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Bravo unveils raft of orders
Bravo has announced four commissions being filmed this month, including a guide to celebrity excess and a series of demolition challenges, writes Paul Revoir
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Granada to make another Temptation Island
Sky deputy director of broadcasting Kate Marsh has commissioned Granada Entertainment to produce the second series of the British version of reality TV show Temptation Island. The 10 x 60-minute show will be filmed in Thailand with British competitors. Executive producers are Natalka Znak, Joe Houlihan and Jo Pilkington. Series ...
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BBC 1's Born and Bred wins a recommission
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have ordered a second run of Sunday night series Born and Bredafter it triumphed in the ratings over ITV 1's Where the Heart Is. Michael French and James ...
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C4 invites ideas for new daytime quiz
Channel 4 has invited indies to submit ideas for a new daytime quiz show, thought to be ear-marked for a slot alongside longstanding hits Countdown and 15-to-One, writes Paul Revoir
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Granada Kids filming high school comedy
Granada Kids has begun filming a 26 x 30-minute comedy series for ITV 1. Seriously Weirdis a co-production with Canadian indie Cinégroupe and production of the show will take place in Montreal. It follows a 15-year-old ex-pat English boy surviving American high school. The series ...
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Da Vinci design genius to be brought to life
Leonardo da Vinci's fantastical designs of a flying machine and a 60-foot-wide weapon are to be created for the first time in a series of 2 x 60-minute films worth£1m for Channel 4. The ITN Factual/PBS co-productions were ordered by C4 commissioning editor, science Charles Furneaux. Filming is about to ...
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Granada gets third Hornblower underway
Granada has begun production of the latest series of high seas drama Hornblower. The third instalment of 2 x 120-minute films is adapted from the book Hornblower and the Hotspur. Filming has begun on locations in Cornwall, Devon, London and Pinewood Studios. The director is ...
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McEnroe hits harder
The BBC launches its Wimbledon 2002 promotional campaign this weekend with the help of John McEnroe, writes Barbara Marshall
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Consolidation won't help sector, says indie boss
Uden Associates managing director Patrick Uden has added his weight to the call for official regulation of the way indies are commissioned, but says consolidation of the sector will not help, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC slot to give voice to nations
The BBC has taken the unusual step of inviting only indies from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to pitch for a new primetime network current affairs slot, writes Leigh Holmwood
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C4 takes on C5 over arts
Channel 4 has hit out at Channel 5 director of programmes Kevin Lygo's claim that C5 is 'the only station running primetime arts programmes', writes Penny Hughes
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Banzai guilty of blasphemy
The Broadcasting Standards Council has branded an episode of Channel 4's risqué betting show Banzai as blasphemous, writes Steve Aston
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Sheffield doc festival chief quits over cuts
The Sheffield International Documentary Festival director Jarlath O'Connell has quit after just six weeks because he was unwilling to implement the 10 per cent budget cuts urged by the festival board, writes Penny Hughes
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C4 uncovers jet disaster
Channel 4 is to screen an hour-long documentary from Principal Films on how 110 people lost their lives in the failure of the first jetliner
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Drama rule change opens doors at BBC
Strict BBC producer guidelines stating that people must give their permission before they can be portrayed in television dramas have been scrapped, after criticism from the creative
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Festival set up for digital arts
A new digital arts festival launched last week has been pitched head to head with the London Effects and Animation Festival (Leaf), with both events fixed for 9 to 11 October 2002, writes Barbara Marshall
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Software to make live TV safe for epileptics
The inventor of the system known as Gordon that detects potential triggers of photo-sensitive epilepsy (PSE) in video is developing an instant-repair version suitable for live transmissions, writes Barbara Marshall
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BBC and EBU develop multimedia set-top box
The BBC and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) have partnered with London's Brunel University to develop a powerful set-top box that combines digital TV with the internet and multimedia streaming, writes Barbara Marshall
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A stormy relationship
Online Post Production is behind the post-production and graphics for Argy Bargy, a 60-minute documentary produced by Chrysalis Television for Channel 5. The programme focuses on the relationship between England and Argentina over the years in terms of football and politics. It was graded in ...
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BBC interactive move
BBC Technology has appointed Phil Fearnley, co-founder of the now defunct interactive specialist Smashed Atom, as director of new media solutions. His remit includes overseeing the content creation for Hutchison 3G's planned mobile phone service, the streaming partnership with Real Networks and pay-per-view cricket internet streaming with Sky Sports and ...