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Big Brother producers look to promote interaction
Big Brother 3 contestants to be allowed only one magazine each as producers look to make 24-hour coverage more interesting
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Nickelodeon orders sixth series of Thomas
Nickelodeon director of programmes Howard Litton has commissioned Gullane Productions to make a sixth series of Thomas and Friends.The 26 x 5-minute series is currently being filmed at Shepperton Studios
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September special on hacking for US TLC
US cable network TLC has commissioned September Films to make a 60-minute special Hackers, Outlaws and Angels about the world of cybercrime. Production kicked off last month in America with transmission
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Denham cooks up two new food shows
Plymouth-based indie Denham Productions has picked up two food-related commissions from Carlton Westcountry.The 13 x 30-minute Taste of the West, which will also air on HTV, will see pubs and
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Daily Mail's Stephen to front cookery show
Jaci Stephen, the effervescent TV critic of the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine, is to front her own cookery programme on UK Food, writes Jon RogersGreenlit by UK Food commissioning editor Gareth
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Two Four wins Discovery commission
Two Four Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks commissioning editor, lifestyle Leonie Hutchinson to produce the third series in the trilogy of shows starring craftsman and designer Ben Huggins.The
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Clark sails the Thames for new LWT series
LWT has commissioned a 6 x 30-minute series on the river Thames from independent Limeleaf Productions.The programmes will follow news presenter Nick Clark on his journey up the river in
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BBC Choice orders Mechanoids
The BBC's love affair with robots has reached BBC Choice, with plans for a£1.3m robot-style gameshow from Scottish indie Ideal World, writes Penny HughesAdding to BBC 2's regular Techno Games
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Spiderman behind-the-scenes for C5
Channel 5 controller of youth, music and interactive Sham Sandhu has commissioned a behind-the-scenes documentary on the upcoming movie based on Marvel Comics superhero Spiderman, writes Steve AstonThe 60-minute programme will
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CITV's Art Attack returns for 15th run
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has commissioned Media Merchants to make the 15th series of Art Attack for CITV.The 15 x 20-minute series will start filming in
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Scaletrix to take on F1
Discovery Home & Leisure is to launch televised Scaletrix racing as a mini rival to Formula One, writes Leigh HolmwoodThe 10 x 30-minute series Short Circuits is one of the highlights
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Moysey joins Lynx
Denham-based facility Lynx Digital has taken on Richard Moysey as senior editor. Moysey joins from 4MC where his credits included Weakest Link, Flying Gardeners and Pop Stars Extra.
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Machine room DVD deal
The Machine Room has bagged an exclusive DVD production deal with Film Four that will result in the facility producing 12-plus titles this year compared with four last year.The firm
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Tyrell training course
Tyrell is to host a Surrey Institute one-day training course on Softimage's hair and fur features next week.The event, which takes place at Tyrell's London site, includes a free overview
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Corinthian builds new centre in Chiswick
Corinthian Television (CTV) Facilities is spending£15m on fitting out a new 85,000 sq ft building at the Chiswick Park development in west London, writes Barbara MarshallCTV Facilities chief executive Mike
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Cheff to launch unified broadcast delivery specification
The Chief Engineers of Facilities Forum (Cheff), the UK facilities trade body, is to launch a unified broadcast delivery specification at this year's Production Show, writes Barbara MarshallThe document will for
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DRM Beijing trial a success
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) consortium has succeeded in running live DRM transmissions from the BBC Thailand relay station to China, writes Barbara MarshallThe trials were part of a demonstration held
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Triangle bags Beardall
Senior Flame artist Mark Beardall has joined Triangle Post Production from Bloomberg TV where his work received several European BDA Promax nominations.He is also a visual effects finalist in the
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S+G to increase audio
Saunders + Gordon has appointed dubbing mixer Nigel Glynn-Davies to increase the facility's broadcast audio work. Glynn-Davies, whose credits include Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, joins next week from GDO Post.
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BBC adopts video disk technology
The BBC is the world's first broadcaster to adopt video disk technology developed by British company BrandTheory to market its programmes, writes Barbara Marshall.The DigiMediaDisk has been used for the