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    La Plante and Balhetchet form Cougar Films

    2001-10-23T13:19:00Z

    Top names in drama production unite to create new independent production company

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    Seaworld

    2001-10-23T12:15:00Z

    Bristol-based 422's design and animation team had its work cut out when it created an underwater world for The Shape of Life

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    Fagbreak

    2001-10-23T12:13:00Z

    Mike Parry, md at XTV, on keeping positive

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    Jowell pledges media ownership reform

    2001-10-23T10:47:00Z

    Consultation document to be published as culture secretary strives to make UK's media 'dynamic and competitive'

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    ITV1 concedes Premiership defeat

    2001-10-23T09:39:00Z

    Channel bows to advertisers and moves football highlights show out of peak-time and back into old Match Of The Day slot

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    Dear Diary..

    2001-10-22T17:10:00Z

    Director/cameraman Bruno Sorrentino finds that the action is never far from his door while making a documentary about a guerrilla war in Colombia

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    Big Issue... Global smash hits

    2001-10-22T17:01:00Z

    Howard Webster looks at two very different formats (one devised in the UK, one in the US) to see what can be done during the production process to turn them into worldwide success stories

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    News to me

    2001-10-22T16:51:00Z

    The life of a news cameraman can be far from easy. So what's the appeal of the job, asks David Collins

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    My finest hour

    2001-10-22T16:51:00Z

    Peak Practice production buyer John Steppings feared he may have taken on the impossible when his producer asked him to 'sort out' a Lynx military helicopter for a crash scene. Interview by Jon Rogers

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    The making of..

    2001-10-22T16:50:00Z

    Hectic schedules and a tight budget have put the pressure on the makers of ITV's new daytime soap. By Ed Shelton

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    Off the beaten track

    2001-10-22T16:27:00Z

    We reckon managing a regional studio is about the hardest job in broadcasting. Why? Because what do you do if you are a studio boss running a facility outside of London and you want to attract the country's top producers away from the capital? Six such pe

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    Craft Classics...They Think It's All Over

    2001-10-22T16:10:00Z

    Co-deviser and producer Bill Matthews and series producer Harry Thompson on 10 years of They Think It's All Over. By Ed Shelton

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    Get Smart...IBC round-up

    2001-10-22T15:59:00Z

    This year's IBC - held in Amsterdam - may have been subdued, but the technology on offer was still impressive, as Ian White discovered

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    Trade Secrets...VJs

    2001-10-22T15:32:00Z

    Video journalists are gaining credence as an alternative way to report TV news, as Adrian Pennington discoversOnce dismissed as a gimmicky and amateurish way of gathering low-rent reportage, video journalism is

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    Location Story...Menace

    2001-10-22T15:26:00Z

    Menace portrays London from the dark side. By Matthew BellWith a nod to US movies Falling Down and Taxi Driver, Greenlit Productions' latest thriller, Menace, for Channel 5, tells the story

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    Big Issue...the B+ DIY Film Project

    2001-10-22T15:26:00Z

    In the second part of a unique project that will see B+ put together its own film from scratch, Howard Webster looks at the complicated issue of finance, the minefield of finding the right lawyer and getting the special effects guys in from the outset

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    Post...Pepsi Challenge

    2001-10-22T14:55:00Z

    How Chrysalis Creative created a new brand identity for the Pepsi Chart Show - with a little help from XTV and Rushes 3D department

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    BBC 1 dominates Saturday viewing

    2001-10-22T14:04:00Z

    ITV 1's The Premiership still faces possible relegation while viewers fail to return to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? after series of Parent and Child specials

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    Sarah Lancashire drama draws 9.6m

    2001-10-22T13:25:00Z

    ITV1's one-off adaptation of Michelle Margorian's Back Home proves a massive hit as BBC1's Silent Witness struggles to compete

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    New Sarah Lancashire drama draws 9.6m

    2001-10-22T13:23:00Z

    ITV1's one-off adaptation of Michelle Magorian's Back Home proves a massive hit as BBC1's Silent Witness struggles to compete