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Imagine... The World According to Parr (BBC1) - Nancy Banks-Smith
'Imagine... is funny and poignant.'...
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MacIntyre's Millions (Five) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'This sort of reporter-centred reporting still isn't my favourite TV genre. Even so, I can't deny that MacIntyre do...
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NewsJowell to kick off BBC charter review next week
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell will use a key engagement with broadcasters next week to launch the long-awaited review of the BBC's Charter.
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UK post spending climbs to£1.3bn
UK television, film and commercial producers spent£47m more on post-production in 2002 than they did in the previous year, according to a new report from the UK Film Council.
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ITV's£100m savings plans
With savings of£100m to make, it seems certain that ITV's regional franchises will feel the pinch as some of the network's most well-known buildings are sold off and staff are moved on.
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BBC2 to kick off football weekly
BBC2 is to jump on the football bandwagon by launching its first magazine-style show dedicated to the sport as part of a range of factual commissions from indies.
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C4 deal brings Price-drop.TV onto Freeview
Shopping channel Price-drop.tv has taken one of the remaining slots on the Freeview digital terrestrial television platform, after it agreed a deal with Channel 4 to use its 'gifted' space on the service.
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Plain-speaking C4
Channel 4 News has won a Plain English Award. Guy Ker, Channel 4 News's managing director, accepted the award on behalf of the programme. A spokesman for the Plain English Campaign said the gong recognised Jon Snow's interviewing and 'political editor Elinor Goodman's efforts to explain the murky world of ...
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Sky One's Baker splits top acquisitions role
Sky One controller James Baker has made his first appointments, creating two acquisitions posts.
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Wall to Wall's ancient egyptians airs in US
Indie Wall to Wall is set to make its US debut on TLC with its£6m documentary miniseries Ancient Egyptians. The 4 x 60-minute series, which mixes true stories with dramatic reconstructions, will air on the Discovery-owned network before the end of the year. Originally broadcast ...
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My Dad The Rock Star heads for Asia
Nickelodeon has secured the TV rights in several major territories for animated series My Dad the Rock Star. The deal, with Canada's Nelvana, will see the 26 x 30-minute series screened on Nickelodeon UK and Asia from January before rolling out on M6 in France ...
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ATR's new facility
Teddington Studios is opening a purpose-built facility for the joint Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure horse-racing channel, At The Races. The new set-up, which took two months to put together, forms part of the studios'£2m expansion. Fifty At The Races staff are now based at Teddington. The project installation ...
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Autumn launch for CiTV channel
ITV will launch its dedicated CiTV multichannel offering by autumn next year.
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Tilston back to Oasis
Engineer Steve Tilston has rejoined post facility Oasis Television. The former Gee Broadcast and Channel TV man returns to the company following a spell in the Middle East. He previously spent three years as an engineer at Oasis. The Soho-based company has also recruited a business development manager, Darren Musgrove, ...
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BBC on top with eight kids Baftas
The BBC swept the board at this year's British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards, winning a total of eight awards.
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Sky's Baker orders teen horror show
Sky One controller James Baker has greenlit his first drama since taking over in October with a major new teen horror series from Elisabeth Murdoch's indie, Shine Entertainment.
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Jobs freeze at BBC
BBC news has instigated a recruitment freeze as it attempts to make budgetary savings, although job cuts have been ruled out. The division - which is also having to redeploy around 40 staff from BBC3's axed Liquid Newsshow - is currently preparing its budget for ...
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BBC radio dramatises Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is to be adapted for radio for the first time as part of BBC Radio 4's winter line-up. Juliet Stevenson will star as Mary Poppins in the dramatisation of PL Travers' classic story which will air on 3 January in the Saturday play ...
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BBC gospel show
BBC head of religion and ethics Alan Bookbinder has commissioned a 60-minute reality television-style show in which amateur gospel singers audition for a showcase concert. Gospel Heaven, which will air as a one-off special in BBC1's Sunday morning Heaven and ...