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Commissioning - ITV hunts for real Basil Fawlty.
A light-hearted look at people who claim to be real-life Basil Fawltys working in Torquay's hotel industry is one of the highlights of ITV Westcountry's schedule for winter, writes Paul Revoir.
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CHAMBERS TO OUTLINE FIVE'S FUTURE PLANS.
Five director of programmes Dan Chambers has joined the line-up of speakers at this year's Broadcast
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MACCA ROCKS IN ITV CHRISTMAS.
ITV has snapped up a documentary charting Paul McCartney's recent trip to Russia where he performed
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Commissioning - Commissioner's Q&A - Kim Peat.
Five controller, daytime, arts and religion talks about shedding a tear for The Naked Pilgrim, and about the challenge of retaining the channel's distinctiveness in an era of increasing programme homogeneity.
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Commissioning - Ricochet scores with Super Nanny.
Indie Ricochet has been commissioned to make a formatted documentary series looking at parents and their
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COMMISSIONS - SHORT FILMS FOR FESTIVE EASTENDERS.
UK Gold has commissioned BBC Fictionlab to make 18 x 5-minute films to air in its
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COMMISSIONS - PRINCESS MAKES SUPERFLIRT FOR FIVE.
Indie Princess Productions has been commissioned to make a one-off factual entertainment show for Five based
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CORRECTION: GRAMPIAN TV.
The picture used to accompany a story in our 24 October issue on the future of
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NTL TO ENTICE SUBSCRIBERS WITH TCM.
Digital channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is going free to air on NTL for a trial
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RTL to produce German My Hero.
BBC comedy My Hero is set to be made for viewers in Germany after the corporation's
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OFCOM STRENGTHENS LEGAL TEAM.
Ofcom has appointed three senior lawyers to head its legal team. Polly Weitzman and Graham Howell,
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TOP 10 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2003 MATCHES.
It may be hardly surprising but England's World Cup clashes dominate viewing of the tournament,
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C4 bags four prizes at Grierson British documentary awards.
Channel 4 picked up four awards at the Grierson British documentary awards on Monday (17 November) while the BBC co-production Chavez - Inside the Coup was the biggest single winner, scooping two, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC AFGHAN SERVICE.
BBC World Service is launching a dedicated schedule of programming for Afghanistan in the run-up to
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Sky hikes prices to hit ARPU targets.
BSkyB is set to increase the price of its top-tier package in January from£38 to£40 in a bid to reach its self-imposed target of making£400 a year out of each subscriber by 2005, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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BBC widens 'watering hole' to include more genres.
The BBC is to extend its 'watering hole' scheme - in which groups of different people are drafted in to help develop new shows - across further genres after a pilot scheme in the factual department was deemed a success, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Wall to Wall nabs Dormer from BBC.
Indie Wall to Wall has poached BBC drama commissioning executive Mike Dormer in a bid to bulk up its drama output, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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GMG joint bid succeeds in Dutch radio.
Jazz FM owner Guardian Media Group (GMG) is to make its first push overseas by helping launch a jazz station in the Netherlands, writes Michael Rosser.
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Rugby flattens the competition.
England's semi-final victory over the French in the Rugby World Cup was the most watched match of the tournament so far on ITV1, writes Jon Rogers.