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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. goes to Granada
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has bought 60 x 30-minute episodes of secret agent series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. from Warner Bros International Television. The series, which features Robert Vaughn and David
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Burton is 'new Morse'
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a new three-part crime series starring Amanda Burton that is tipped to become 'the new Inspector Morse', writes Leigh HolmwoodThe 3 x 120-minute
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Brian Waddell makes travel reality show
Brian Waddell Productions has been commissioned to produce a new 'travel reality series' for National Geographic Channels International commissioning editor Bryan Smith.The 13 x 30-minute series, Chasing Time in..., sees
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Root backs second series of Manchild
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a second, longer series of 40-something comedy drama Manchild.The 8 x 30-minute series, to be produced in-house by Peter Thornton and executive produced
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Channel 5 orders costume drama to raise profile
Channel 5 is attempting to distance itself further from its former downmarket image, unveiling its first high-end period drama, writes Georgina LipscombThe 60-minute costume drama Inquisition is understood to be the
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Splinter produces C4/QTV rock show
Splinter Films has been commissioned by Emap Performance managing director of rock Dave Henderson to produce a 4 x 15-minute series for QTV.New To Q will feature various Q magazine
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Endemol bursts into song for C4
Endemol UK production arm Initial has been commissioned to produce a three-part series on the singing voice for Channel 4, which will offer wannabe singers the chance to learn trade secrets
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Radio 1 commissions bootleg programme
Somethin Else has been commissioned by BBC Radio 1 to produce 30-minute programme Get Ur Bootleg On.The programme, to broadcast as part of Lamacq Live at 23.00 on 22 April,
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TV execs slip down Sunday Times rich list
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies emerges as richest man in TV in an otherwise poor showing for the industry
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Channel TV given pay-off
Legal row over use of Carlton and Granada's use of ITV brand to promote ITV Digital ends in out-of-court settlement
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New chairman for BBFC
Former Teddington Studios chairman Ewart Needham has been appointed as the new chairman of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).Needham, who during 40 years in the television industry also
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BBC gives England interactive channel
Corporation to launch round-the-clock interactive service for World Cup
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Glitches hamper global BBC site
Attempts to split content into two for international and UK users proving 'very problematic'
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Real radio beats BBC
Guardian Media Group Radio head John Myers claimed this week that the company's new Scottish commercial station Real Radio had already pulled in more listeners than BBC Radio Scotland.Real Radio,