All articles by Robert Shepherd – Page 59
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NewsVirgin HD channels delay likely
Virgin Media content chief Malcolm Wall has admitted that bandwidth constraints will delay the launch of linear high definition channels on the cable giant’s TV service.
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NewsMcGovern regrets Cracker return
Cracker creator Jimmy McGovern has admitted he was wrong to bring back the Robbie Coltrane drama last year because the lead character was too old.
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NewsMartin fronts Christmas food show
UKTV Food is set to team up with TV chef James Martin as he cooks up festive treats from the comfort of his own kitchen in a five-part Christmas special.
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NewsSky News sorry over Etchingham gaffe.
Sky News has apologised after out-going presenter Julie Etchingham joked on air that the Conservative Party’s new policy to control immigration was 'extermination'.
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NewsBSkyB makes concessions over ITV stake
BSkyB has offered to give up voting rights on part of its controversial 17.9% stake in ITV.
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News4oD to get top Fox shows
Channel 4 has lined up US shows The Wire and 24 for its 4oD service after signing a third-party deal with Fox International’s entertainement channel FX.
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NewsParamount takes CBS double
Paramount Comedy1 has picked up the second season of Rules of Engagement and third of Everybody Hates Chris.
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NewsNew BBC2 Choir series
Twenty Twenty will encourage schoolboys to take up singing in a follow-up to the Bafta-winning The Choir.
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NewsBravo probes UK crime
Bravo will reveal the world of crime in the UK in a three-part ob doc series from SMG Productions.
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NewsDeeley to go backstage on Bones for Sky One
Two specials will air before the new series launches next month.
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NewsVirgin 1 investigates unsafe dogs
Virgin 1 will focus on the topical issue of dangerous dogs in a one-off documentary.
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NewsUKTV budget swap
UKTV is cutting the commissioning budget of UKTV History and will pump the cash into UKTV Gold.
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NewsZeppotron to make Friday Night Live-style series
Endemol producer wins the battle to make new BBC3 strand.
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NewsOutrage at NHU cuts
The BBC's plan to cut almost a third of jobs at the NHU has prompted outrage among wildlife programme makers.
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FeaturesRoger Cook
British investigative journalism pioneer Roger Cook is returning to our screens with a 20th anniversary special.
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NewsBBC delays voluntary redundancy letters
The BBC will not speak to staff until divisions have met with the unions.
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NewsSir Trevor back on News
ITV is to resurrect News at Ten with former presenter Sir Trevor McDonald at the helm.
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NewsITV appoints digital channels head
ITV has named director of operations ITV channels Jonathan Rogers as head its digital channels portfolio as part of an internal shake-up.
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NewsDave orders puppet panel show
Dave, UKTV’s new male-skewed Freeview channel, has made a dark comedy panel show hosted by a puppet.
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NewsSupersize Me’s BBC2 history lesson
Restaurant critic Giles Coren and presenter Sue Perkins will resort to eating post-Second World War rations as part of a run of themed Supersize Me shows on BBC2.