All articles by Robin Parker – Page 123
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NewsBBC2 to air Perkins tribute
BBC2 is to host a tribute night to the late comedy producer Geoffrey Perkins next month, featuring a special edition of the Comedy Connections strand and an episode of Channel 4 comedy Father Ted.
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NewsEastEnders and Doctor Who win at the NTAs
BBC flagship shows EastEnders and Doctor Who took home two prizes apiece at the National TV Awards last night.
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NewsDoctor: Who's next?
The BBC is searching for a new Time Lord after David Tennant confirmed he would step down from Doctor Who at the end of next year.
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NewsBurnham: co-operation is way ahead for PSB
Culture secretary Andy Burnham has outlined a PSB future in which broadcasters co-operate and scheduling clashes in the chase for ratings are a thing of the past.
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NewsAlex wins encore on C4 and at cinema
Channel 4 has commissioned a follow-up to Cutting Edge documentary A Boy Called Alex and a movie adaptation of the story is also on the cards.
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News4iP eyes ‘dozens' of web projects for first year
Channel 4 aims to have commissioned up to five major web PSB projects and “dozens” of smaller ones within the first year of its 4iP initiative.
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FeaturesAndy Burnham: The pragmatic politician
Culture secretary Andy Burnham tells Robin Parker why he thinks it's time for rival public service broadcasters to bury the hatchet and work together.
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NewsC4 staff to learn fate this week
Channel 4 staff applying for voluntary redundancy will know by the end of this week if their jobs are to go in the broadcaster's cutbacks.
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NewsExtras may return for Christmas 2009
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are planning to team up for another Christmas special of Extras - but not until next year.
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NewsFormer ITV exec new legal boss at Endemol
ITV's former legal director Andy Griffiths has joined Endemol as the indie's global head of legal.
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NewsC4's Auerbach to join ent indie start-up
Channel 4 entertainment commissioning editor Andy Auerbach is to step down to run a start-up indie with former Princess Productions head of entertainment Dean Nabarro.
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NewsGogglebox wins C4 troubleshooter show
Troubleshooter Sir Gerry Robinson is to switch from trying to fix the NHS to rescuing struggling businesses from collapse in indie Gogglebox's first commission.
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NewsOctober Films nets E4 order for Rude Tube
October Films will meet the creators of cult UGC videos in its first commission for E4.
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NewsC4 team with Film Council to fund animation
Channel 4 and the UK Film Council have launched a nationwide hunt for the best emerging animation talent.
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NewsC4 to shut down digital ad agency
Channel 4 is to close its in-house digital advertising sales agency 4DS, with the loss of up to 10 jobs.
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NewsTern mount STI Invasion
Tern Television is to launch a PacMan-style online game in which characters from its Channel 4 show KNTV have to ‘catch' sexually-transmitted diseases before they spread.
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NewsCarter revisits C4 privatisation plan
The prospect of Channel 4 being privatised to resolve its budget shortfall has re-emerged after new communications, technology and broadcasting minister Stephen Carter gave his first interviews.
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NewsHollyoaks producer passes on the baton
Hollyoaks producer Bryan Kirkwood is to step down at the end of the year after three years at the helm of the teen soap.
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NewsWoods slams 'parochial' doc commissioners
Broadcasters are “ghettoising” international coverage with a ratings focus that is creating an increasingly parochial mindset, according to documentary maker Brian Woods.