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Carlton and Trans World uncover rare WWII footage
Carlton and Trans World International will co-produce an ITV series featuring rare footage of the second world war. The 3 x 60-minute series, The Second World War in Colour, features colour
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Lulu in talks for BBC Saturday night vehicle
The BBC has confirmed that it is speaking to Lulu about hosting a primetime Saturday evening show. Negotiations are continuing, with details of the format expected next week if a deal
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Grundy starts production on new run of Fort Boyard
Pearson Television subsidiary Grundy Productions begins production on a new 15 x 60-minute run of the Channel 5 adventure gameshow, Fort Boyard, next Monday (14 June).
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BBC 2 commemorates Omagh bombing
BBC 2 is scheduled to screen Omagh - The Legacy on 15 August - the first anniversary of the bombing that killed 29 people.The 40-minute documentary is being made by Northern
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Action Time to cover Chef Of The Year for ITV
ITV controller of daytime Dianne Nelmes has commissioned Action Time to make a 60-minute programme covering the final of its ITV chef of the year competition. The new competition, which was
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Hewland bags late-night ITV commission
Hewland International has landed a new commission from ITV night-time for a late-night arts show. An expected 25 x 30-minute run of Young Gifted and Broke, starting in late July, will
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A La Carte serves up second helping of Ramsay show
A La Carte Productions is producing a second series of Gordon Ramsay's Passion for Flavour for the Carlton Food Network (CFN). The 13 x 30 minute cookery series, produced by Sally
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BBC and Talk to share Super League radio rights
BBC Radio and Talk Radio will share coverage of the Super League rugby league matches in a new five-year deal announced on Monday (7 June). The BBC has also signed exclusive
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Science lands moon mission for UK Horizons
Flextech/BBC joint-venture channel UK Horizons has commissioned BBC science to make 135 minutes of studio-based programming for its week-long special to mark the 30th anniversary of the first moon landing. It
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Granada racks up slate of ITV shows
A ‘risque’ new daytime flagship, Loose Women, is part of a new slate of shows for ITV from Granada Television that could total more than 60 hours.
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Channel 4 scoops rights to Futurama
Channel 4 controller of acquisitions June Dromgoole has snapped up the UK terrestrial rights to Futurama, the new animated series from The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, and another Twentieth Century Fox animation, Family Guy, writes Jason Deans.
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Sky One picks up The PJs
Sky One has picked up another hit US series with the UK premiere of Eddie Murphy's first animation project, The PJs, writes Alice Macandrew.The 13 x 30-minute run won rave reviews
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Bazal invades houses for BBC
Changing Rooms producer Bazal has been commissioned to make a new long-running daytime show for BBC 1, writes John Plunkett.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - ITV wins with Stars in Their Eyes final
Chris De Burgh and Celine Dion imitators helped ITV's Stars in Their Eyes pull in 11.8 million viewers (53 per cent share) for its 90-minute final on Saturday (5 June), writes Liz Shackleton.
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Hart Ryan raids BBC to boost factual production
Hart Ryan has poached two senior BBC programme-makers from documentaries and history and BBC science to expand the indie's factual production slate, writes David Wood.
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Nickelodeon unveils new kids' station
Nickelodeon UK has confirmed plans to launch a new pre-school children's channel, as revealed in Broadcast last week (4.6.99), writes Alice Macandrew.
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STV set to reduce ITV network shows
Scottish Television (STV) could start transmitting up to 100 hours less ITV network programming in a year's time, following the renegotiation of the broadcaster's terms with the network.STV parent company the
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Edmonds set for radio return at R2
Noel Edmonds is set to return to radio to present an 'end of the century' series for BBC Radio 2, writes John Plunkett.
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Sky mulls move for Uefa Cup home legs
Sky is understood to be interested in buying the rights to the home legs of the three English football clubs competing in next season's Uefa Cup, writes John Plunkett.
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Box offers bolster digital subscriptions
Sales of digital decoders increased more than four-fold in the week following the introduction of free box offers, according to set-top manufacturers (Broadcast, 28.5.99).Customer demand for both On Digital and BSkyB