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Interview?There's more to Inferno than just sparkle
Ever watched an Atomic Kitten promotion and wondered how the girls manage to leave seemingly spontaneous vapour trails in their wake? Or, perhaps more worryingly, why Tina Turner hasn't altered that
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Open Uni orders interactive science series
Leeds-based Screenhouse Productions has secured a commission from the BBC and the Open University to produce 6 x 30-minute interactive show Science Shackfor BBC 2.Commissioned by BBC Online editor
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Emap and indies plan FHM TV series
Emap Elan is in talks with a number of indies to develop a TV format based on men's magazine FHM.It is thought Emap Elan - part of the publishing group
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Tigress wins prime slot for elephant doc
Factual indie Tigress Productions has secured the first programme in the BBC strand Natural World.Fifty-minute The Lost Elephants of Timbuktutracks a herd of elephants living at the edge of
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Discovery to revisit Falklands War
Cromwell Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks Europe to produce 120-minute special The Falklands War: a Military History.Featuring interviews with veterans from both sides, the documentary will mark the
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Granada sport wins ITV basketball contract
Granada Sport has won a contract from ITV to produce a series of live basketball matches for the ITV Sport Channel.The series will run from the end of September for
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Family Affairs given major recommission
Channel 5 controller of drama Corinne Hollingworth has commissioned 260 new episodes of Family Affairs from Thames TV.The recommission will run from November this year to November 2002. The series
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Carlton making Pollyanna adaptation
Carlton has begun production of its film adaptation of children's fable Pollyannafor ITV.The 120-minute film is set for broadcast on the network next year. It has been adapted for
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BBC 2 plans new caroline aherne comedy
BBC 2 controller Jane Root is set to commission 6 x 30-minute family-based comedy Dossa and Joe, starring Caroline Aherne.Set in Australia and produced by Granada Productions Australia, the drama
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Former Disney chief joins Carlton
Etienne de Villllies, who quit as head of Walt Disney International Europe last April, joins Carlton board in non-executive role
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UK outfits win Russian gold
Pazap and Professional and Broadcast Digital Systems share in spoils of£10m Russian contract
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Hive's DVD design team buzzes over to GSP
Golden Square Post poaches Lambert, Letley, Matthews and Skews in bid to push into new markets
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The Mill launches TV arm
Commercial and film facility goes for long form television market with new Throssell-fronted Mill TV
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Capital, GWR hit by ad slump
Radio groups warn that revenues for the year will be hit by advertsing downturn
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Scary does Voodoo for Tiger
Spice girl Mel B to investigate voodoo superstition for 60-minute C4 doc
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ITV drops plans for digital CITV
Shareholders shy away from dedicated digital kids channel as ITV ad revenues predicted to fall by 15 per cent
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LibDems back single ITV
Party demands lifting of media cross-ownership rules at Bournemouth conference
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BBC and HBO reunite for another war epic
Winston Churchill epic A Lonely War to be next HBO/BBC co-production war epic after Band of Brothers
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ITN to ask shareholders for additional war funding
Incumbent news provider, which has just beaten rival consortium Channel 3 News to ITV News contract, will need additional funds if and when war breaks out
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Capitol, GWR hit by ad slump
Radio groups warn that revenues for the year will be hit by advertsing downturn