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    Wark Clements to film sleepover club for ITV

    2002-12-04T14:05:25Z

    ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has ordered a 26 x 30-minute series based on Rose Impey's The Sleepover Club books from Scottish indie Wark Clements. The series, to be co-produced with Australian producer Burberry Productions, will be executive produced by Wark Clements ...

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    Murder in small town X to come to BBC 1

    2002-12-04T14:04:40Z

    The BBC's version of US reality game show Murder in Small Town Xhas finally gone into production after months of development, quashing speculation that it would never make it to the screen. The murder mystery reality show, which flopped in the US, was a key ...

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    Nickelodeon gives kids chance of a lifetime

    2002-12-04T14:03:48Z

    Plymouth-based indie Twofourtv has been commissioned to produce an 8 x 30-minute series, Dare U?, for Nickelodeon. The series challenges kids from around the UK to perform dares in order to win the day out of their dreams - from flying in a fighter jet ...

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    Kanjee leaves TSI

    2002-12-04T13:46:20Z

    TSI Post-Production managing director Simon Kanjee has unexpectedly quit following disagreements over the 'direction in which the company is going', writes Will Strauss

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    Dubbs builds four-desk DVD suite

    2002-12-04T13:45:26Z

    Duplication, conversion and multimedia facility Dubbs has built a new media suite for DVD production at its Poland Street home, writes John Oates

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    Grampian in move to£5m studios

    2002-12-04T13:44:10Z

    Grampian TV (GTV) is leaving its home of 40 years and moving to a new 22,000 sq ft,£5m television centre in Tullos, Aberdeen, writes John Oates

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    Blue Turtle posts FHM cover girl contest

    2002-12-04T13:43:05Z

    Blue Turtle Pictures has completed post-production on the finale to RDF Media and Sky One's search for an FHMcover star. High Street Honeys 2002follows a competition between 10 'girls next door' to become a cover girl for the magazine. The ...

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    Music talent search

    2002-12-04T13:41:51Z

    Production music producer Extreme Music, in association with Broadcast, is launching a production music talent search in order to find the UK's best new composers. A judging panel will pick the best of the tracks submitted and Broadcastreaders can then ...

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    Blue adds two staff

    2002-12-04T13:40:43Z

    Soho facility Blue Post Production has taken on a new senior producer and a new Avid editor. Producer Alison Wendt has been poached from SVC, where she worked for eight years. Editor Kelvin McKeown joins Blue to complete a five-strong team cutting programmes, on-air promotions, music videos, documentaries and commercials. ...

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    VE projects expands

    2002-12-04T13:39:15Z

    Video Europe's VE Projects venture is supplying two children's primetime entertainment shows with multi-camera de-rig systems. The series are a third run of the BBC's Storymakers, an educational programme for Cbeebies, and a series about computer gaming, Lan Jam, produced ...

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    4MC restructures TK

    2002-12-04T13:38:14Z

    Facility house 4MC is reorganising its telecine (TK) department. The changes are part of group-wide TK changes at parent Liberty Livewire. According to the company, the restructure will make it easier to book individuals and facilities across the whole group. As a result of the changes, colourist Rob Wickings is ...

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    Freeview sellout wrongfoots rivals

    2002-12-04T09:45:15Z

    Freeview is struggling to keep up with demand from potential new customers ...

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    Aha? Ta-ra! TV's Partridge over

    2002-12-04T09:39:36Z

    Comic Steve Coogan has revealed he will never make another series of ...

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    Launch success for free BBC digital TV

    2002-12-04T09:27:53Z

    The new BBC-backed digital television service, Freeview, has enjoyed on of the most successful launches in broadcas...

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    100,000 sign up to BBC digital

    2002-12-04T09:27:25Z

    The Government's plan to switch off analogue television signals by 2010 has received a boost after one million view...

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    Freeview celebrates buoyant sales of adaptors

    2002-12-04T09:27:00Z

    Freeview, the new multi-channel TV service backed by the BBC and British Sky Broadcasting, has celebrated its succe...

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    Del and Rodders are Xmas crackers

    2002-12-04T09:13:20Z

    has been voted the top festive fare of all time ...

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    Aha! It's over for Partridge

    2002-12-04T09:12:59Z

    Comedian Steve Coogan revealed last night that he will kill off comic creation Alan Partridge ...

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    Del Boy and Rodney are back for another Christmas special

    2002-12-04T09:12:35Z

    The classic comedy ...

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    Tories turn to 'Big Brother' for a bright idea

    2002-12-04T09:12:11Z

    The Conservative Party has called in Peter Bazalgette to help it work out why people have switched off Iain Duncan-...