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UKTV History
Becomes Yesterday
UKTV History will be named Yesterday, it was announced today.
The rebrand followed rival station The History Channel's rebranding as
History as part of a new programming strategy that focuses on more
contemporary events.
UKTV controller Matthew Littleford, said that Yesterday gave the channel
"more warmth and personality".
"'History' gives the impression something is 50, 80 or 150 years old," he
said. "Music from 2000 is history, as is the Iraq War," he said.
The channel will broadcast series such as Seven Ages of Rock and The Alan
Clark Diaries as well as new acquisitions, including International Terrorism
when it rebrands next year.
The first commission under the Yesterday name is documentary feature In the
Land of the Free.
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13 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Ross and Brand Nominated For Comedy Awards
Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross have both been nominated for
prizes in the prestigious British Comedy Awards.
Ross is in line for best comedy entertainment programme for Friday Night
with Jonathan Ross, while Brand has been nominated for best live stand-up
performer.
Ross has presented the programme on ITV1 since it first launched 17 years
ago.
However, he decided to step down from hosting it after he and Brand left
obsene messages on actor Andrew Sachs answerphone on Brand's Radio 2 show.
The following public uproar left Ross suspended by the BBC for three months
on no pay, Brand resigning from the corporation and Radio 2 controller
Leslie Douglas quitting the station.
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13 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
Reader Comment
It just seems slightly strange to me that Leslie Douglas,
who wasn't directly involved with the offending show, quits, while the other
two get off with very little punishment at all. Ross can well afford 3
months off, he'll probably enjoy it even, and Brand still has his TV show
(No doubt bolstered up by the great publicity he's been getting...) and his
stand-up gigs.
If they both win their awards there's something wrong with the world.
But then again, there IS something wrong with the world...
- Deke.
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BBC Weatherman Dies
Former BBC weather forecaster Jack Scott has died aged 85.
He worked for the corporation from 1969 to 1983, and in 1975 he introduced
the famous magnetic weather symbols to the British public.
He joined the Met Office in 1941 aged 17 and during World War II worked on
RAF stations in the Shetland Isles, North Africa and Malta.
Mr Scott also worked as a weatherman on Thames Television in the 1980s and
was a presenter on Channel 4.
The forecaster, who died on Tuesday, auditioned for television in 1968.
In the years that followed, he became one of the mainstays of BBC television
and radio weather presenting.
Mr Scott retired from the Met Office in 1983 and moved to Thames Television,
taking over from weather presenter Francis Wilson. He stayed there until
1988.
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13 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Wayne Rooney Sky1
Series
Footballer Wayne Rooney takes to the nation's streets in a
new three-part series. Wayne Rooney: Street Striker, starting on November
30.
Rooney, who discovered his own potential on the streets of
Liverpool, visits housing estates, car parks and cobbled streets to uncover
untapped teenage footballing talent.
The Manchester United and England striker will whittle down 24 successful
applicants, 22 boys and two girls, through a series of street
challenges. When just five competitors remain, they'll go head-to-head to
win the prize of a lifetime - a place at next summer's 'Coke Zero' football
camp in Brazil.
Featuring tests in all-round skills, the players will be hoping to impress
Wayne Rooney as they perform freestyle acrobatic feats combined with solid
footballing technique - street style.
Rooney said: “I’ve always said that playing on the streets
when I was young helped me a lot. The skills I developed helped me get into
the Everton first team. You are working on your passing and touch when
you’re playing with your mates and noticing they are getting better all the
time.”
“When I was younger I was on the streets until it went dark, I loved it. I
never thought of anything else, I just wanted to play football. If we can
encourage more kids to do that it would be great.”
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BBC
Revamps Entertainment Department
The BBC has revamped its entertainment department to bring
the genre’s in-house production and development teams closer together in a
“push for more commissions”.
As part of the restructure, which the BBC said had been
implemented “to further build on the success and growth of the area, and to
strengthen the relationship between entertainment production and
development”, Martin Scott has been appointed as head of format
entertainment.
Scott, who is executive producer of Strictly Come Dancing, will be
responsible for both developing new programmes and for continuing to deliver
“both high profile and high quality format shows”.
Clare Pizey becomes head of factual entertainment, while Helen Bullough
becomes head of entertainment production in Manchester. She will be
responsible for all format and factual entertainment from Manchester
including Dragons’ Den, Last Millionaire and Mastermind and will work
closely with Scott and Pizey on new developments.
In addition, Mark Cossey has been made executive editor of entertainment and
multimedia and will work across the entire entertainment and events slate to
look at opportunities for exploiting existing programming and developing new
multimedia programming.
Jon Beazley, controller of BBC entertainment and events production, said:
“This is a defining moment for entertainment production and development. As
the programming slate is constantly growing, the need to look after both
production and development becomes even more marked.”
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Emma Bunton
Joins Loose Women
Emma Bunton is to appear as a panellist on the ITV daytime
talk show Loose Women.
The former Spice Girl will feature in the show from December
1 to December 5.
"I am very excited about joining the Loose Women for a week. I was a guest
recently and I can't wait to get back and have my say just like the others!"
said the star.
Bunton recently co-hosted Richard and Judy, fronted One Night
Only on ITV1 with Jimmy Tarbuck and helped Dannii Minogue pick the final
three contestants in the over-25 category for The X Factor.
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George Takei Says Celebrity Is Shambolic
Star Trek actor George Takei has branded
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
organisers shambolic.
The 71-year-old was furious when there was nobody to meet him at the airport
when his flight arrived in Brisbane, Australia from Los Angeles.
Takei reportedly told journalists waiting at the airport: "I've been left
wandering the airport for 30 minutes.
"They didn't give me any phone numbers or contacts, but I was
assured there would be someone to meet me here. I can't believe I've been
treated like this."
Asked if he was looking forward to taking part in the show he said: "Not if
it's this shambolic."
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Ben Fogle
BBC presenter Ben Fogle has thanked the public for their
support after he contracted a potentially fatal flesh-eating bug.
The 35-year-old adventurer has started treatment for the disease, thought to
have been picked up on a TV shoot.
Fogle said: "While the treatment is unpleasant, I am reassured that it has a
high success rate. I would like to thank everyone for their kind thoughts."
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