to see the argument that these shareholders are presenting'. The ...