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Hothouse to produce West Heath special for C4
London-based indie Hothouse Productions has been commissioned by outgoing Channel 4 commissioning editor night-time Stevan Keane to make a 60-minute special of spoof soap opera West Heath Yard, featuring guest stars
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C4/RTE to film Beckett's entire dramatic oeuvre
Channel 4 and RTE are co-funding a star-studded drama project that sees Blue Angel Films producing a raft of TV films based on all 19 of Samuel Beckett plays, writes Ashley Davies.
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Overnight Ratings - Home Front edges ahead of C4's ER return
The return of ER to Channel 4 last Wednesday night (2 February) pulled in a healthy audience, but was still overshadowed by BBC 2's Home Front, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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C4 drinks from Poisoned cup
Channel 4's science and education department has ordered a 6 x 30-minute series looking at the work of the National Poisons Unit from Twenty Twenty Productions, writes Ashley Davies.
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C4/HBO Nazi documentary honoured at Sundance
Paragraph 175, a Channel 4-commissioned documentary about the Nazis' treatment of homosexuals, won the directing award in the documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival. The co-production with HBO was directed
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BBC Sport duo quit to join 365'S new TV arm
BBC Sport editor of magazines and documentaries Isobel Williams and her deputy Keith Bunker have left to join internet venture 365 Corporation to run its TV production arm. The duo plan
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BSkyB letter attacks BBC on News 24
The row between BSkyB and the BBC over the corporation's 24-hour news channel, BBC News 24, escalated this week as BSkyB director of public affairs Ray Gallagher wrote to broadcasting minister Janet Anderson accusing the BBC of 'deliberately misleading' v
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BBC 2 to tee off with golf from Augusta
BBC Sport has signed a three-year deal to air the Masters golf tournament from Augusta, Georgia. Around 12 hours of live, primetime coverage will air on BBC 2 between 6-9 April.
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Lofts joins ITV2 as broadcast director
ITV2 director of programmes Brian Barwick has drafted in children's programming chief Joan Lofts as the channel's new director of broadcasting.Lofts, who has been acting as a consultant for ITV on
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Unique readies Barry and Previn for R2
Radio indie Unique Broadcasting has secured a raft of new shows and recommissions from the BBC including two new series for BBC Radio 2, presented by John Barry and Andre Previn, writes John Plunkett.
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10 Alps adds net arm
Bob Geldof and Alex Connock's indie 10 Alps has set up a new company called 11 Alps to provide internet content. The outfit's first deal is the creation of a joint-venture
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Queer as Folk - the musical
Channel 4's hit gay drama, Queer as Folk, is being turned into a musical, according to reports. Queer! will feature songs inspired by catchphrases from the show, such as 'I'm doing
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Andi Peters to stay as C4 kids guru
Channel 4 calls off search as Peters agrees to stay as children's and young people's chief
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Ex-Sky man hooks up with Carphone Warehouse
West joins other Sky men at internet services division
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Pringle quits Chrysalis to launch web outfit
Radio group programme chief leaves to found 'music and lifestyle' internet venture
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Channel 4 readies drama doc on Holocaust historian
3BM Television to make film on Irving libel trial
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Channel 4 readies drama documentary on Holocaust historian
3BM Television to make film on Irving libel trial
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South Bank Show lands primetime slot for Corrie celebration
Mansfield greenlights 40 thanniversary show