All articles by Robin Parker – Page 113
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Dougray Scott to battle Triffids
Desperate Housewives actor Dougray Scott is to take the lead role in BBC1's new adaptation of The Day of the Triffids.
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Peter Dale joins research think tank
Former More4 head Peter Dale is to advise think tank The Institute for Public Policy Research on how its work can be used in TV documentaries.
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Credit crunch claims Gecko Productions
Documentary-maker Viv McGrath has closed her factual indie Gecko Productions, blaming the economic slowdown for putting unsustainable pressure on the business.
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Oz gets a head with CBBC
Nickelodeon Australia has become a co-producer on CBBC children's sketch show Sorry, I've Got No Head.
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Vorderman: No regrets about quitting Countdown
Carol Vorderman has said she had no regrets about refusing a 90% cut to her£900,000 salary for presenting Countdown.
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Five to shake-up news
Five is planning to scrap its 7pm half-hour news bulletin in favour of an hour-long news and current affairs magazine.
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John Sergeant turns tourist guide
Strictly Come Dancing star John Sergeant is to try his hand at being a tourist guide for a three-part ITV series.
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Doctor Who goes HD
Doctor Who has made the move to high definition (HD), a year earlier than originally envisaged by executive producer Russell T Davies.
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Hunt defends Thatcher sacking
BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has defended sacking Carol Thatcher from The One Show for refusing to apologise for her use of “completely inappropriate and racist” language.
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Counting the cost of Kangaroo
BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV have spent two years and at least£25m on Project Kangaroo - but hopes for a one-stop-shop for on-demand TV are now dead in the water.
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News Q&A: Stephen Carter
The communications minister talks to Broadcast about TV and the internet, how plans for a second PSB will become a reality and why the terms of trade are successful.
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Eureka: Killer in a Small Town
Producer/director Louise Osmond on persuading Ipswich to talk about its gruesome past.
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Why Kangaroo stalled
The Project Kangaroo partners failed to convince the Competition Commission that their last-minute proposal for ITV and Channel 4 to sell catch-up rights separately would give third parties a fair chance to buy shows at a fair price.
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Timeline: Project Kangaroo
The life of Project Kangaroo from the first announcement in November 2007 to its demise in February 2009.
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Response from the Kangaroo partners
The scrapping of Project Kangaroo was 'a missed opportunity' to provide choice for British viewers, the joint venture partners have said.
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Competition Commission blocks Project Kangaroo
BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 have failed in their bid to launch a joint video-on-demand service after the Competition Commission blocked their joint Project Kangaroo proposal.
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Kangaroo decision tomorrow
Broadcasters will learn tomorrow morning whether they will get the go-ahead for the joint video-on-demand service developed as Project Kangaroo.
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AP adds iconic images to archive
The Associated Press has added more than a century's worth of photo stills to its online video archive for international broadcasters.
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Ramsay sets swearing record
Gordon Ramsay has set a new record - for the most swear words in a TV show.
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£50,000 up for grabs in online Dragons' Den
The BBC has launched a web spin-off of Dragons' Den in which wannabe entrepreneurs will face two new Dragons.