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BBC NI to embark on docusoap trail
BBC Northern Ireland is set to ramp up its docusoap output - several months after the genre was consigned to the backwaters of the mainland's television schedules.Despite London-based television executives having
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BBC factual chief shakes up team
BBC Controller of factual commissioning Nicola Moody has restructured her team to reflect new roles and areas of responsibility and to make the structure simpler for indies, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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RATINGS - Game, set and match to BBC with Wimbledon
BBC 1 served an ace with its coverage of Wimbledon seeping in with a third week, writes Jon Rogers.
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SPUR FOR BBC WALES
BBC Wales programmes must make more of an impact on the national networks if Welsh people are to stop becoming the butt of jokes, the Broadcasting Council of Wales (BCW) said
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BBC to boost US factual orders
The BBC plans to increase the amount of factual production work it undertakes for US broadcasters as part of the expansion of BBC Bristol's commercial arm, Wild Vision.The plan follows the
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BARTON TO BIRMINGHAM
Carlton Central has appointed Dan Barton as editor of its Birmingham newsroom. Currently editor of Central News East in Nottingham, he will be responsible for an autumn relaunch of the Central
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BARAKA TAKES ON TWO
Ruthless Edit Company founder David Freemantle and fellow editor Matthew Hall have joined Baraka Post Production. Freemantle said the move was a way of reducing overheads. The pair join Baraka's existing
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Lion TV to back Leopard
September Films head of factual James Burstall has quit the indie to set up a new joint venture company with Lion TV, writes Colin Robertson.
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SCI-FI ARRIVES HEAD ON
Sci-Fi Channel's Headfuck season is to return next month with a weekly four-hour slot, writes Barbara Marshall.
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FORMAT REVIVAL - Raiders of the archive
Dusting down old programmes and revamping them for a modern audience might appear to be an easy means of locking audiences into an established brand, but it is not necessarily cheap or easy, nor is it always foolproof.
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Blair is warned over Davies appointment
Opposition MPs have warned prime minister Tony Blair that he will storm into a political row if he appoints Gavyn Davies as a successor to outgoing BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland, as Whitehall makes prepar-ations for a shortlist, writes David Rose.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Shooting blanks?
The corporate restructure can often be a painfully costly and futile exercise that culls staff and prompts mass insecurity among those that are left. But they are a fact of life for broadcasters in the 21st century.
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DISCOVERY TAKES TO AIR
Discovery Networks Europe is to screen a special investigation into air shows in the wake of the recent spate of accidents including the crashes at Biggin Hill, writes Simon Ellery. Airshows
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BBC appoints agnostic for religion and ethics
The BBC has appointed an agnostic as head of religion and ethics for the first time in its 78-year history, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC admits failure on ethnic targets
The BBC has failed to meet its targets for employing ethnic minority staff in the regions, despite director general Greg Dyke's assertion that more would be done to rid the corporation
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BBC acting editor steps up
Acting Editor of BBC light entertainment Jonathan Glazier has been appointed editor, while the search for a new controller of entertainment goes on, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C5's Hytner joins ITV
ITV has poached one of the architects of Channel 5 - marketing and new business director Jim Hytner - to take on the challenge of turning the terrestrial giant into a
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C4 to chart history of blood
Channel 4 head of arts, religion and history Janice Hadlow has commissioned an epic three-part series from Optomen Television tracing the history of blood from human sacrifice to the AIDS crisis and beyond, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC 2 history man joins RDF
RDF Media has made yet another senior appointment, poaching BBC 2's The History of Britain executive producer Martin Davidson, writes Penny Hughes.
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Radio 1 set for first TV foray
The BBC is pushing its Radio 1 brand onto television for the first time with a new BBC Choice series based on the station's life, writes Leigh Holmwood.