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Radio 4 lines up disabled comedy first
BBC Radio 4 has lined up a new four-part comedy series it hopes will become the disabled equivalent of successful R4 and BBC 2 series, Goodness Gracious Me, writes John Plunkett.Drop
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R4 Commons review brought forward by BBC
BBC chairman Christopher Bland is bringing forward his consultation with MPs and the public over last year's controversial changes to BBC Radio 4's parliamentary coverage.The move of R4's Yesterday in Parliament
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C4 cashes in on Lewinsky scoop
Channel 4 has more than recouped the£400,000 it paid for the Monica Lewinsky interview in international sales, writes Tim Dams.The broadcaster revealed this week that it had sold the footage
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BBC Radio 3 has commissioned Festival Productions to make what is believed to be the first documentary profile featuring Yoko Ono as an artist rather than the wife of John Lennon,
BBC Radio 3 has commissioned Festival Productions to make what is believed to be the first documentary profile featuring Yoko Ono as an artist rather than the wife of John Lennon,
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ICS spins off 3D graphics
Intergraph Computer Systems (ICS) is planning to spin off its graphics division, Intense 3D, into a new company in an attempt to bolster its position in the market for add-on professional
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ATLANTIC 252 LAUNCHES NEW-LOOK BREAKFAST SHOW
Atlantic 252 launches a new breakfast show on Monday (1 March), hosted by newcomer Marc Brow. Executive producer Rowan Somerville said the show, aimed at 15 to 25-year-olds, would provide an
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ADVENT PUMPS£2 MILLION INTO POST IMPRESSIONS
Venture capitalists Advent has invested£2 million in Post Impressions, the hardware manufacturing and development company set up last April by MC Patel, Discreet Logic's former director of engineering. Patel said
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Former Animal Magic presenter Johnny Morris is returning to children's TV to front a strand in the ITV series Wild Thing. The 7 x 15-minute Tyne Tees Television series will run
Former Animal Magic presenter Johnny Morris is returning to children's TV to front a strand in the ITV series Wild Thing. The 7 x 15-minute Tyne Tees Television series will run
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Three new BBC 1 dramas for ICG
Three new BBC 1 dramas have gone into production, commissioned through the independent commissioning group (ICG), writes Tim Dams.Twenty Twenty Television is behind Second Sight, a thriller by Paula Milne with
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C4 GRANTS BBC 1 RIGHTS FOR COMIC RELIEF TFI FRIDAY
Channel 4 has agreed to allow BBC 1 to air a one-off edition of TFI Friday (right) for Comic Relief night. The unusual deal will see Chris Evans host a live
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XTV has produced a series of 6 x 30-minute and 1 x 10-minute promos for the launch of Nokia and CNN's forthcoming news notification service, which provides mobile phone users with
XTV has produced a series of 6 x 30-minute and 1 x 10-minute promos for the launch of Nokia and CNN's forthcoming news notification service, which provides mobile phone users with
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OFF THE RECORD - Pop quiz
Which ginger-haired breakfast DJ had to make a po-faced on-air apology this week after launching a withering attack on the hit ITV gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Answer: Chris
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OFF THE RECORD - Upfront and personal
Indie Upfront Television has secured an exclusive interview with Lorena Bobbitt, the woman, you will remember, who cut off her husband's manhood and threw it out of a car window. She
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SPRINGER IN TALKS TO REPLACE MADELEY ON THIS MORNNG
Granada Television has confirmed it is in talks with US talk show host Jerry Springer over the possibility of him co-presenting This Morning alongside Judy Finnegan. Her usual co-presenter, husband Richard
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OFF THE RECORD - Waxing lyrical
OTR is reassured to discover that the quality of BBC 2's doc slot, Modern Times, will not be diminished following the departure of editor Stephen Lambert. This week's offering, for instance,
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ITV names Tonight as new show
ITV has revealed its new hour-long, 60 Minutes-style current affairs show is to be called Tonight and has named the final member of the reporting team as Miriam O'Callaghan, writes Nicola Methven.
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INTERVIEW - View from the top
With Marcus Plantin completing his first year in his old job as programme director, LWT has regained something of the 'family' feel of old. But he has plans to broaden its horizons in his second year at the helm.
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TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL SALES
Competition over space in the schedule for arts programmes is fierce all over the world, but it seems a little creative re-definition could go some way to help place what the
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Lis Howell
Have you ever met a demon? Well hello, how are you? I'm a programmer in cable and satellite TV, alias the devil herself.For a long time it was alleged that we
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New PIII and software hits Milia
US chip giant Intel unveiled its forthcoming Pentium III processor (previously code-named Katmai) to a select US audience on Wednesday (17 February, writes Joanna Scott.