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    WALKER FUTURE ON THE LINE OVER COCAINE ALLEGATIONS

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    The future of BBC Radio 2 presenter Johnnie Walker, suspended following Sunday newspaper allegations that he took cocaine and offered to supply undercover reporters with prostitutes, was due to be decided

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    MPC celebrates its appearance on the Procter & Gamble preferred supplier list with this new campaign for Max Factor starring Madonna. 'Lips' was orchestrated and directed by Alek Keshishian (who also

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    MPC celebrates its appearance on the Procter & Gamble preferred supplier list with this new campaign for Max Factor starring Madonna. 'Lips' was orchestrated and directed by Alek Keshishian (who also

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    ITV returns to comic Dark Ages

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Granada Television controller of comedy Andy Harries is overseeing a new ITV comedy drama series about a group of graduates starting out on careers in London.The 1 x 60-minute or 7

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    FRAMESTORE ADDS FOURTH DISCREET SUITE

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    FrameStore has opened a fourth Discreet Flame/Inferno suite and added to its roster of operators. Dave Clifton, who has spent the last 18 months with Omnicom in Sydney joins as senior

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    MOTOR MANUFACTURERS BOOST ITV AD REVENUES

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    ITV saw its first-quarter 1999 revenues reach an estimated£438.8 million, thanks in part to high advertising spends from motor manufacturers in the run-up to the March car registration period. January's

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    ACTION TIME GRABS SIX NEW COMMISSIONS

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Action Time won six new commissions at Mip-TV. Forty episodes of gameshow Love at First Sight have been sold to Switzerland's TV3; 10 episodes of the Mr and Mrs format, produced

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    LIMB JOINS MANAGEMENT TEAM AT 8811

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    8811 has added Nalini Limb to its management team. Limb, who was previously at Blue, replaces Sally Pacy who is leaving after 18 months to London Studios to train as a

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    CLT-UFA TEAMS UP WITH M6 TO BUY BORDEAUX SOCCER CLUB

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    CLT-UFA and French channel M6 have bought the Girondins de Bordeaux football club for FFr120 million (£12 million). The deal has sparked speculation that a new football channel could launch on

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    LONGMIRE DIES AT 56

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Michael Longmire, a freelance producer and former associate producer for LWT's entertainment department, died suddenly on Thursday 15 April. Longmire, who was 56, had worked on shows including Game for a

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    C5 TO SCREEN SECOND SERIES OF SEX AND SHOPPING

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Douglas Churnside Productions is developing a second run of its controversial Channel 5 documentary series about the porn industry, Sex and Shopping.The new series is due to air next year. The

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    AIREY URGES INDIES TO PRODUCE 'EVENT TV' FOR CHANNEL 5

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey has called on independents to produce more one-off documentaries and 'event TV' for the channel. Speaking at a Bafta My Channel event last week,

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    C5 to revive It's a Knockout

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 is resurrecting classic 1970s entertainment format It's a Knockout and launching a new variety show as part of a drive to broaden the appeal of its entertainment output.C5 controller

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    Company looks back for C4 drama

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 has commissioned Company Pictures to produce a comedy drama taking a light-hearted look at the major events of the last 100 years, writes Liz Shackleton.Massive Landmarks of the Twentieth

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    C4 RAISES THE STAKES WITH LATE NIGHT POKER SHOW

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 editor of night-time Stevan Keane has commissioned a new show, Late Night Poker, from Welsh indie Presentable.The 6 x 45-minute series, shot over three days last weekend at Enfys

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    C4 goes tripping with Ken Kesey film

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Cafe Productions has employed the producer/director of Oscar-winning documentary When We Were Kings to make a Channel 4 programme about beat writer Ken Kesey, writes Alice Macandrew.Vikram Jayanti is working on

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    Council fails to halt C4 'runaways' film

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is to go ahead with a controversial October Films series about runaway children, after Nottingham City Council (NCC) failed in its High Court bid to block parts of it.The

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    POST IMPRESSIONS INTRODUCES CON4MER

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Post Impressions has introduced a new auto-conform tool, Con4mer. Designed to perform where no creative decisions on the edit are involved, Con4mer is being pitched as a stand-alone add-on to linear

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    Rights up for grabs in C4I spring-clean

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 International managing director Bernard Macleod has embarked on a spring clean of the distributor's catalogue - handing back rights to 280 shows.It is thought to be the first time

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    C4I TIES UP DOCUMENTARY DEAL

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 International has sold a documentary programming package to RTL in the Netherlands, ABC in Australia and Slovenia's RTV. The package includes rights to Great Military Blunders, History Lab, The

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    ANTELOPE SOUTH LOOKS AT 20TH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE

    1999-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Brighton-based indie Antelope South has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a 10 x 3-minute series of shorts on twentieth century architecture.Buildings of the Century will air in June with