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Diana author fronts series for Granada
Granada Television has signed an exclusive deal with Andrew Morton, the biographer of Diana, Princess of Wales and Monica Lewinsky, to write and present a TV series profiling famous twentieth-century women, writes Jason Deans.
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New arts channel to launch
A European-backed art and design channel is hoping to launch this October and is holding carriage talks with BSkyB and the major UK cable companies, writes Claire Atkinson.
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Celador unveils feature film arm
Indie Celador Productions has set up a feature film arm, Blue Films, in partnership with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? co-creator Steve Knight.Blue Films' first production will be Dirty Pretty
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VFG SNAPS UP GMG ENDEMOL FILM AND TAPE ARM
AIM-listed facilities group VFG has acquired Mobart Enterprises, the film and tape stock subsidiary of GMG Endemol Entertainment. The deal values the Soho-based company at just over£900,000, made up of
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MERIDIAN TO DISH UP ANOTHER SERVING OF SURPRISE CHEFS
Meridian Broadcasting has commissioned a seventh series of regional show Surprise Chefs from Action Time. Produced by Pat Pearson and directed by Peter Chipping, the 10 x 30-minute series will be
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TENTH ANNIVERSARY FOR EDINBURGH NIGHTS
BBC Scotland is producing its tenth guide to the Edinburgh Festival. This year's Edinburgh Nights, which will air at 23.15 on BBC 2 over the last two weeks of August, will
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ANALYSIS SPECIAL: DYKE'S BBC - EDITOR'S COMMENT - Dyke storms the Beeb
Greg Dyke's appointment as DG poses as many questions as it answers. For now BBC staff are chuffed, but how will they feel when the new regime kicks in and Dyke hires his cronies? Broadcast writers and industry leaders run the rule over the new chief's li
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ALL-NEWS NETWORK TO LAUNCH ON CANALSATELLITE
Canal+ is planning to launch a news channel, I-television, on digital satellite TV (DST) platform CanalSatellite on 4 November. Noel Couedel, former editor-in-chief of French newspaper Le Parisien, will take on
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Alli ponders future of Carlton Select
The future of Carlton pay-TV channel Carlton Select is being reviewed by newly installed Carlton Communications managing director of production Lord Waheed Alli, according to sources, writes Alice Macandrew.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - All washed out
It has only taken a few brief years for docu-soaps to become established as standard primetime fare, but once eager viewers are already starting to find the formula a turn-off.
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BBC may yet air 'hoaxed' Everyman
The BBC may still show a version of the Everyman programme that fell victim to a hoax by The Sun newspaper this week, writes Tim Dams.
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Ainsworth to quiz Bland on future
Peter Ainsworth, the Conservative shadow media secretary, is to have urgent talks with BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland about the thrust of the corporation's future policy and, in particular, the continuation
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BBC and Sci-Fi agree Farscape joint deal
The BBC has signed a joint acquisition deal with the Sci-Fi channel to buy Farscape, a 22 x 60-minute US science fiction series made by The Jim Henson Company, writes Tim Dams.
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OFF THE RECORD - Family affair
Suggestions that Greg Dyke's appointment as BBC director general designate amounts to a break with corporation tradition are wide of the mark, Off The Record can exclusively reveal. Exhaustive research has
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AWARD-WINNING STUDENT ADVICE PROGRAMME RETURNS
Wobbly Picture Productions has just started shooting annual BBC 2 university entry advice special Student Choice '99. The 60-minute show, which will again be presented by Jayne Middlemiss, is due to
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OFF THE RECORD - Taking advantage
On a similar note, the frantic round of drinks parties being hosted by the new DG and his predecessor, Sir John Birt, has already claimed its first victims. One of Dyke's
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Former Cosby Show executive producer Caryn Mandabach is to give the Worldview Address on the global future of the TV industry at this year's Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF
Former Cosby Show executive producer Caryn Mandabach is to give the Worldview Address on the global future of the TV industry at this year's Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) on
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Pearson TV acts on successor to Dyke
Pearson chief executive Marjorie Scardino is to become chairman of Pearson TV following Greg Dyke's appointment as BBC director general.Scardino will also handle Pearson TV's dealings with the BBC to avoid
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YOUNG ACQUIRES TASTE FOR SHERBET
Award-winning animation director Susan Young has signed to London's Sherbet animation studio. Young, who trained and worked with Sherbet co-founder Jonathan Hodgson, is expected to start work on a campaign for
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JOHN WOOLF DIES AGED 86
Anglia Television founding director and Oscar-winning film and TV producer Sir John Woolf has died aged 86. Woolf ran Anglia's drama department for over 25 years. Before entering television he worked