All RTÉ articles – Page 23

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    Living TV tries magic

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    Living TV has acquired a new entertainment show fronted by Irish magician Keith Barry from distributor All3Media. The 10 x 30-minute Close Encounters? with Keith Barry , produced by Midas for RTE in Ireland, sees the 26-year-old magician performing tricks on the public. Bought by ...

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    Minotaur seals BBC deal for Irish drama

    2004-08-05T08:30:00Z

    Minotaur International has secured deals with the BBC for a new thriller from Ireland's RTE and licensed two Lynda la Plante dramas to ZDF in Germany. BBC3 will screen four-part drama Proof this month, which is produced by Subotica Entertainment and features three central characters ...

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    Sky Freesat Channels

    2004-06-09T15:01:07Z

    There is to be 197 Free to air television and radio services available in the UK on digital satellite.

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    Ronan in Shelltown

    2004-06-03T08:30:00Z

    Former Boyzone singer Ronan Keating has been signed up to voice a new children's CGI animation. A two-minute pilot of Shelltown is currently being made by indie Cosgrove Hall featuring three egg-shaped characters Splat, Cracker and Exactly. Cosgrove Hall hopes to go into full production ...

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    Fremantle pushes more hit uk comedies

    2004-06-03T08:30:00Z

    Fremantle International Distribution has made further sales of hit comedies Men Behaving Badly and Benny Hill. Classic shows from the late comedian Benny Hill are to be seen on BBC America, Hungary's Humor TV and Bulgaria's National TV, adding to the 137 counties that already screen his programmes. Men Behaving ...

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    Awards honour young talent

    2004-05-20T08:30:00Z

    Dublin-based Daniel O'Hara won best young director award at Wednesday (19 May) night's Broadcast Young Talent Awards.

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    FORMATS & DEALS - FREMANTLE SELLS JULIE WALTERS DRAMA TO US.

    2004-04-26T09:38:45Z

    Fremantle International Distribution has sold psychological drama The Return, which stars Julie Walters, to the US.

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    A battle royale for Bafta's craft awards

    2004-04-06T11:36:34Z

    The Bafta Craft Awards have a battle royale on their hands as the BBC/A&E's Charles II: The Power and the Passion comes head to head with Talkback/BBC's The Lost Prince in three of each of their five nominations.

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    FORMATS & DEALS - EUROPEAN CHANNELS SNAP UP D-DAY DOC.

    2004-04-05T09:04:33Z

    Factual distributor Electric Sky has secured a raft of sales to broadcasters across Europe for documentary

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    European channels snap up D-Day doc

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    Factual distributor Electric Sky has secured a raft of sales to broadcasters across Europe for documentary D-Day: The Shortest Day. The 52-minute special, produced by Peter Williams Television for ITV, has been picked up by PBS in the US, RAI3 in Italy, and HBO's ...

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    Commissioning - Distributor's Q&A - Caroline Torrance.

    2004-02-19T16:17:38Z

    The head of international drama at Granada International discusses the perennial appeal of detective series around the globe and the search for aspirational drama in the vein of Cold Feet.

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    Commissioning - S4C drama to celebrate Cardiff city.

    2004-02-19T16:17:38Z

    The director of British gangster film Rancid Aluminium is making a£1.5m Cardiff-based drama series for Welsh channel S4C, writes Michael Rosser.

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    S4C drama to celebrate Cardiff city

    2004-02-19T08:30:00Z

    The director of British gangster film Rancid Aluminium is making a£1.5m Cardiff-based drama series for Welsh channel S4C, writes Michael Rosser.

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    Interview - Living dangerously.

    2003-12-12T16:23:09Z

    After being shot at by an Israeli soldier and risky stints in Iraq, it might be thought the BBC's Orla Guerin, over here to pick up an award, might have had enough. But no she'll be back in Jersualem for Christmas.

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    FORMAT FOCUS: THE RESTAURANT.

    2003-12-12T16:22:54Z

    In Unique's hit format for Ireland's RTE, celebrity guests play the role of head chef at a real restaurant and have to endure feedback from diners, writes Jon Rogers.

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    Granada Int to fund co-pro trio.

    2003-12-12T16:22:54Z

    Granada International has ploughed cash into three co-production deals as part of an attempt to broaden

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    Format Focus

    2003-12-04T08:30:00Z

    In Unique's hit format for Ireland's RTE, celebrity guests play the role of head chef at a real restaurant and have to endure feedback from diners

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    Granada Int to fund co-pro trio

    2003-12-04T08:30:00Z

    Granada International has ploughed cash into three co-production deals as part of an attempt to broaden its relationship with UK indies and international broadcasters.

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    C4 bags four prizes at Grierson British documentary awards.

    2003-11-24T09:40:32Z

    Channel 4 picked up four awards at the Grierson British documentary awards on Monday (17 November) while the BBC co-production Chavez - Inside the Coup was the biggest single winner, scooping two, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    C4 in Grierson triumph

    2003-11-18T10:54:26Z

    Channel 4 picked up four gongs at the Grierson British documentary awards last night while the BBC co-production Chavez - Inside the Coupwas the biggest single winner, scooping two.