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New Mellor outfit to nurture talent
Kay Mellor, one of TV's most bankable popular drama writers, is to develop a spin-off arm from her Leeds-based indie, Rollem Productions, to nurture new writers and directors in the north, writes Paul Revoir.
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World service move
BBC World Service has appointed Anne Koch as acting senior commissioning editor for news and current affairs. Koch, a former editor of The World Tonighton BBC Radio 4, will be responsible for commissioning Newshour, The ...
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C4 follows up Operatunity
Channel 4 is to follow up its successful Operatunityseries with a search for a West End musical star, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC digital curriculum gets green light for 2006 launch
The BBC's controversial£150m digital curriculum project will finally launch in September 2006, after getting the go-ahead from the European Commission (EC) this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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TWI wins BBC darts contract
Indie TWI has picked up the contract to produce the BBC's darts coverage for the next year, as part of the corporation's bid to meet its 25% independent production quota, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC2 to trace celebrity family trees
A group of celebrities are to trace their family ancestry for a major BBC2 interactive series, which is being billed as next year's Restoration, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsAnimal Hospital is put to sleep
The last full series of Animal Hospitalwith Rolf Harris will begin tonight (Wednesday) on BBC1 after 10 years, writes Sam Matthews.
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NewsSky hits 7m subscriber target
Sky Digital today announced it has reached its 7 million subscriber target three months ahead of schedule on the day of the fifth anniversary of the service's launch, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsFox: 'I'm staying at Capital'
Capital FM's drivetime presenter Neil Fox has cemented his commitment to the station following rumours that he would quit after losing Chris Tarrant's breakfast slot to Johnny Vaughan, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsITV picks up Turkey game
ITV has bought the rights to show exclusive terrestrial coverage of England's vital Euro 2004 qualifying match against Turkey on Saturday 11 October, writes Paul Revoir.
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Wife Swap (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Last night's episode was not only warm-hearted and entertaining, it also appeared genuinely helpful to the couples...
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Wife Swap (C4) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express
'There was more human drama, laughter and tears in one hour of Wife Swap (C4) than you'd see in a month of soaps.'...
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Wife Swap (C4) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'Wife Swap (Channel 4) is pleasing on many levels and horrendous on many others. Observing the exploits of people y...
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Wife Swap (C4) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'Probably as close as British television gets to Jerry Springer, Wife Swap (Channel 4) returned as gloriously voyeu...
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Wife Swap (C4) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'It makes your spirits sag just a little that we need television to show us not, say, how Brunel built the Clifton ...
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Wife Swap (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'I think it might be pushing it to describe Wife Swap (Channel 4) as Socratic television, but it has certainly brou...
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NewsBBC America dumps EastEnders
The BBC's commercial US channel BBC America has been inundated with complaints following its decision to axe EastEnders, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsVaughan takes Tarrant Capital slot
Capital Radio has signed former Big Breakfast presenter Johnny Vaughan to take over the breakfast show when Chris Tarrant hangs up his headphones at the end of the year, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsJowell challenges BBC critics
Media Secretary Tessa Jowell has challenged critics of the BBC's licence fee to come forward with a credible alternative, writes David Rose.
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NewsSky News rapped over crash footage
Sky News has been reprimanded by the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) for repeatedly screening 'insensitive' and 'gratuitous' footage of a plane crashing at an air show, writes Sam Matthews.