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On the Record stays on air
BBC 1's heavyweight Sunday political discussion show, On the Record, will not be axed and will continue to play an important role as a 'serious political' programme in the BBC schedule, according to the head of the BBC's political review Sian Kevill, ...
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ITV turns to short-run drama to lift ratings
ITV is looking to order more shorter-run mainstream drama series to reclaim its dominance in peaktime, writes Steve Aston
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Lion focuses on entertainment
Lion TV has appointed its first head of entertainment, hiring former Endemol controller of entertainment, international Adam Wood, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Choice gives drama a boost
BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has ordered two dramas, described as his 'most ambitious' yet, which will form the centrepiece of BBC 3 if it is approved by the government later this month, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC to celebrate life of Attenborough
The BBC is to screen a special programme marking the golden anniversary of David Attenborough's television career as part of a raft of new specialist factual programmes paid for by a doubling in investment in the genre over the next three years, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsBBC Ventures stems losses
BBC Ventures, the proposed holding company for the corporation's commercial business-to-business activities headed by Roger Flynn, almost halved its losses at£5.4m in the 2001/2 financial year, writes Barbara Marshall
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ITV to air Blake's glacial odyssey
ITV has bought the rights to screen TWI's ambitious self-funded documentary based on the last Antarctic expedition of late explorer Sir Peter Blake, writes Steve Aston
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Granada and WGBH tackle UK role in US war
Granada Bristol and WGBH Boston are to co-produce a BBC 2 historical series making a 'radical reappraisal of the British role in the American war of independence', writes Jon Rogers
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C5's unique talent show
A woman with no brain who went on to gain three A levels is just one of the unique people lined up for a new Channel 5 science-based primetime strand, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC poaches ITV pop pundit
Pop plugger turned TV face Nikki Chapman is to front three new BBC daytime shows after signing a deal with the corporation, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Evans returns to Channel 4 on new terms
Channel 4 has cut a deal with Chris Evans for two weekly entertainment strands believed to be worth£500,000 an hour. The former Virgin
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BBC recommissions reliable drama series
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have ordered new runs of a raft of popular series. Merseybeat, starring Jonathan Kerrigan, returns for a third series in the autumn, while Waking the Deadand ...
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Spire Tells flower market story for Style
Oxford-based Spire Films has been commissioned by UK Style channel editor Nick Thorogood to produce a 15 x 30-minute series on London's Columbia Road flower and plant market. Presented by Sven Wombwell, the series, Columbia Road Gardens, will look at the history of the market ...
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Pacific profiles feuding lap-dancers for Sky
Sky One has commissioned a documentary from indie Pacific about the intense rivalry between lap-dancing clubs in Blackpool. The 8 x 60-minute series, Naked in Blackpool, which follows previous order Naked in Westminister, will headline Sky One's autumn schedule. The ...
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NewsDyke defends BBC execs' bonuses
BBC director general Greg Dyke has defended the£1m in bonuses paid to himself and other senior executives last year, warning that the BBC would lose its best people if it did not reward them adequately, write David Rose and Leigh Holmwood
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Principal makes short about doll affair
Principal Media Group is making a five-minute short for Channel 4 about a man's affair with an inflatable doll as part of a series of new orders. Blowing Itis set to air next month and is produced by Sarah Boote with Geoff Povey as director. ...
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Living TV keeps faith with paranormal zone
Living TV has ordered a tranche of new shows for its paranormal zone. Commissioning editor Jane Millichip has ordered Psychic in the Street, a 60-minute piece from indie IPM. The show will launch in August with clairvoyant Tony Stockwell taking to the streets to offer ...
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Poortrading forces three outfits under
Further evidence of continuing tough trading conditions emerged this week with the news that Innovation TK, Questech and Hobbins Sides have all ceased trading in the past few weeks, writes Barbara Marshall
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Liquid Blue beefs up Pinnacle's systems
Pinnacle Systems has added its broadcast editing system Liquid Blue to the Palladium-compatible line-up of products it will be showing at IBC in September, writes Barbara Marshall
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Link develops 'holy grail' camera
UK firm Link Research has developed an Mpeg wireless camera system that has the shortest signal delay on the market, it claims, writes Barbara Marshall