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Waterloo Road
On The Move
BBC One's school drama series Waterloo Road is to
relocate its production base to Greenock in Inverclyde.
Shed Productions, who make the drama which is currently in its seventh
series for BBC Scotland, have reached agreement with Inverclyde Council to
lease the former Greenock Academy building to film in for the next two
series. The move will see the former Greenock secondary become the new
on-screen Waterloo Road school from next year.
In addition to using the former school classrooms on-screen, Shed will also
use the rest of the Madiera Street premises as production base for the
series.
Production is moving to Greenock from Rochdale as part of the BBC's move to
increase network programming from Scotland and the other nations of the UK.
Set-up work by Shed is likely to start as early as next month before set
design and construction kicks off in January in time for filming to begin in
April next year.
A dramatic storyline will be played out at the end of this series, which
will see a number of current teachers and pupils setting up a new
independent school in Scotland.
October
27
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BBC Wimbledon Deal
The BBC will continue to provide coverage of
Wimbledon until at least 2017, it has been announced
BBC Sport has agreed a three-year extension to its
current contract as host broadcaster and UK rights holder, extending
its relationship with the All England Lawn Tennis Club to 90 years.
Ian Ritchie, chief executive of the All England
Club, said: "Wimbledon fans have been enjoying the BBC's broadcast
coverage of The Championships since 1927 and we are delighted to be
extending this enduring and successful partnership for a further
three years."
Barbara Slater, director of BBC Sport, said: "The
BBC's first ever live sport broadcast was from Wimbledon and we are
proud that our new deal means the longest partnership in sports
broadcasting continues.
"We know that Wimbledon fortnight has a very
special place in the hearts of the UK public. We are delighted that
our new agreement ensures coverage of The Championships remains free
to air and available to licence fee payers."
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27
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EastEnders -
Five Nights
EastEnders is to broadcast five nights a week for one
week only as it welcomes a new face to the square.
Jamie Foreman will play Derek Branning and viewers will see him arrive in
Walford as his younger brother Max returns to the show.
Max, played by Jake Wood, left the square in August after his affair with
his ex-wife was exposed.
Foreman, who specialises in screen hardman roles, is the son of a genuine
East End villain.
His father, Freddie Foreman, was a former associate of the notorious Kray
brothers in the 1960s.
He was jailed for a decade for disposing of the body of Kray victim Jack
“The Hat” McVitie.
Foreman, who has dated Patsy Kensit, has starred in Roman Polanski’s 'Oliver
Twist' as well as 'Nil By Mouth' and 'Gangster No.1'.
He also appeared in ITV gangland drama Family, alongside actor Martin Kemp,
who played Steve Owen in EastEnders for many years.
The five episodes will be shown in the week beginning Monday November 21.
The programme usually goes out four nights a week but there will be only
three episodes in the previous week when the BBC clears its schedule on
Friday November 18 for this year’s Children in Need.
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27
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Jeremy Clarkson Lifts Gagging Order
Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has abandoned an
injunction to prevent allegations about his private life being published.
The gagging order banned the publication of personal details, including a
claim by his first wife Alexandra Hall that they had an affair after he
married his current wife Frances.
The BBC star, who took out the injunction at the High Court last autumn,
decided to lift it he said because it was “pointless” and “injunctions don’t work”.
It is claimed that the order banned the media from reporting “sexual or
other intimate acts or dealings” between Clarkson and his first wife as well
as the Top Gear presenter’s “private thoughts and feelings, his health and
other financial affairs”.
Clarkson, 51, said his ex-wife was now free to tell her story, adding that
“people can either believe it or not, it’s up to them”.
The move comes six months after BBC presenter Andrew Marr also dropped a
High Court injunction.
Explaining why he chose to unmask himself, Clarkson told the Daily Mail:
“One, most importantly, injunctions don’t work.
“You take out an injunction against somebody or some organisation and
immediately news of that injunction and the people involved and the story
behind the injunction is in a legal-free world on Twitter and the internet.
It’s pointless.
“Secondly, you used to be able to take out an injunction and then just sit
on it. But as a result of a recent court case you are now ultimately forced
by the courts to go to trial – which is unbelievably expensive.
“If you win, news leaks out on the internet. If you lose, you then get raped
by your opponent’s legal fees.”
Clarkson went on to say he regretted taking out the injunction, adding:
“There is also an assumption of guilt which goes hand in hand with an
injunction.
“Thirdly, my mother was desperately ill at the time last year. But she had a
scan last week and it’s now entirely fixed.”
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