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GENRE AUDIT: PETS AND VETS - Pets, vets and TV sets
Pets and vets shows take top ratings from the notoriously animal-loving UK public. But is interest finally beginning to wane? Meg Carter on a peculiarly British obsession.
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GENRE AUDIT: PETS AND VETS - Breeding success
In Britain it seems we just can't get enough of vets, pets and wildlife programmes. But do foreign audiences share our animal passion? Jane Marlow on why overseas broadcasters prefer Attenborough to Animal Hospital.
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Liddiment defends mass audience TV
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment hit out at BBC 1, the Campaign For Quality Television (CQTV) and the Independent Television Commission in a combative speech last week in which he
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OFF THE RECORD - Paxo in 'cudgel' attack
Newsnight uberanchor Jeremy Paxman was in fiery form last week, and we don't just mean his controversial interview with Henry Kissinger on Start the Week. Fellow R4 presenter Janet Daley raised
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OVENDEN AND SLOLY TO MAKE ATLANTIC CROSSING
Atlantic 252 has made two programming appointments as part of the station's ongoing overhaul under programme director David Dunne. Mark Ovenden, whose previous experience includes BBC Radio 1's Annie Nightingale Show,
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THE MILL PROMOTES FLAME ARTIST 'BARNSLEY' TO BOARD
The Mill has promoted Barnsley, one of its leading Flame artists, to board director. Barnsley (aka Andrew Wood) has been at the Great Marlborough Street facility for the last eight years.
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GWR arm to bid for radio multiplexes
The GWR group has launched a fully owned subsidiary, Now Digital Limited, to bid for regional and local digital radio multiplexes, writes John Plunkett.
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FOX KIDS EUROPE APPOINTS MERCHANDISING HEAD
Fox Kids Europe has appointed Jean-Philippe Randisi as managing director, Saban Merchandising Europe. The move follows the restructuring of Saban's international merchandising within Fox Family Worldwide and Fox Kids' expansion into
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LLOYD APPOINTED BORDER DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMES
Border Radio Holdings (BRH) has confirmed the appointment of David Lloyd as group director of programmes following the departure of John Myers to set up a rival radio group for the
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VIVENDI TO APPOINT TWO TO BSKYB BOARD
French utilities giant Vivendi, which owns 17 per of BSkyB following its takeover of Pathe's pay-TV interests, wants to appoint two directors to the UK satellite broadcaster's board. These are expected
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Lygo heads search for animation
Channel 4 has created a new animation team under the auspices of Kevin Lygo's entertainment department as part of a drive to find a peaktime, British-made animated sitcom, writes Tim Dams.
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SKY ONE DRAWS UP SUMMER ANIMATION STRAND
Sky One is introducing a two-hour summer weekday animation strand, Animaktion, to go out for six weeks from Monday 26 July between 08.00 and 10.00. The line-up, which replaces Sky One's
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Animal tragic
Nikki Cheetham of Bazal argues that although TV schedules are currently packed with animal-based programming, a cull is on the way with only the fittest likely to survive.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - ITN at the crossroads
In the face of a growing threat from Sky News to its terrestrial news contracts, ITN has begun to diversify its interests. Its next move may be a 24-hour news channel. John Plunkett reports.
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ALL-STAR CAST FOR LUCY SULLIVAN IS GETTING MARRIED
Letitia Dean, Sarah Stockbridge, Frances Tomelty and Niall Buggy have been cast in the 16 x 30-minute drama series Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, which independent Carnival TV is producing for
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O'HALLORAN CASE TO BE REVIEWED AFTER ROUGH JUSTICE
A BBC 1 Rough Justice programme that raised doubts about the conviction of Martin O'Halloran for murder has led to the Criminal Cases Review Commission deciding it should re-examine his case
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Burrell Durrant Hifle was commissioned by Wall to Wall series producer Ben Goold to create titles for history series Into Africa. Designed by Rob Hifle, the sequence features a drape unfurling
Burrell Durrant Hifle was commissioned by Wall to Wall series producer Ben Goold to create titles for history series Into Africa. Designed by Rob Hifle, the sequence features a drape unfurling
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ASA RAPS SKY OVER AD
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint from On Digital about a BSkyB press ad claiming Sky was the only broadcaster whose digital signal covered the whole of the UK.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - BBC serves ace with Wimbledon coverage
The BBC scored a smash with the men's final at Wimbledon on Sunday (4 July), which attracted a peak of 8.1 million (62 per cent share) at 16.00, writes John Plunkett.
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Drama producer Edwina 'Eddie' Craze dies at 60
Veteran television drama producer Edwina Craze has died of cancer aged 60.Craze, known to colleagues as Eddie, joined the BBC in 1961 as assistant floor manager and rose through the ranks