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Granada wild makes second killer show
National Geographic Channel has commissioned a second series of Built for the Kill, which looks at the complex way animals kill their prey, from Granada Wild. The 6 x 60-minute show, Built for the Kill 2, will be transmitted in ...
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Men found to strip for Living
Living TV has commissioned a reality TV show dubbed as ' Pop Idolmeets The Full Monty' in which producers scour the country to set up a team of male strippers, writes Paul Revoir.
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Five plans live telepathy special
Five is jumping on the pyschic TV bandwagon with a 90-minute live show, working titled Are you Telepathic?writes Penny Hughes.
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Talent deadline moves
TV makers wanting to enter the B+ Young Talent Awards have just a few more days to get their submissions in for this year's competition. The entry deadline has been extended to the end of the month. Judging starts on 31 March. Winners will be announced at a ceremony at ...
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Crisis in Oz's Fairlight
The Sydney HQ of audio console manufacturer Fairlight has been put into administration after failing to meet ongoing financial obligations. Of the seven company offices only the Australian branch is affected so far, but administrator Giles Woodgate revealed that there are 'significant company debts'. However, the company has been in ...
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Mainframe titles Guy Ritchie co-pro
Mainframe has completed titles and stings for new Five show Swag. Described as a cross between Police! Camera! Action!and Trigger Happy TV, the series tries to tempt members of the
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Post chiefs to set training standards
Senior figures from the post-production industry have formed an action group to tackle a skills shortage within the sector, writes Sam Espensen.
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Garfield joins cartoon network
Turner Broadcasting has snapped up 85 hours of primetime animation acquisitions and co-productions for Cartoon Network and Boomerang, including the classic Garfieldseries. Cartoon Network has also pre-bought 26 x 30-minute episodes of Canadian/ French co-production Atomic Betty - Galactic Guardianand ...
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Davison and Cusack star in Carlton drama
Peter Davison and Niamh Cusack have been lined up to star in a Carlton psychological thriller about jealousy and sexual obsession. Ordered by ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott , Too Good to Be True, features Davison and Cusack as a happily divorced couple with ...
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VFG buys Wembley studio
Equipment hire company VFG has bought Asylum Studios from the Sanctuary Group for an undisclosed fee, writes Will Strauss.
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Mirren back in Prime Suspect for sixth time
The sixth instalment of Prime Suspectwill begin filming next month with Helen Mirren reprising her role as detective Jane Tennison. A Granada TV and WGBH co-production in association with CBC in Canada, Prime Suspect 6is produced by David Boulter, directed ...
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Liddiment and Bazalgette honoured at RTS awards
Former ITV director of programmes David Liddiment and Endemol UK chairman Peter Bazalgette were this week garlanded at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Programme Awards, writes Luke Satchell.
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CBBC to look at reality of animals' lives
Real-life animal dramas in Northern Ireland will be put under the spotlight in a new CBBC show looking at the work of the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The 13 x 15-minute Animal Arc, commissioned by former CBBC controller Nigel Pickard, ...
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Alias goes for Tyrell
SGI company Alias Wavefront has appointed Tyrell as UK reseller for its animation and modelling software Maya. Tyrell MD Simon Brett believed that Tyrell's business has become increasingly based on its ability to 'offer advice and assistance to clients to improve their workflow'.
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News agency readies for war
APTN (Associated Press Television News) has launched a multimillion dollar venture to help TV news companies cope with the demands of covering the upcoming war in Iraq, writes Sam Espensen.
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MPC adds two to TK
The Moving Picture Company has hired two colourists to work in its new digital film lab. Mark Gethin joins from Rushes, where he worked for nine years, and Giles Livesey comes from the company Digital Film Lab. MPC is also promoting two assistants - Dave Appleby and Kenny Gibb - ...
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C4 counts down our scariest moments
Channel 4 has ordered a 210-minute Halloween special called the 100 Greatest Scary Moments. The film, which will air this autumn, will count down the nation's best-loved chilling clips from movies and television shows, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chitty ...
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C4 drops Tony Marchant drama
Channel 4's chief executive, Mark Thompson, and director of television, Tim Gardam, have dealt Red Production company a blow by axing its planned Tony Marchant-scripted film about the NHS, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC3 invests again in Celeb money series
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy and current affairs editor Colin Savage has commissioned a further run of celebrity finance series Liquid Assets, which will look at the wealth of stars such as Robbie Williams, Prince and Oasis. The 6 x 60-part series, to be made by ...
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BBC1 strives to find innovation
The team behind the BBC's axed Tomorrow's Worldscience show is to launch a Great Britons-style search for a new working invention to be voted on by the public as part of BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey's£270m spring season, writes Leigh Holmwood.