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Friend of Five takes over at parent
Gerhard Zeiler was made chief executive of the RTL Group yesterday ...
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Congratulations, you've just won£1m. But we don't want to give you that, do we?
Three in court accused of using coded coughs to win TV show ...
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NewsBig hitters combine for radio licence bid
A consortium including Celador's Paul Smith and Richard Eyre, the former chief of ITV and Capital Radio, has emerged as a surprise bidder for the UK's biggest remaining radio licence, writes John Plunkett
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NewsBBC issues Iraq war guidelines
The BBC has issued guidelines for covering the potential war in Iraq, including how BBC correspondents should refer to British troops and report the widespread opposition to the war around the world, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsBlair says yes to MTV but no to Al Jazeera
Prime minister Tony Blair will this week be interviewed by MTV as part of a PR drive to justify war in Iraq - but has turned down a request for an interview with the Al Jazeera news channel, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsAherne and Cash bury the hatchet
The lucrative creative partnership between Royle Family writers Craig Cash and Caroline Aherne - which broke up amid recriminations last year - could be rekindled following a reconciliation between the two, writes Leigh Holmwood
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News19TV takes indie of the year award
Pop Idolproducer 19TV won indie of the year at the 2003 Indie Awards this week as reality shows swept the board.
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Facility M2 has Big Finish in view
Soho facility M2 is in negotiations to buy a majority share holding in post-production group Big Finish, write Sam Espensen and Will Srauss.
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History Channel and S4C sign two-series deal
A documentary on Irish political party Sinn Fein is part of an output deal signed between The History Channel UK and S4C International (S4CI) for 10 hours of co-produced programming, writes Penny Hughes.
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422 South brings the human chimp to life
422 South has provided graphics and content for Granada's show The Human Chimp, part of the Unsolved Mysteries strand on Five. The programme uses archive footage to speculate about a human/chimp hybrid species and whether such a species is already in existence. 422 designer Will ...
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Runners get advice
Skillset is to hold a careers advice day next month for runners wanting to get ahead in TV. Offering access to producers, directors and broadcasters, the event features workshops and talks from such luminaries as 1Xtra programmes editor Wilber Wilberforce. Skillsformedia advisors, who are experienced working freelancers, will also be ...
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NewsAirey hunts Sky scheduling head
Sky Networks managing director Dawn Airey is set to shake-up the broadcaster's programming department further by creating a new post for a head of scheduling and promotions across Sky channels, writes Paul Revoir.
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Discovery looks at altered statesmen
Discovery Networks Europe has commissioned a series on the impact of addiction, depression and alcoholism on John F Kennedy, Boris Yeltsin, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden and Ronald Reagan from Outline Productions. The 5 x 60-minute Altered Statesmenis due to air in April. Ordered by Discovery ...
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Welsh Assembly backs animation venture
A new animation studio, partially funded by a grant from the Welsh National Assembly, will open in Cardiff Bay this week, writes Sam Espensen.
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Imago's Discovery special on aquatic lions
Norwich-based indie Imago has completed a 60-minute special for the Discovery Channel about an unusual group of lions that have taken to the water in Botswana. Swimming Lions, which will air in May and on Animal Planet US in June, is the first wildlife documentary ...
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Tiger wins bag of commissions
Tiger Aspect Productions has won a raft of commissions from the BBC and Channel 4, including a second run of its hit documentary series A Place in France, in which two friends set out to buy and renovate a house across the ...
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BBC radio lines up comic relief capers
BBC Radio 1 presenters are to take part in Dance Relief, featuring a battle of the DJs, while BBC Radio 2 is to broadcast a concert featuring Mick Hucknall as part of BBC radio's plans for Comic Relief coverage. BBC Radio 4 is to give listeners the chance to hear ...
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BBC post facility wins Weakest Link tender
The new producer of BBC's Weakest LinkJo Street has completely overhauled the way the shows are made for the forthcoming fifth series, writes Sam Espensen.
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Renamed Bill spin-off gets underway
Thames TV has renamed its new The Billspin-off M.I.T Murder Investigation Teaminstead of its original title Think Murder. The 8 x 60-minute series starring Lindsey Coulson ( EastEnders) and Samantha ...
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Dawson's Creek switches to Five
Fans of Channel 4's US teen drama Dawson's Creekwho want to know whether Dawson and Joey get it together are going to have to switch terrestrial channels after Five pulled off a deal to screen the sixth and final series, ...