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Bad Girls helps ITV 1 to news victory
Commercial channel claims rare head-to-head news triumph thanks to strong performance from prison drama against BBC 1's Clocking Off
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RAMPLING EXIT PROMPTS RADIO 1 RESHUFFLE.
BBC Radio 1's Friday night schedule has been revamped ahead of Danny Rampling's imminent departure from the station. From 7 June, DJ Fergie will host a new show from 23.00 to
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BBC 4 ORDERS 1966 WORLD CUP DOCUMENTARY.
BBC 4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a one-off documentary about North Korea's victory over Italy in the 1966 World Cup. The 60-minute feature The Game of Our Lives is being
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BBC 2 spring schedule looks at the dark side.
BBC 2 IS to delve into the darker side of the human psyche with two major new programmes slated as part of its #94m spring/summer season launched this week, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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LEADER - How will the saga of BBC 3 end?
Last week was not a good one for BBC chairman Gavyn Davies. No sooner had he learned that media secretary Tessa Jowell was again delaying a decision about BBC 3, than
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Search given key C4 post.
Channel 4 is revamping its experimental independent film and video department and has promoted Jess Search to spearhead the drive.Search, who becomes C4 commissioning editor, independent film and video, is charged
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C4 plans gospel talent search.
Channel 4 has jumped on the talent show bandwagon again with a new competition aimed at uncovering 'pop idols' from the world of gospel music.Singers from choirs at churches, schools and
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SOMETHIN' ELSE GIVEN BBC 4 MUSIC ORDER.
Somethin' Else has been commissioned by BBC 4 to produce a 90-minute concert programme featuring Blur singer Damon Albarn and some of Mali's top musicians. Commissioned by BBC editor of music
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Technology & Facilities - Post delivers film to C4.
New editing facility Post Republic has just completed work on The Lost Boys, a documentary produced by October Films for Channel 4, writes Barbara Marshall. The Lost Boys is the first
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C5 KHAN REPORT.
Jemima Khan, wife of former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan, is to make her TV presenting debut after being recruited by Channel 5 News to present two special reports from Bangladesh.
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C5 makes key factual hire.
RDF Media producer Liam Humphreys is leaving the indie to join Channel 5 as deputy controller of factual entertainment, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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NEW 5 LIVE FISHING SHOW.
Nick Hancock is to present a new programme on BBC Radio 5 Live about fishing. Fish On Five, a 30-minute programme, will broadcast at 06.00 on Saturday mornings and will feature
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C5 WOOS KYLIE.
Channel 5 has commissioned Wise Buddah to produce a 60-minute documentary on Aussie popstar Kylie Minogue as she tries to break into the US music market, writes Georgina Lipscomb. Spinning Around,
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COMBAT CARS TO BATTLE IT OUT ON CHANNEL 5.
Channel 5 controller of factual Dan Chambers, in association with Bravo and Minotaur International, has ordered a new Robot Wars-style show, Combat Cars. The 7 x 23-minute series features full-sized remote
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Crime pays for Channel 5 as CSI builds audience.
After so many weeks of must-watch Pop Idol entertainment, this week Saturday night offered a complete change of style as BBC 4 shared its opening night with BBC 2. Not surprisingly,
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FREE TO AIR - Scam to end all scams.
It is, as Ron Manager would say, a compelling image. Spotty geeks poised, coiled spring-like, in front of a flickering screen. Those fascinating hacked details appearing as lines of code before
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Buck stops here?
Does media secretary Tessa Jowell's reluctance to make a decision over whether or not to approve BBC 3 make her department look like a rabbit caught in the headlights, or is there a deeper strategy at work at the DCMS?
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Technology & Facilities - Discreet appointment.
Discreet has taken on Robin Adams as territory manager, Soho, reporting to recently promoted regional manager Jeremy Lutterloch (Broadcast, 8.3.02). Adams joins from Avid Technology where he was UK reseller manager,
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CLASSIC FM APPOINTS LISTENERS PANEL.
Classic FM has appointed five listeners from across the UK to become part of the station's consumer panel, ending a six-month search for suitable candidates. The panel, to be chaired by
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Technology & Facilities - Resources revamp boosts core areas.
BBC Resources chief executive Mike Southgate has unveiled details of a restructure aimed at reducing overheads and improving customer service levels.Although Southgate oversaw the loss of 35 jobs from design department