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Can TV keep the faith?
The Church of England’s General Synod this week dubbed some of the BBC’s religious shows as ‘trite drivel’. But Ashley Davies finds broadcasters wondering if there is an afterlife beyond Songs Of Praise.
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Ex-hostage fronts series on religion
ITV has commissioned a 6 x 30-minute religious series to be presented by journalist and former hostage John McCarthy from indie CTVC, writes Colin Robertson.It Ain't Necessarily So, which is due
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RICHER PROMOTED TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AT ICG
Head of drama development at the BBC's Independent Commissioning Group Lucy Richer has been appointed executive producer in the department. Working on a portfolio of programmes, including Playing the Field and
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Emap loses Kavanagh to new start-up
Paul Kavanagh has resigned as group programme director of Emap Radio to set up his own company working across different media, writes Paul Donovan.Kavanagh announced his departure this week, saying he
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Kemp stars in United drama
ITV has ordered a new six-part crime drama series starring Ross Kemp from United Productions as part of a trio of new commissions from the producer, writes Colin Robertson.Written by Russell
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RDF SELLS 'SURVIVAL' DOC TO NEW ZEALAND AND HOLLAND
RDF International has sold desert island documentary series Shipwrecked to both TVNZ in New Zealand and Holland Media Group in the Netherlands.The 7 x 30-minute series, which is currently airing on
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OFF THE RECORD - Talking dirty
Smooth-talking former Carlton International grand fromage Philip Jones excelled himself at a Royal Television Society dinner hosted by Janie Grace last week. Jones, taking part in a Q & A session
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OFF THE RECORD - Tim is nice but not dim
Congratulations to the good people of The Local Radio Company, owner of stations on the south coast, the Isle of Wight and elsewhere, who have appointed Tim Nice as regional director.
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DISNEY RETHINKS DIGI-PLAN
The Disney channel has pulled out of the bidding for carriage on the Digital One radio platform and is set to bid for individual digital local licences instead. The broadcaster, which
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ITV defends line-up since News at Ten
ITV chiefs were expected to say they had put more than£60 million into better primetime programming when they appeared before the Commons culture select committee on Thursday (2 March) defending
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Deep space explored
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has given a green light to Final Frontier, a new BBC series exploring deep space beyond our galaxy, writes Tim Dams.Billed as a landmark follow-up to
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SENIOR PRODUCER POST AT CONDOR FOR DARNTON
Karen Darnton has joined Condor as senior producer. She was formerly a producer at Rushes, where among other work she produced commercials for Visa, Adidas, Carling and Peugeot. Before that, she
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OPINION - Creativity comes at a heavy price
The production community should take heart - content is getting the recognition it needs. The Department of Trade and Industry announced on Tuesday the formation of a digital content forum -
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SBS closes down rival
SBS Broadcasting has bought Central European Media Enterprises' Hungarian cable TV station TV3 for $16 million (£10 million) and, with the aid of armed guards, closed it down, writes Katy Elliott.The
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CHURCH INFLUENCE DECRIED
The BBC should resist pressure from the Church of England to increase religious broadcasting, the National Secular Society argued this week. The warning came as the general synod supported plans to
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Mini-Dinosaurs in the pipeline for Christmas
Walking with Dinosaurs series producer Tim Haines has begun work on a£1 million mini-version of the hit show, which will air on BBC 1 this year as a Christmas special,
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Charities slate Third World coverage
A coalition of British charities has attacked terrestrial broadcasters for cutting coverage of the developing world, accusing them of catering for 'the Royle family', rather than providing a balance of programming,
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Scots challenge identity crisis
Scottish broadcasters STV and Grampian launched new on-screen images on Monday (28 February), upping their regional identities just as regional commitments came under further attack, writes Colin Robertson.The moves come alongside
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ITN/LIVING MARXISM LIBEL CASE GOES TO COURT
The long-running dispute between ITN and Living Marxism magazine entered the High Court in London this week, with ITN and two of its journalists claiming damages from the magazine, which denies
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CARLTON AND LWT FIGHT TO SIGN UP THAW
John Thaw has signed a two-year contract with Carlton TV after a two-way shoot-out with LWT. The news comes in the week that LWT's drama department revealed it had booked the