... Written by Raymond Thompson, whose credits include Howards' Way and Squadron, the series will feature British and French actors speaking in their native tongues. The French ver sion will be dubbed, while episodes shown in the UK will be subtitled. Casting will ...

... trying remedial humming. Stuart won't speak to anyone and is totally silent. Wendy doesn't want to take part or answer questions so is practically dumb. And as for Mum and Dad they are unable to touch hands or speak to each other, but through the therapist ...

... shortage of directors specialising in situation comedy, two of the country's leading independent producers warned this week. Speaking at a debate at Lon don's Museum of the Moving Image, Alomo Productions' writer Laurence Marks maintained that television ...

... MTV Unplugged: Paul McCartney MTV MUSICALLY speaking, MTV Unplugged strips its stars naked, sorting out the genuinely talented, dues-paid professionals from the rock 'n' pop pretenders. This show shuns electronic enhan cement, all those smart synthetic ...

... creeping into television's representation of Britain's ethnic communities, a leading serial dramatist claimed this week. Speaking at a debate at London's Museum of the Moving Image, writer and former EastEnders story editor, Bill Lyons, warned that if ...

... director Polly Bide drew the viewer into her sub ject with a clear and unobtrusive commentary, largely letting her subjects speak for themselves, in the style of 40 Minutes. Five chil dren, aged between 11 and 15, and each exponents of a different dis cipline ...

... be able to pitch ideas directly to llV's new cen tral scheduler, who will draw up the network's programme plans from 1993. Speaking at a London conference, LWT managing director, Greg Dyke argued that this new system could undermine the regional production ...

... advertisers have called for greater creative involvement, and independents maintain they are being denied access to funds. Speaking at a London confer ence, LWT managing director, Greg Dyke, told delegates that the potential for sponsorship revenue had ...

... learn that two of TVS' challengers for its franchise Meridian Broadcasting or CPV-TV had no plans to set up a similar fund. Speaking at a public debate organ ised by the British Film Institute and South East Arts, Meridian's Roger Laughton said: We think ...

... their collective shares should be reduced to 49 per cent, with the remaining 5 1 per cent to be taken by outside investors. Speaking to the Broadcasting Press Guild, Bob Phillis said that companies like Border and TSW might wish to re-consider their shareholder ...

... described as the big draw: Tango At The End Of Winter, featur ing an English cast directed by the Japanese and non-English speaking Yukio Ninagawa. There were shots of Ninagawa calmly eating what looked like a packed lunch while chaos reigned around him ...

... operations, along with day release classes. MacKenzie is fluent in the Garlic language, reflecting the need for more Garlic-speaking personnel to work in the expanding Garlic programme sector, financed by the £9.5 million fund set up by the government. ...