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    TX - Comedy for the masses

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    It's been a while since a comedy show has united three generations of the same family in the way that the likes of Morecambe & Wise or The Two Ronnies once

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    COCHRANE GOES SOLO

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Kevin Cochrane, a former marketing manager for Cable & Wireless Communications which merged with NTL in 1999, has launched a consultancy, Voyager, for digital TV companies. It launches with partnerships with

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    Finishing School forced to close

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Post-production training centre The Finishing School has been forced into closure after its grant funding ran out, writes Will Strauss. The 18-month old education centre owned by the National Film &

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    CBBC to provide teenagers' news

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is to launch a rolling internet news and information service aimed at children as young as eight, writes Leigh Holmwood.CBBC News, which goes live this autumn, will be updated

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    CARLTON CUTS LOSSES

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Communications has backed off from ploughing more money into Quiero, the Spanish pay-TV business in which it has a 7.5 per cent stake.The digital terrestrial operator needs to raise around

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    BURRELL ENTERS EMMYS

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Burrell Durrant Hifle art director Rob Hifle and head animator Alan Short have been nominated for an Emmy along with Sauce digital effects operator Nick Brooks. The team has been nominated

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    BROADCAST WEBSITE TO COVER EDINBURGH

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Broadcast News, the daily online news service of produxion.com, will be updated regularly with all the biggest news from the Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival from 24 to 26 August. Log

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    BROADCAST DEBATE - TV's creative limbo

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    While the opportunities offered by new technology are boundless and are supposed to revolutionise the broadcasting industry, many feel that TV is repetitive and no longer provocative. Is this an industry going nowhere, creatively? Five leading lights thra

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    TV to breed new wildlife

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    ITV AND BBC 1 are putting together plans to overhaul their approaches to natural history programming which are expected to result in an increase in wildlife programmes on ITV but a

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    ON THE BOX - Start of a new season

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Wyn Innes, S4C International managing director, felt The Premiership was old hat but wanted more of The Real Ghostbusters.

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    EX-BBC BOSS JOINS LBG

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Former BBC Resources director of production services Michael Lumley has joined the Local Broadcasting Group (LBG) in the newly created role of director of broadcasting. Lumley joins two other new management

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    TELL-TALE BOSS MOVES UP

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Tell-Tale director Helen Cadwallader has taken on the role of executive director of production. The new role gives her overall responsibility for all productions from the company. She has been involved

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    REGIONAL TV - STV flies the flag over the border

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The fourth part of Broadcast's series - which looks at the handful of ITV franchises that have not been subsumed by Carlton or Granada - assesses the fortunes of SMG-owned Scottish TV which is poised for more growth.

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    TRAIL ONE-OFF FOR BLUE PLANET

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has created a new balloon ident for BBC 1 to coincide with the transmission of its latest landmark natural history series, The Blue Planet, writes Barbara Marshall. Produced by

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    LEICESTER OPEN TO BIDS

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Authority is inviting applications for a digital multiplex licence for the city of Leicester and the surrounding area. The closing date for applications is 20 November and the licence

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    Warner builds team at Betty

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Outgoing Channel 4 commissioning editor, features Liz Warner has poached Fulcrum TV executive producer Gill Wilson to become head of popular factual television at her new indie, Betty, write Penny Hughes

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    BBC ups Tiger drama

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Tiger Aspect has expanded its drama department after scooping a BBC 2 commission for a four-part drama, writes Penny Hughes.Channel 4 drama programme finance manager Marigo Kehoe joins Tiger's drama department

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    BBC signs ideas code

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio has signed up to a code of practice designed to prevent the theft of ideas proposed by freelancers and independents, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The Code of Practice for the Submission

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    THE OFFICE TO RETURN TO BBC

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a second series of the critically acclaimed sitcom The Office, writes Jon Rogers. The next 6 x 30-minute series is due to go into

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    BBC STOPS PADDINGTON

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Long-running docusoap Paddington Green has finally been axed by BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey. The Lion TV show ran for six series and featured residents of the W2 area of London.