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Latest Pebble Mill cuts claim 16 jobs
BBC Birmingham is to shed 16 management and support posts in the latest in a series of redundancies to hit the BBC's beleaguered Pebble Mill operation.The move follows the restructure introduced by new
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ITV BOOKS 130 EPISODES OF DOG & DUCK FROM UNITED
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Nigel Pickard has committed to a further 130 x 10-minute episodes of United Productions' pre-school series, Dog & Duck, before the first run of the show
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Dinosaurs thrash competition for BBC 1
BBC 1 stalked and conquered all at 20.30 on Monday (4 October) as the much-anticipated new series Walking with Dinosaurs amassed a 51 per cent share and 13.2 million viewers, writes Wale Azeez.
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BBC 1 on top in Bafta kids' shortlist
Bafta unveiled the shortlist for its fourth Children's Awards with the nominations dominated by BBC 1, writes Tina Mistry.
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WORLDWIDE AND BRITISH PATHE JOIN 1,000 HOURS OF FILM
BBC Worldwide and British Pathe have joined forces to create News Century, a series that will contain a catalogue of around 1,000 films dedicated to the most prominent news stories of the twentieth
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GEARHOUSE POSTS LOSSES OF£900,000
Gearhouse has reported a loss of£900,000 for the year ending 30 June 1999. The loss, which was highlighted by the company in a series of profit warnings earlier this year,
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OFF THE RECORD - White Riot
Disturbing news reaches Off The Record from the set of BBC 1's new seventies-set drama, In The Land of Plenty, in which art imitated life rather too closely for comfort. In
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OFF THE RECORD - Tanked up
Fishy goings on at On Digital, which chose an exotic aquarium from which to schmooze assorted MPs at this week's Labour Party conference in Bournemouth.Guests at the do on Monday were
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DEAF CENTURYProducer: First Circle FilmsBroadcaster: Channel 4Start: 19.00, 2 OctoberLength: 3 x 60-minutesCommissioning editor: Richard McKerrowExecutive producer: Daniel WolfProducer/director: Mark GallowayFew stones have been left unturned by documentary film-m
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OFF THE RECORD - Silent protest
On a similar note, the crew from BBC 1's rather more easy-on-the-ears adaptation, David Copperfield, couldn't do enough to win over the locals in the tiny Oxfordshire village where they spent
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Newsnight national opt-outs start on Monday
The national opt-outs from BBC 2's Newsnight will launch on Monday (4 October) to viewers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, writes Tim Dams.
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Meridian opts for multi-skilling
Meridian Broadcasting has set up a new 'multi-skilling' unit in which each of its team members will individually create and make a programme from start to finish, writes Tina Mistry.
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TELE-CINE LURES RUSSELL FROM MOLINARE
Tele-Cine has poached former Molinare dubbing mixer Alan Russell to strengthen its audio department. Russell, who has been at Molinare for two years, is expected to arrive at Tele-Cine's Charlotte Street
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PEAKVIEWING TAKES KIDS' TRIO TO MARKET
UK indie distributor Peakviewing Transatlantic will debut three new 26 x 11-minute pre-school children's series, Let's Go, Let's Make and Let's See, in the south of France next week. The educational
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ITV orders 'popumentaries'
ITV controller of children's and youth programming Nigel Pickard has ordered 3 x 30-minute 'popumentaries' for eight to 11-year-olds from Granada's children's department, writes Annie Dare. A date with ... will
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OFF THE RECORD - Italian job
And so to Florence and the 'higher brow than thou' Prix Italia awards, where this year's organisers tried to entertain the assorted grands fromages with a specially commissioned variety show. Things
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PRIX ITALIA AND RAI PLAN NEW PROGRAMME SALES MARKET
The Prix Italia and RAI are planning to launch a new programme sales market next year specialising in quality television and radio shows. The market will be held alongside the Prix
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Indies triumph at Prix Italia
Independently produced shows for BBC 2 and Channel 4 have walked away with two of the 10 television and radio prizes awarded at the Prix Italia this year, writes Tim Dams.
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ITC REVISES IMAGE RULES
The Independent Television Commission has strengthened its rules on flashing images and repetitive patterns in programmes after consulting medical and technical experts. In its revised code, the ITC says care must
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Free Wheeler
ITN Radio's Nicholas Wheeler is facing his toughest test yet - relaunching LBC and News Direct. John Plunkett reports on the ex-biker's chances.