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OSF doc wins Emmy
Oxford Scientific Films has won an Emmy for best direction for its documentary about insects, Living with Bugs. The award for best direction, at the 24th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, was given to director Anna Finch and series producer/director David Allen. Living with ...
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NTL to scrutinise executive salaries
Cable group NTL is being forced by its compensation committee to carry out a study of executive pay levels in the UK before agreeing a salary and benefits package for new chief executive Simon Duffy. Duffy is still on his chief operating officer package. The move follows criticism of the ...
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Fremantle feeds hungarian humor
Fremantle International Distribution has sold more than 200 hours of comedy programming to Hungary, including a raft of series from Men Behaving Badlywriter Simon Nye. The Humor Channel will screen Nye's new series Hardwareand Beastas ...
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Five footie for S&V
Indie Sunset & Vine has secured an exclusive contract with Five to carry on producing all its live football games for a further two years. The new deal will see the Television Corporation subsidiary, which has overseen Five's live football for the past three years, produce around 20 matches a ...
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Granada wins monster order
Granada has picked up a major Channel 4 commission for a UK version of US hit factual entertainment mechanical makeover series, Monster Garage,writes Paul Revoir.
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Moon hoax theory
Five commissioning editor for science Justine Kershaw has asked Zig-Zag Productions to make a 60-minute documentary exploring the hoax theories behind the moon landings . The Truth Behind the Moon Landings(working title) will take a scientific look at different conspiracy theories suggesting the moon landing ...
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Indigo wins rights to Snailsbury Tales
Indigo has secured the international rights outside the UK, Australia and Benelux, for Maverick Entertainment animated series Snailsbury Tales. The 26 x 10-minute series has already aired on the BBC, RTE Ireland and ABC in Australia. The adventure series was executive produced by the BBC's ...
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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...