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Leopard to soup up cars for Discovery and C4
Leopard Films has picked up a co-commission from Discovery Networks Europe and Channel 4 for a second 10-part series of Thunder Races. The 10 x 60-minute series, which will air first on Discovery and then later on C4, follows three teams of car enthusiasts as they transform an old banger ...
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Radio 4 reorders cross-dressing comedy
The comedy writing couple behind ITV's Faith in the Future and BBC1 series Next of Kin have been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 commissioning editor, drama and entertainment Caroline Raphael to pen a third series of cross-dressing comedy The Change. Scripted by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie, the series will ...
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Digital free to air reaches a fifth of homes
One in five digital TV homes now takes free-to-air services, according to new figures, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Italian Poirot to air
Poirot will be re-digitised and dubbed into Italian after Granada International sold a further 18 hours of the detective series to Italy. Mediaset has picked up the Agatha Christie thrillers as part of a package which also includes 8 x 100-minute episodes of sea-faring adventure series Hornblower.
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Rolf Harris to receive Albert Hall tribute
BBC1 is to commemorate artist and singer Rolf Harris' 50-year TV career with a major event at the Royal Albert Hall. The Animal Hospital host will host Rolf at The Royal Albert Hall in which he will perform a variety of musical and artistic endeavours including 'a giant sing-along'. The ...
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NewsGovernment seeks to appease Puttnam
Government ministers are holding eleventh-hour talks with rebel peer Lord Puttnam in a bid to head off a Labour rebellion over moves that would allow large newspaper groups such as Rupert Murdoch's News International to buy Five, writes David Rose.
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BBC mounts biggest Glastonbury set-up
BBC Outside Broadcast is throwing two brand-new trucks, 15km of video cable, 27 VTRs, 30 cameras and 100 technical staff at the coverage of this year's Glastonbury Festival, writes Sam Espensen.As
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Blow-by-blow look at high-speed wedding
September Films has scored a bizarre 60-minute programme order from US broadcaster Lifetime Television in which a prospective bride and groom must organise their wedding in the time it takes for the world's largest blow-up church to inflate. Marry Me Nowwill follow one partner's proposal ...
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The Bridge's refit underway
Soho audio post-production facility The Bridge is part of the way through a major refit that will see all three of its suites upgraded with the installation of networked hard disk
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Redmond gives film chance to Brookie writers
Scriptwriters from Channel 4's departing soap Brooksidehave been thrown a lifeline by Mersey TV boss Phil Redmond after being offered the chance to form part of the creative team for his new film venture, writes Paul Revoir.
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BSkyB package on NTL
Cable operator NTL has secured a deal with BSkyB to give its 2 million subscribers access to Sky One Mix, Sky Travel, Sky Travel Extra, The Amp, Flaunt and Scuzz by the end of July 2003. The deal brings the NTL digital package in line with the country's other major ...
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Capital and UBC plan pay-as-you-go radio
Capital Radio, the UK's biggest radio group, has entered a joint-venture with UBC Media to develop interactive services and pay-as-you-go radio, writes Michael Rosser.
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RTE reality show cast plan to sue
Rescued contestants from RTE's Cabin Feverreality TV boat are expected to sue the station for damages after the boat on which the show was based sank off the Irish coast last week.
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Churchill Restored
London facility house The Machine Room has restored, treated and edited both old and new footage for three one-hour programmes that chart the life of former British prime minister Sir Winston
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Cicada to look at pre-roman civilisation
Indie Cicada Films is making a 50-minute programme about a new archaeological site in northern Italy that reveals how the Etruscans, a pre-Roman civilisation, funded their hedonistic life. The Etruscans, for Discovery Channel and Welsh language broadcaster S4C, is executive produced by Frances Berrigan and directed by Ian Denyer for ...
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Discovery health reorders Slimming Club
Discovery Health has ordered a second series of Slimming Club from Yorkshire TV's factual department. The 15 x 30-minute show, which follows the trials and tribulations of people in a diet support group, will air later this year.
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Courtney Pine's Jazz Crusade to return
BBC Radio 2 head of programmes Lesley Douglas has commissioned radio indie Wise Buddah to produce a fifth series of Courtney Pine's Jazz Crusade. Featuring new jazz releases, special guests and news, the 8 x 60-minute series is scheduled for broadcast in December and will be produced by Sarah Cropper.
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Superbike star gets his own documentary
Granada Men & Motors has commissioned a 10 x 30-minute fly-on-the-wall series from indie Octagon following the UK's top superbike rider Neil Hodgson as he attempts to win the 2003 Superbike World Championship. Airing from 21 August, Superbiker goes behind the scenes from the paddock to the testing grounds to ...
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Fremantle exec joins Presentable
Cardiff-based indie Presentable has poached an award-winning entertainment executive from Fremantle Media to head a new factual entertainment department, writes Penny Hughes.
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Idol win for Marberger
Tobias Marberger, a 29-year-old Swedish composer, romped home in the voting for this year's inaugural Extreme Idol, the Broadcast magazine and Extreme Music search for a new production music superstar. Dubbed