HTV plans op scandal drama

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HTV West's investigative unit, headed by James Garrett, will provide the material for a drama based on the children's heart surgery scandal that occurred at Bristol Royal Infirmary. Channel 4's David Lloyd, who has been negotiating for the creation of the factual drama with United Productions, has asked Tom Archer, head of HTV West's factual and development unit, for a full treatment on the incident. HTV West's investigative unit is credited for making "Dispatches" in March 1996, a program that eventually led to the dismissal of two surgeons by the General Medical Council (GMC).

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Will provide the material for a drama based on the children's heart surgery scandal that occurred at Bristol Royal Infirmary

HTV West

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Red Rooster signs YTV head of drama Watson

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Red Rooster, the drama specialist subsidiary of Chrysalis Visual Entertainment, has lured Yorkshire Television deputy head of drama Mervyn Watson to sit as managing director of the company. Red Rooster, which was responsible for such shows as Crocodile Shoes, Wycliffe and The Life and Times of Henry Pratt, will have the services of Watson in December 1998. The company is shifting its focus from short runs to series and Watson is expected to work on that focus, using his experience in production of long-running series.

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Lures Yorkshire Television deputy head of drama Mervyn Watson to sit as managing director of company

Executive changes & profiles, Red Rooster

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Anglia scores first BSkyB commission with Guilty!

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Anglia Television, a talkshow specialist, has been commissioned by BSkyB to produce a confessional series, which will have a setting of a futuristic courtroom, for Sky 1. The series, which is entitled Guilty!, will be aired starting Oct. 6, 1998, taking the format of a 60-minute show aired for four weekdays in a week. Each edition of the show, which will have Sunday Mirror columnist Carole Malone as presentor, will transmit at 9 am from Tuesdays through Fridays, featuring three cases ranging from tragic to farcical.

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Is commissioned by BSkyB to produce confessional series, which will have a setting of a futuristic courtroom, for Sky 1

Use of services, Satellite Telecommunications, Satellite TV Communications, Television Production, Satellite television, British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, Anglia Television Group PLC

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