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    C5 RE-ORDERS FIRST TIME BUYERS HOUSE SHOW

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 senior controller of features and arts, Michael Attwell has recommissioned World of Wonder to produce a 6 x 30-minute series of Hot Property. The series will feature first-time house

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    HEADWAY FOR C5 IN HORROR

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Urban Gothic series two producer Steve Matthews says 'people like stories'. This goes some way to explaining the television adaptation of Eater, a horror story about a shape-changing cannibal which features

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    Jackson departure prompts C4 rethink

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The board of Channel 4 will have to balance increasing commercialism with the channel's original public service remit if it wants to ensure C4 remains in the public sector under the

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    C4 UPS BIG BREAKFAST

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has asked indies submitting ideas to replace the Big Breakfast to broaden their ideas to reach a wider demographic. C4 is also thought to have extended the deadline, with

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    WRESTLING TOO MUCH FOR C4

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 will not renew its contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) when it ends this December because of the sport's 'increasingly extreme nature', writes Penny Hughes. C4 commissioning editor,

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    Tigress to examine plague riddle for C4

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Wildlife indie Tigress Productions has won its second science order with a one-off commission for Channel 4's Secrets of the Dead strand, writes Penny Hughes.

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    FREE TO AIR - Why defection will hurt C4

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    It might seem a tad hypocritical to dab one's eyes and lament the passing of Michael Jackson at Channel 4, having so often gnashed teeth and torn hair at the often

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    ON THE BOX - E4's vote-winner

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Malcolm Heyworth, managing director of tv4c and Chatsworth Television, gives The West Wing a high approval rating but a thumbs down to Desert Forges.

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    Carlton sheds 30 internet arm jobs

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Carlton has axed 30 staff from its internet department following the launch of the combined internet operation ITV Interactive, writes Steve Aston.

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    BBC GAINS SOUTH AFRICA 2003 WORLD CUP DEAL

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio has secured the commentary rights to the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa and the 2007 cup in the West Indies. The deal, negotiated by BBC Radio controller

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    RADIO 2 TO AIR ALBUM CHART WITH MAYO

    2001-07-27T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 2 is to air a new official album chart on Monday nights to be fronted by Simon Mayo. Kicking off on 1 October at 19.00, the chart will be

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    EastEnders favourite to win soaps' historic head-to-head

    2001-07-26T17:03:00Z

    Bookmakers give Albert Square the nod to beat Coronation Street in the ratings when the fourth episode of EastEnders goes up against ITV soap for the first time

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    EastEnders favourite to win soap's historic head-to-head

    2001-07-26T16:48:00Z

    Bookmakers give Albert Square the nod to beat Coronation Street in the ratings when the fourth episode of EastEnders goes up against ITV soap for the first time

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    Tigress to reveal Secrets of the Dead

    2001-07-26T15:15:00Z

    Wildlife indie Tigress Productions has won its second science order with a one-off commission for Channel 4's Secrets of the Dead strand, writes Penny HughesThe 60-minute film, Riddle of the Plague

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    LWT to compare life in New York and London

    2001-07-26T15:15:00Z

    LWT's in-house production unit The Lab is to make a 6 x 30-minute series, Nylon, comparing life in London and New York.The programmes will follow the parallel lives of people

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    Worldpop wins ITV Ibiza Night commission

    2001-07-26T15:15:00Z

    Worldpop has been commissioned by ITV controller of night-time Carol Grove to produce 3 x 60-minute programmes to be broadcast as part of ITV Ibiza Night 2001 next month.Blissed Out

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    Smash Hits launches singles chart

    2001-07-26T15:15:00Z

    Emap Performance managing director of pop Trevor Dann has unveiled the launch of a new national singles music chart to run on the Big City Radio network and on the Smash

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    New breed of critic emerges from Chrysalis

    2001-07-26T15:15:00Z

    Chrysalis TV subsidiary Cactus TV has been commissioned to produce a series on budding TV critics fronted by Paul Ross.LWT deputy director of broadcasting Geraldine Woods has greenlit the 6

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    Brandreth to make Westminster diary for ITV

    2001-07-26T15:15:00Z

    ITV has lined up its own version of former Tory spin doctor Amanda Platell's controversial Channel 4 exposé after commissioning a video diary from 'Westminster watcher' and former Conservative MP Gyles

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    Nick Berry undercover cop show to return

    2001-07-26T15:15:00Z

    Valentine Productions has been commissioned by BBC controller of drama series Mal Young to produce a second series of In Deep. The 2 x 60-minute undercover police drama, starring Nick Berry