All articles by Robin Parker – Page 103
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NewsPozzitive opens comedy vault
Rare photos and clips of comedians ranging from Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci to Robbie Coltrane and Simon Pegg feature in an online ‘comedy encyclopaedia’ launched today.
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NewsTennant's Hamlet coming to BBC2
David Tennant is to bring his acclaimed stage performance of Hamlet to BBC2.
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NewsSky to be available on Xbox
Sky is to make live programming available on the Xbox 360 games console for the first time.
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Sofia's Diary gets 'edgier' third run
Sony Pictures Television is promising an “edgier” tone to its Bebo drama Sofia’s Diary when it returns for a third season.
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NewsVirgin 1 marks relaunch with Naked Office doc
Virgin 1 will kick off a relaunch designed to combine “humour and journalistic vigour” next month with a documentary about an office where staff work in the nude.
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Cherie Blair takes to the streets for Dispatches doc
Cherie Blair will join police patrols on some of Britain’s toughest estates in a follow-up to last year’s Channel 4 series, The Truth About Street Weapons.
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NewsRabbatts joins Shed board
Shed Media has appointed former Channel 4 head of education Heather Rabbatts to one of three non-executive positions.
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Endemol to produce Bebo music show
Endemol is to make a daily music magazine show for social networking site Bebo, to be funded by Samsung Mobile.
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Snog Marry Avoid goes abroad
BBC3 ‘make-under’ format Snog Marry Avoid? is to venture overseas to tackle the holiday style of Brits abroad in its third series.
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Teleshopping on PSB channels given green light
Ofcom has allowed teleshopping on commercial PSB channels for the first time, but has denied them a potential £44m in extra advertising revenue after standing firm on the amount of ads they are allowed.
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NewsCeleb Big Brother cleared over Coolio complaints
Ofcom has rejected 527 complaints about both the behaviour and depiction of rapper Coolio in this year’s Celebrity Big Brother.
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NewsSwearing TV chef sparks complaints
The BBC has apologised after 40 viewers complained about a chef using the f-word in a live pre-watershed show.
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BBC orders online sketch show from RDF
The BBC has commissioned an online sketch show featuring a vicar and a rabbi grappling with their laddish tendencies.
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C4 defends Come Dine With Me racism claims
Channel 4 has defended an episode of Come Dine With Me that attracted a “surprising” flurry of complaints over alleged racist remarks.
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Endemol wins first Polish commission
Endemol is to adapt its Dutch drama Roses and Vodka Lime for audiences in Poland - its first commission in the country.
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Five bags Breaking Bad
Five has bagged first-run UK rights to the second series of acclaimed US drama Breaking Bad.
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C4 axes Edinburgh Soho House
Edinburgh TV Festival institution Soho House has fallen victim to the cost-cutting at Channel 4.
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BBCW launches factual YouTube channel
BBC Woldwide has launched a factual YouTube channel after extending its deal with the video-sharing site.
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NewsC4-Five merger rejected by most Pact members
Two-thirds of indies believe RTL’s proposed merger of C4 and Five would be bad news for the industry, according to a Pact survey.
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Pay freeze at Ofcom; executive bonuses scrapped
Ofcom has frozen pay for all staff and scrapped this year’s bonuses for its executive committee.