... deregulation gets a stranglehold on British television, one of the commercial network's leading executives warned this week. Speaking at the launch of ITV's flagship arts series, The South Bank Show, Mclvyn Bragg, controller of arts at London Weekend Television ...

... hold of a 6'6 Scandinavian blond Adonis who's an expert tiddly wink play er, can play the saw while tight rope walking and speaks Canton ese?' which is not an unusual type of request from agency creative* these days, he said. With thousands of artists ...

... production so that con tractors could meet their payments to the Treasury. His comments were echoed by actor Roy Marsdcn, who, speaking on breakfast television station TV-am, warned that cash-strapped ITV com panies would have to buy in more pro gramming, rather ...

... the drama department in television stations. The recession in television has not bottomed out. Indeed, most of the people I speak to think it will get worse before it gets better. The independent companies have bid so much for their fran chises in an effort ...

... ran out of money before the extra overdubs and final mix. But the Brummie accents are a refresh ing change from standard TV-speak and it's predominantly new acting faces we see (Hurrah!) Specials fulfils it's brief. Cheap to make, undemanding and set out ...

... Corporation's plans to offer its cinema review series Moving Pictures to one company without any competi tive tendering process. Speaking at a south London conference called Television Talks about commissioning pro grammes from the independent sector, John Ellis ...

... Turned on, tuned in, kids speak out BBC1 Take Two TAKE Two is a new monthly forum for young viewers, canvassing their opinions about television and going behind the scenes. Thankfully, it doesn't follow the format of Points Of View in which the luckless ...

... that the BBC won't react in the same way, he said. We have tried to arrange another meeting so it is not as if we are not speaking to each other. But there does seem to be a gulf between us and it is unclear how we are going to bridge it. Members are ...

... Bannen was spymaster R, (Roger? Roy?) one of the few actors to escape the moustache, just as well as he characteristically speaks with out opening his mouth. Bannen is an actor of great presence. As R he was a master of occidental inscrutability, while ...

... and the Broadcasting Act and should agree to set in place a mechanism to address fair representation, he said. Mahoney was speaking after the private Equity conference called Does Colour Really Matter? which was held last week to raise discussions with ...

... more than 15 percent of independent production companies to be lifted to ensure stabil ity in the broadcasting industry. Speaking at a conference organised by lobby group, Voice of the Listener, Morrison explained that while he sup ported the government's ...

... BBC'S radical reforms and their effect on programme-makers came under fire this week from a leading independent producer. Speaking at a Royal Television Society dinner, Paul Jackson, joint managing director of independent Noel Gay Television, warned that ...