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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
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NewsITV lines up mother-in-law reality show
ITV's new controller of factual Bridget Boseley has marked ITV's new push into edgier factual programming with her first commission - a show which forces people to take their mother-in-law into their homes for a week, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsGardam quits C4, Lygo tipped to take over
Channel 4 director of television Tim Gardam has resigned from the channel after months of intense speculation about his future, writes Penny Hughes.
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NewsBloomberg to provide content for CBM channel
Financial news provider Bloomberg is set to get a window on the Freeview platform by providing content for the new CBM channel, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsCleaver takes on BBC controller of learning role
The BBC's new director of factual and learning, John Willis, has made his first appointment since taking on the role two weeks ago, promoting Liz Cleaver to controller of learning, writes Colin Robertson.
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Bye Bye Boys
Wonderbra ads and telly shows like Men Behaving Badly and Footballers' Wives face being banned under the latest bar...
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Big Sister is watching you
Feminist Eurocrat who wants to ban 'sexist' TV shows and adverts. ...
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Brussels considers ban on raunchy TV images
Sexist or raunchy images on television or in advertising could be banned across the European Union under a directiv...
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Game, set and match to BBC1
A peak of 4.1 million viewers watched BBC1's coverage of Greg Rusedki's victory in the first round of the Wimbledon...
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Digital viewers free-wheel
A fifth of all households with digital television receive free to air channels rather than pay TV, according to the...
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ITV merger worries
Advertisers are concerned that the Competition Commission will allow the merger of ITV companies Granada and Carlto...
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The night the music died
Jean-Marie Messier had created a French corporate powerhouse but his love of self-promotion and risk were to delive...
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'Big Brother' loses viewers but stays top show on C4
Big Brother may be watching you - but are you still watching ...
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BBC detector vans go undercover
The BBC showed off a new fleet of 'undercover' detector vans yesterday that it hopes will recoup the£150 million i...
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Avesco spreads net to win quiz jackpot
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? joint-owner Avesco said the production company behind the TV quiz was developing new...
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I'll make£1m
Weeks ago he was making pocket money from private parties, but royal gatecrasher aaron Barshack last night said he ...