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Carlton lines up Page Three dating show.
Carlton Productions has bought the rights to the latest instalment of the Who Wants to ... format with a show offering the prize of a date with a Page Three Girl, writes Steve Aston.
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CARLTON TO MAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DOCUMENTARY.
Carlton head of regional programmes Emma Barker has commissioned Bazal to produce an 8 x 30-minute documentary for Carlton Television on public school Harrow. Harrow - The School on the Hill
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IVAS CALL FOR PAPERS.
The third international workshop on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs), to be held in Madrid, Spain on 11-12 September, is calling for papers. Submissions of less than 5,000 words should be sent
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BROOK LAPPING GETS EXTREME SERIES ORDER.
Channel 4 has commissioned Brook Lapping to produce a 3 x 30-minute series about people and organisations that are pushed to the extreme. Called Hostage, the series is a co-production with
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Eutelsat makes move into UK broadband.
European satellite operator Eutelsat has hired UK digital content outfit Prism Entertainment, headed by former Fox Kids Europe managing director Rod Henwood, as its official content agent, as it gears up to launch a broadband PC TV service via digital sat
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BRIT FIRMS TAKE TWO OSCARS.
Two British firms were credited at last Sunday's (25 March) Oscar ceremony, writes Barbara Marshall. Mill Film's Tim Burke and Lola Post Production co-director Rob Harvey, formerly of Mill Film, picked
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TASTE CHANNEL TO LOOK AT FOOD BRAND LEADERS.
Carlton Communications and retailer Sainsbury's new food channel Taste has commissioned a 15 x 30-minute series from Plymouth-based indie Two Four Productions. Ordered by Taste channel director Chantal Rutherford Browne, Brand
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ON THE BOX - The sound of the city.
Channel 5 controller of entertainment Alan Nixon found poignancy in Walk on By but thought so what to Lee Evans' new sitcom.
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Moving Pics boosts film.
The moving Picture Company (MPC) has expanded its feature film division with the appointment of visual effects specialists Martin Hobbs and Paddy Eason.Hobbs joins from Mill Film as visual effects producer,
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OKLAHOMA BOMBER DOC.
Investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre is set to front a 60-minute documentary about Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh on BBC 1, to be screened on the day of McVeigh's execution, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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KEY HIRE FOR BBC WALES.
BBC Wales controller Menna Richards has appointed acting head of resources Toby Grosvenor as head of operations for BBC Wales. Grosvenor, a member of the BBC Wales management board, takes up
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BBC IN PROPERTY DEAL.
BBC governors have appointed Insight, the Land Securities Trillium bid, as its preferred property bidder. Negotiations are still taking place to form the partnership by this summer. The BBC announced its
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BBC CHOICE TO EXPLORE BIKER LIFESTYLE.
BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a 12 x 30-minute series looking at the culture of motorcycle riders. Fronted by BBC Radio DJ Mary-Anne Hobbs, Mary-Anne's Bikes sees Hobbs visiting
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BBC reverses drama deficit.
BBC 1 Controller Lorraine Heggessey has moved to reverse the channel's drama shortage, announcing a slate of 14 new dramas and fewer repeats over the summer.Unveiling the channel's£253m spring and
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BBC PUTS TEXT ON DSAT.
The BBC has launched BBCText on the digital satellite (Dsat) platform, making it the only UK broadcaster to offer interactive services across the three main digital platforms. The Dsat service enables
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BBC SUBSIDISES COURSES.
BBC training and development is to subsidise a range of courses by 60 per cent for freelancers from April. Complementing the current Skillset-funded training available to freelancers, the areas to be
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APTN IN TRIBE TIE-UP.
APTN has struck a deal with Australian youth content developer Tribe to jointly develop 'youth-centric television news material'. Subjects will include music, clubbing, fashion, film and lifestyle aimed primarily at 20
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OFF THE RECORD - Antarctic Spice.
Those scouring for fresh ideas for reality TV shouldn't necessarily limit their hunt to the nation's central nerve centres like London. The annual panto in the village of Minstead in the
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ANOTHER ROUND OF TWO PINTS OF LAGER.
BBC 2 controller Jane Root and controller entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux have commissioned a second 6 x 30-minute series of sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (left).
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UNITED PRODS TO MAKE MAJOR ANIMAL SERIES.
United Productions has been commissioned to produce a 15 x 30-minute documentary series for Animal Planet following the work of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).