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TX - Science is believing
It was executive producer George Carey who first had the big but simple idea for Testing God. 'I'd seen a paragraph in a newspaper where someone had done a survey of
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BBC's Queen Vic lock-in no match for Queen Mum
All except one place in the first 14 of the top 50 were taken by soaps as BBC 1 launched its Friday helping of EastEnders at 20.00. ITV's Coronation Street was
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EC rules may force an end to BBC governors
The European Commission is set to put further pressure on the government to bring the BBC under the control of Ofcom after calling for all state-funded broadcasters to prove that they
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Night of a thousand Star Treks on BBC
BBC 2 is to devote a whole evening to mark the 35th anniversary of cult sci-fi series Star Trek, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC to boost business TV
BBC 1 Controller Lorraine Heggessey has admitted her channel has failed to cover business issues outside of news bulletins and has called on producers to come to her with fresh ideas.In
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NO BBC ONLINE CHARGE
BBC director of new media Ashley Highfield has abandoned plans to charge foreign users of BBC online services because the logistics 'made it near impossible to implement'. However, it is thought
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BBC LONDON REJIG
Local radio station BBC London Live is expected to be renamed BBC London in the autumn as part of a new strategy for radio and TV in the capital. The station,
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BBC pursues drive to find top comedy
The BBC is to put a renewed emphasis on finding comedy hits for BBC 1 by actively developing BBC 2 as a creative test-bed, BBC director of television Mark Thompson has confirmed, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Cuts hit BBC boss Mayhew at Worldwide
BBC Worldwide director of new ventures and strategy Jeremy Mayhew has been made redundant after 'a suitable ongoing role' could not be found for him, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC BOSS HEADS FOR US
UKTV channels controller Kathryn Mitchell is leaving the BBC/Flextech joint-venture to join US cable channel Comedy Central in New York. Mitchell will take up the role of vice-president of programming and
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ITV boss slates BBC vision
The BBC is sacrificing its role as the powerhouse of UK television creativity for short-term ratings and commercial gain under the control of 'unaccountable', 'part-time' governors, ITV director of channels David
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Leading ISP turns away from content
Content is no longer king according to one of the country's largest internet service providers, writes Luke Satchell.
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ON THE BOX - A captive audience
The Facilities Group director of television Tom Horton would rather spend time with Ten Most Wanted Murderers than JK Rowling.
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Guardian and UBC consider Atlantic deal
Guardian Media Group (GMG) and UBC are in talks with RTL about buying its stake in beleaguered radio station Atlantic 252, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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ANIMATION STUDIO UP
Producer Clive Hedges and former Audiomotion managing director Mike Cox have set up a motion capture and computer animation studio called Animotion at Pinewood Studios. Two former Audiomotion colleagues have joined
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EU quotas anger TV execs
European Union proposals to force broadcasters to meet investment quotas based on turnover rather than transmission quotas have come under attack from commercial broadcasters, writes Simon Ellery.
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OFF THE RECORD - Base humour from Anderson
The differences between the Edinburgh comedy and television festivals are pretty minimal - in both cases hundreds of people mass together in small spaces to laugh at hilarious onstage antics. And,
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Tiger chief goes it alone with Zeal
Tiger Aspect board director Mark Linsey has left the indie to launch a new company, Zeal Television, backed by£4m from Sportsworld Media Group, writes Simon Ellery.
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FREE TO AIR - Blood on the BBC carpet
Sunday should have been a red-letter day for the BBC. For the second week running Anne Robinson had exposed Des Lynam as ITV's weakest link.The Independent on Sunday, meanwhile, splashed with
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Choice chief looks ahead
BBC choice controller Stuart Murphy wants his channel to be like BBC 2 Newsnight presenters Jeremy Paxman and Jeremy Vine if it is allowed to become BBC 3, writes Leigh Holmwood.