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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsBBC's Restoration gets£3m lottery pledge
New BBC2 series, Restoration, has received a pledge for£3m from The Heritage Lottery Fund to help restore one of thirty historical landmarks, ' writes Sam Matthews.
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Discovery holds a torch for barbecues
Discovery Home & Leisure channel director Paul Welling has ordered a 10 x 30-minute series from TwoFour Productions in which garden designer Mark Selwood builds 'revolutionary' outdoor kitchens. Flaming Barbecues, set to air from spring next year, is executive produced by Jonathan Fairweather, Jill Lourie ...
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NewsLNN's future gets political
ITN is trying to take over the running of London News Network, which is currently jointly owned by Carlton and Granada. But the potential deal is causing disquiet about the future of London's regional news. Peter Keighron reports
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NewsDavid Blaine comes to London
US magician David Blaine is set to perform his next stunt in London - locking himself in a glass box above the Thames for 6 weeks without food, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsRugman takes on C4 News' Washington role
Channel 4 News has appointed Jonathan Rugman as its new Washington correspondent, writes Gavin Stamp.
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NewsBirt: BBC's reporting was 'wrong'
Former BBC director general Lord Birt cast doubt on the BBC's reporting of the Iraq weapons dossier telling a senior government official that claims that the document had been 'sexed up' at the government's behest were known to be 'wrong', writes Gavin Stamp.
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NewsGWR rebrands dance show Vibe Nation
Radio group GWR is rebranding its weekend Vibe Nation dance show as Ministry of Sound three months after selling its stake in Vibe to Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH), writes Michael Rosser.
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House Trapped (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'In short, I have absolutely no idea what the point of House Trapped is supposed to be. On the one hand, only the m...
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Facelifts from Hell (ITV1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'For all the well-meaning health warnings, Facelifts from Hell (ITV1) still felt like medical porn.'...
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The Search for Atlantis: the true story (Five) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'The Search for Atlantis: the true story (Five) was a fast-paced hour of history and philosophy worthy of any of th...
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The Shield (Five) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'The Shield (Five) not only remains the best programme on television, it's getting better and better, bleaker and b...
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The Shield (Five) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'The Shield is a morally disgusting show, but it is slickly and skilfully made. I worry quite a lot over Vic Mackie...