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We're covering the war - not writing history
At eight o'clock each evening, BBC3 news is coming off air and BBC4 news is starting, writes Roger Mosey.
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Clarkson looks at history of Victoria Cross
BBC Top Gearpresenter Jeremy Clarkson is to front a new show for BBC 2 about the history of the Victoria Cross medal. The 60-minute For Valourwill assesses the 'highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the ...
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Sumners buys Voom
Manchester facility Sumners has acquired the graphics and corporate company Voom, also Manchester-based and founded by former BBC graphics specialists Andy Frith and Victoria Newton in 1997. Voom's recent clients include Channel 4, Talkback and the BBC. Sumners also recently announced the creation of a specialist corporate production division, Sumners ...
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Wise Buddah syndicates dance music show
Wise Buddah is set to produce a nationally syndicated dance music show featuring rising talent and established DJs. The World's Greatest DJswill be broadcast weekly from this month on Kiss 100, Vibe 101, The Fire and Ozone Radio. Produced by Janet Bell for Wise Buddah ...
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Panasonic Broadcast to close UK headquarters
Panasonic Broadcast Europe (PBE) is to close its UK headquarters, moving its sales, service and local marketing business into its national sales company in Bracknell, writes Sam Espensen.
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Discovery to help those who've been dumped
Discovery Health has commissioned indie Uden Associates to produce two series, both set to air in August. The 9 x 30-minute Celebrity Doubleswill focus on nine lookalikes who are made to look even more like their heroes with the help of experts while the 15 ...
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BBC's cunning plan for opera
The BBC is to try and bring opera to a whole new age group when it animates The Cunning Little Vixen by Czech composer Leos Janacek as part of a number of new arts commissions, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Five keeps up major arts push
Five has ordered a raft of new arts commissions which it hopes will bolster its reputation as the new home of the genre, including a three-part series looking at the riches of Russian city St Petersburg, writes Penny Hughes.
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St Anne's brings Shakespeare up to date
St Anne's Post has completed the post on a multicultural contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, featuring Viola and Sebastian as asylum seekers. The feature-length programme will go out on Channel 4 later this year. Made by Projector Productions and executive produced by Trevor Eve, ...
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Real Radio to air UK-wide gulf war phone-in
Real Radio has hired former Middle East correspondent and Sky TV anchorman Scott Chisholm to host a 60-minute weekday phone-in show on the Iraq war. Real Radio's Gulf War Phone-Inwill give listeners the chance to voice their opinions on the war in a 12.00 slot ...
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Rock 'N' Roll myths exploded by Channel 4
Channel 4 commissioning editor, music and young people's Jo Wallace has commissioned indie Free@Last to investigate the origins and background to the wild stories and legends that surround rock 'n' roll folklore. Under investigation will be such legendary stories as The Who drummer Keith Moon driving his Lincoln convertible into ...
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C4 puts Blair crisis under the spotlight
Tony Blair's fight for political survival under the pressure of war and rebellion from his own party will be the focus of a new documentary for Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes.
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Rado C4 team returns to UK
Channel 4 has flown Gaby Rado's news team back from northern Iraq following the death of the respected foreign correspondent, writes Michael Rosser.
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Reborn treasure hunt gets full BBC2 run
BBC2 controller Jane Root and controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush have commissioned a full run of the resurrected Treasure Huntseries, following the success of a pilot last year. A 5 x 30-minute series, which will be presented by Dermot Murnaghan and Suzi Perry, will ...
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No Big Finish for M2
The proposed deal by Soho-based facility M2 to acquire a majority share in the Big Finish group, which includes commercials facility Peach and post facility Pepper, has fallen through. The chairman of M2, Bill Cullen, told Broadcast that 'after proper due diligence on the Big Finish group, we failed to ...
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Kodak cuts 18 jobs at Cinesite
Kodak has announced the closure of its digital imaging service at Cinesite Europe in London with the loss of 18 jobs, writes Sam Espensen.
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NewsMurdoch given Telepiu go-ahead
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has received regulatory approval to buy Italian pay-TV company Telepiu from Vivendi Universal, boosting its aim to become a global satellite broadcasting network, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsLineker and Gower quit BBC1 quiz
Gary Lineker and David Gower are to leave BBC1 sports quiz They Think It's All Over after eight years as team captains, writes Luke Satchell
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X-ratings TV plea
TV programmes should carry cinema-style classifications which warn of violence, sex and swearing, broadcasting watc...