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FOOD AWARD TAKEN BY BBC 2'S VINTNERS' TALES
BBC 2's Vintners' Tales scooped the prize for best food & drink television programme at this year's Glenfiddich Food & Drink Awards. The show's presenter, Jancis Robinson, picked up the best
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Fountain TV Graphics department recently completed a mammoth nine-month 2D and 3D animation project for When Dinosaurs Ruled. Work on the Wall to Wall and The Learning Channel production included anim
Fountain TV Graphics department recently completed a mammoth nine-month 2D and 3D animation project for When Dinosaurs Ruled. Work on the Wall to Wall and The Learning Channel production included animating,
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TOP 30 BBC 2, CHANNEL 4 & CHANNEL 5 Title Day Time
TOP 30 BBC 2, CHANNEL 4 & CHANNEL 5 Title Day Time
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ALL ROYAL ASCOT RACES TO BE COVERED ON BBC IN 1999
The BBC will this year carry live coverage of all 24 races at Royal Ascot for the first time. The event will be broadcast across three of the corporation's channels -
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Edward Woodward, veteran of Callan, Common as Muck and The Equalizer, is to star in Marcie's Dowry, the final 15-minute film in BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen's creative initiative, Tartan Shorts
Edward Woodward, veteran of Callan, Common as Muck and The Equalizer, is to star in Marcie's Dowry, the final 15-minute film in BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen's creative initiative, Tartan Shorts.
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GRINLING JOINS MEDIA 100 AS UK SALES MANAGER
Media 100 UK has appointed former Piccadilly product support manager Harry Grinling as its new UK sales manager. Grinling will be responsible for developing sales through third-party channels. He will report
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SHOWCASE SEEKS 10-MINUTE SCRIPTS FROM HOPEFULS
Television Arts Performance Showcase is looking for original 10-minute scripts from budding writers, to be rehearsed and performed in conjunction with a writers' workshop at Teddington Studios on July 10-11. The
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R1 outlines plans for first national opt-out
BBC Radio 1 has confirmed details of its first national opt-out service for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as predicted in Broadcast (4.12.98), writes John Plunkett.The special two-hour editions of The
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CELTIC C0-PRO TO AIR IN THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Scottish Television Enterprises (STE) has started work on a co-production with RTE in Ireland and the Gallic Broadcasting Corporation. The 3 x 60-minute series, with the working title Celtic States, is
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Wildscreen widens search
Entries to the children's wildlife category at the next Wildscreen festival are to be sought from children's and educational departments as well as natural history and wildlife units, writes Colin Grimshaw.Following
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OFF THE RECORD - Resourceful Resources
Never let it be said that those good people at BBC Resources aren't game for a laugh. Take their latest brochure featuring some 30 members of its costume and wigs department
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YTV TO RECAST REED ROLE
Yorkshire Television (YTV) and production company Excelsior are working to recast their new ITV drama, Uncle Silas, following the death of Oliver Reed. A number of actors are understood to have
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Resources signs Novocom's Poole
Novocom Europe managing director Martin Poole has been poached by BBC Resources Ltd to become account director for its post-production and graphic design business.Poole, who is expected to arrive at Resources
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UNIVERSAL MOVES SCHOENFELD TO STRATEGIC ROLE
Universal Television & Networks Group (UTNG) chairman Blair Westlake has promoted Peter Schoenfeld to executive vice-president and group strategic director. Schoenfeld will be responsible for growing Universal's TV sales, production and
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A past master
Now that history is a major TV battleground Channel 4 has recruited a self-confessed history fan to lead the charge. David Wood reports.
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Lion TV wants to roar with Vardanis
Lion Television has poached BBC features and events series producer Fenai Vardanis to work on a new daytime commission for BBC 1 - Passport to Mallorca.Production on the 30 x 30-minute
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LANDSEER SEEKS OUT LONDON'S POP LEGACY
Landseer Productions is to make an eight-part series about the history of London's pop music scene to run in the Carlton region of ITV from July. Routes of Rock, narrated by
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Tektronix keeps hold of loss-making VND
Tektronix is understood to have shelved plans to sell off its loss-making Video & Networking Division (VND) despite calls from some shareholders for its disposal.Sources within the company said VND, which
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INTERVIEW - In-house heretic
Can it really be true that the BBC is a challenging place to work or that British sitcoms are actually quality product? The corporation's Jon Plowman thinks so - but then he does like to challenge conventional wisdom
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GSP POACHES VANDER FOR ITS LAUNCH TEAM
New commercials facility Golden Square Post (GSP) has poached former Complete producer Beth Vander for its launch team. Vander had been with Complete for a year and prior to that worked