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Monogram picks talent to develop new C4 drama.
Drama indie Monogram Wark Clements has selected three producers to develop ideas for a returning drama series for Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes.
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ARAB DUO MAY FIGHT BBC.
The two BBC World Service producers sacked by the BBC say they are considering legal action
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MORE SKILLSET AWARDS.
Skillset, the sector skills council for the audio-visual industries, is launching its fourth round of Millennium
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BBC DRAMA PROMOTION.
The BBC's head of drama development for independents, Sally Woodward Gentle, is to take on a
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FIVE LICENCE FEE CUT.
Five will save around #12m a year under new terms for its analogue licence drawn up
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Hegarty goes to Thames TV.
Thames Television has hired the series editor of BBC1's yet to be screened reality gameshow The Murder Game as executive producer of factual entertainment, writes Penny Hughes.
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WEST MIDLANDS MONEY.
Independent producers in the west Midlands are set to receive a boost after the region's screen
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RISE PRESENTER QUITS.
The last member of the original line-up on Channel 4 breakfast show Rise, Edith Bowman, has
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R3 TO REJIG SCHEDULE.
BBC Radio 3 is to overhaul its schedule in the autumn to 'clearly signpost' its jazz
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Ex-C4 current affairs editor joins Fulcrum.
Former Channel 4 editor, current affairs Fran O'Brien has joined Fulcrum Productions as a development executive, writes Penny Hughes.
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Redmond accuses ITC of 'dumb regulation'.
Brookside creator Phil Redmond this week attacked the Independent Television Commission (ITC) for 'dumb regulation' after it ruled that an armed siege in the Channel 4 soap was unsuitable for broadcast before the watershed, writes Hayley Treacy.
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BBC names Bedell as indie champion.
The independent sector has given a mixed response to the BBC's appointment this week of former
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FIVE BUYS JACKSON DOC.
Five has bought the exclusive UK terrestrial rights to pop icon Michael Jackson's counterblast to ITV1's
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Five to show docs in peak.
Five is moving even further away from its association with Dawn Airey's 'three Fs' with a week of documentaries replacing movies in the peak 21.00 slot at the end of March, writes Penny Hughes.
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West Wing fails to hold peaktime slot.
Channel 4 is moving The West Wing out of its Saturday 20.00 slot after the president
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Tonight streets ahead, says RTS.
Tonight with Trevor McDonald this week picked up the programme of the year award at the
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Now Airey brings in Bravo man.
Sky has poached Flextech Television's rising star Matthew Paice, controller of Bravo and Trouble, to take up the new position of head of factual programmes and multiplexes at Sky One, writes Paul Revoir.
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US Discovery team stays away from UK.
Discovery Channel's decision not to send a party of around 30 US executives to the BBC Showcase programme market in Brighton this week due to security fears, has raised questions about attendance at next month's Mip-TV event, writes Paul Revoir.
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Parliament to force open BBC's books.
BBC chiefs are set to be compelled to open their books to Parliament to account for the way they spend the #2.5bn a year they raise from the licence fee, writes David Rose.
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Pop Idol's Mr Nasty to front dating show.
Simon Cowell, Pop Idol's Mr Nasty, is to make an unlikely Cupid in a dating show being developed for ITV1, writes Penny Hughes.