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TALKBACK RESHUFFLE
Talkback Productions has restructured its senior management team, handing managing director Peter Fincham the new title of chief executive. Sally Debonnaire has been promoted to managing director, while head of factual
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Challenge Brockovich
Lawyer played by Julia Roberts in Hollywood blockbuster steps into shoes of Anneka Rice in one-off New York special
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New-look TOTP greenlit for '02
Pop music stalwart to get new format next year in the face of stern criticism
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£1m ideas fund to boost BBC news
BBC news has set up a£1m 'news innovation fund' in a bid to unearth new projects and programme ideas, writes Georgina LipscombThe money, which comes from the current BBC news
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Ruby Wax to front BBC 1 This Morning rival
Comedian Ruby Wax has been signed up by BBC 1 to front a new daytime show as the channel continues to pile pressure on ITV 1.The 2 x 60-minute Ruby,
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Radio 2 to celebrate Elvis
BBC Radio 2 controller Jim Moir has lined up a series on Elvis to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the star's death next year, as part of its latest commissioning round,
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BBC 2 orders history of gardens six-parter
BBC 2 controller Jane Root and controller of factual commissioning Nicola Moody have commissioned a 6 x 60-minute series marking the 200th anniversary of the Royal Horticultural Society.Gardens Through Time, from
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Windfall strikes it lucky with C4
Windfall Films has bagged a clutch of commissions for Channel 4, including a two-part series on arranged marriages, writes Penny HughesThe first 60-minute installment of Arranged Marriages follows a British-born Pakistani
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C4 to focus on war on terror countries
Channel 4 editor of news, current affairs and business Fran O'Brien has commissioned MBC Midlands to produce a third series of Unreported World.The 4 x 30-minute series, which airs from
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Welsh record industry awards to air on HTV
HTV is to screen an hour-long programme dedicated to the first Welsh Record Industry awards. The show will cover the awards, which take place on 14 January at the Cardiff International
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Artsworld recommissions masterclass
Artsworld has commissioned One on One Productions to produce a second 6 x 30-minute series of MasterClass.The new series will feature West End stars revealing the secrets of their art
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Blast! wins inner city kids commissions
Channel 4 head of documentaries Peter Dale has ordered two authored films about childhood in the city from director Paddy Wivell at indie Blast! Films, writes Penny HughesGirls and Boys explores
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Discovery to offer celebrity health tips
Discovery Health Channel has commissioned a six-part series, Six Pack, presented by footballer Mark Bright that provides health and fitness advice for men.Bright will be assisted by a host of
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Paramount output deal
The Paramount Comedy Channel has bought the first two series of HBO's Sex and the City in a bid to dilute its reliance on sitcoms, writes Simon ElleryParamount Comedy Channel
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SMG wins raft of ITV orders
SMG TV Productions is set to produce a second edition of last year's Streakers one-off as part of a raft of ITV commissions, writes Steve AstonITV controller for news, current affairs,
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Cintel promotes Welsh
Cintel has promoted Adam Welsh, who has been with the company for 18 years, to become its managing director.Welsh, a former president of Cintel's US business, will help oversee the
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Lynx boosts facilities with sound suite
Post-production house Lynx Digital has added another sound suite to its facilities in Denham, outside west London, writes Lucy RouseThe new suite is built around an AMS Neve Logic 2 console
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New Trouble idents
Flextech creative services has created a new series of idents for youth channel Trouble to air from 1 January.Commissioned by creative director Kerry Taylor, the idents feature MCs from a
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Winchester purchase
Production company Winchester Entertainment has bought its creative partner Optical Image, a leading provider of facilities in the Midlands.The two companies have worked together on Jellabies (Jellikins in the UK)
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BBC rules out set top box option
Plan to launch digital terrestrial television set-top box is dismissed but talks with other terrestrial broadcasters in 'digital coalition' continue