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Men & Motors boss to advise on low-cost TV
Men & Motors channel manager Lesley Johnson is quitting the Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) channel to set up her own business, advising people how to make low-cost programmes , writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Watching The Detectives (BBC1) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'Watching The Detectives (BBC1) is grimly effective, slick but simple television.' 'A school girl has been raped,'...
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Watching The Detectives (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Just occasionally a TV documentary makes an impact on society that leads to a change in the law, or persuades us a...
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BBC World plots US invasion
The BBC's international news and information channel BBC World is set to launch in the US as part of continued plans to expand its global reach, writes Leigh Holmwood
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C4 pumps cash into animation
channel 4 has renewed its commitment to animation film-making by ring-fencing£1.6m for 40 films over the next three years, writes Gavin Stamp
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Lewis-Smith tops BBC4 line-up
Victor Lewis-Smith, the man behind trash television series TV Offal, is to produce a programme for BBC4, as part of raft of new shows for the station.
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BBC3 aims for laughs with autumn season
Comedy is to spearhead BBC3's assault on the key autumn schedule battleground with a second spin-off from cult sketch show The Fast Show headlining the slate, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC deal sees 12 Yard open in Manchester
Indie 12 yard Productions is to set up a Manchester office after securing a development and production deal with the BBC, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Lion sets up in LA
Lion television is extending its US presence with the opening of offices in Los Angeles on the back of a major commission, writes Michael Rosser.
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Nucoda set for IBC
Soho-based Nucoda is all set to debut its resolution-independent film mastering system for digital intermediate finishing and a data play system, both based on its Postcode frame-indexing technology, at next month's IBC. Harnessing standard PC RAM memory, data play is claimed to allow users to view 2K 10-bit log sequences ...
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Third time lucky for faith & music
ITV controller of news, current affairs, arts and religion Steve Anderson has ordered a third series of Faith & Music, the Sunday evening show from indie Chameleon which looks at the religious and spiritual inspiration behind music acts. The 8 x 45-minute series will air ...
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Resolution expands
Post facility Resolution has expanded its high-end short-form team by poaching editor Jonathan Myers from Frontline to do online and Editbox work. It is hoped that the appointment of Myers will increase the amount of work that the company gets from existing music channel clients MTV and VH1. Stuart Fyvie, ...
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Shine series to stop men eating junk food
UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned indie Shine Entertainment to produce a 15 x 30-minute series, Beauty and the Feast, for UK Food. Executive produced by Sally-Ann Howard and series produced by Jezz Wright, the show, which kicks off on 13 October in ...
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Discovery gets more image-conscious
Discovery Health is widening its slate of serious health shows with a range of image and lifestyle series due to air later this year, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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ITV commissions double helping of drama series from Granada
ITV has commissioned a 6 x 60-minute drama series from Granada starring Peter Davison as a top plastic surgeon who abandons London to live in a remote island off the north coast of England, writes Paul Revoir.
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One-off extreme sports specials to come
The Extreme Sports Channel has commissioned indies Friday and Chilli Media to produce one-off specials for its Legends of the Extremestrand. Friday is producing a 30-minute piece on five-time world champion snowboarder Terje Haakonsen to be broadcast on 30 September. Meanwhile, Chilli is making the ...
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Electric Sky gets rights to cloning series
Electric Sky has signed up to a deal to distribute a new three-part series for Channel 4 called The First Human Clone. The programme, produced by Peter Williams Television, follows the controversial attempts to clone a human being. The programme has unprecedented and exclusive access ...
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NewsRift opens up at Chrysalis
A rift has emerged between some of Chrysalis TV group's senior executives and its new owners led by former Granada chief executive Steve Morrison, writes Paul Revoir.
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Rolf Harris series paints celebrities
Rolf Harris will put four mystery celebrities in front of a team of artists for a new BBC1 challenge show from indie Hotbed Media, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsITV hands Carlton Saturday kids slot
ITV has axed Saturday morning kids show SM:TV Liveand handed Carlton a year-long commission for a replacement show, writes Paul Revoir.