All News articles – Page 4701

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    Bragg looks at moral issues

    2002-04-25T09:45:00Z

    Granada controller of arts Melvyn Bragg is to depart from his role as presenter of ITV 1's The South Bank Show and front a new series exploring moral dilemmas, writes Steve Aston

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    Nigella goes al fresco

    2002-04-25T09:41:00Z

    Self-styled domestic goddess Nigella Lawson is taking her culinary wand out of her kitchen with a new show for Channel 4, writes Penny HughesForever Summer with Nigella (working title), an 8

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    Talent to make enhanced Villa for Sky One

    2002-04-25T09:38:00Z

    Talent Television has been commissioned by Sky One deputy director of broadcasting and production Kate Marsh to make a fourth series of dating show The Villa.The new 8 x 60-minute

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    Channel 4 buys MTV's take on Ozzy's family

    2002-04-25T09:37:00Z

    Channel 4 is finalising a deal to buy MTV's much-vaunted The Osbournes, the fly-on-the-wall US show about heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne and his dysfunctional family.The show, which has already

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    National Geographic show to air globally

    2002-04-25T09:35:00Z

    National Geographic Channel is joining up with its sister stations internationally to show landmark series Inca Mummies: Secrets of a Lost Empire.The 60-minute programme, which promises new revelations about the

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    Infonation goes to the edge for discovery

    2002-04-25T09:33:00Z

    Indie Infonation has sold its award-winning science series The Edge to Discovery Networks Europe (DNE).DNE has picked up the second 12 x 30-minute series and will air it on Discovery

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    Fox captures cockroach with superpowers

    2002-04-25T09:29:00Z

    Fox Kids Europe (FKE) has bought the television rights to the animated series RoboRoach.The 26 x 30-minute co-production between Germany's RTV Family Entertainment and Canada's Portfolio Entertainment features Rube, a cockroach

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    Green to appear in Box TV drama for BBC

    2002-04-25T09:26:00Z

    Actor Robson Green, who Broadcast revealed last week has ended his exclusive contract with ITV, is set to appear in indie Box TV's six-part BBC drama Trust, which begins shooting this

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    CITV to serve up animated Tofu Family

    2002-04-25T09:23:00Z

    ITV has bought 52 x 11-minute episodes of French kid's animated series Tofu Family from Saban International Paris.The series, which follows the adventures of two children and their environmentally aware

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    SMG TV loses Jagpal

    2002-04-25T09:15:00Z

    Managing director jumps ship with no job to go to

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    Gaunt unveils Kelly follow-up

    2002-04-25T09:15:00Z

    Kelly and Her Sisters film-maker to make new documentary about kids on a South-London council estate

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    Treasury makes S&L concession

    2002-04-25T09:15:00Z

    Producers to get welcome sale and leaseback tax breaks

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    Celador launches radio drive

    2002-04-25T09:15:00Z

    Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? producer appoints first ever head of radio

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    Peters ends brief spell at September Films

    2002-04-25T09:15:00Z

    Head of documentaries to leave indie at end of the month

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    Willis to leave UK for Boston

    2002-04-25T09:15:00Z

    Former Granada bigwig joins WGBH in the States as vice-president of national programming

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    TV is boring, claims report

    2002-04-25T09:15:00Z

    Half of respondents to new study say there was nothing memorable about last show they watched

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    Granada lures BBC's iTV man

    2002-04-25T09:15:00Z

    Man behind Walking With Beasts to turn his hand to sport at ITV broadcaster

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    NUJ points the finger at BBC over bullying

    2002-04-25T09:15:00Z

    Union's deputy general secretary says BBC's measures to combat problem are 'clearly failing'

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    BBC to strengthen Birmingham team

    2002-04-25T09:15:00Z

    Corporation's Midlands department to benefit from new senior management set-up

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    Jubilee will get blanket BBC coverage

    2002-04-25T09:15:00Z

    Corporation to mark event with 100 hours of television and radio costing£10m