Jackson to put features and factual on programme director's plate at C4

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Channel 4 Chief Executive Michael Jackson is planning to put the factual and features tasks on the job description of the new C4 director of programmes, who is expected to be named in the autumn of 1998. Steve Hewlett, the head of factual and features, is quitting his post at the end of August 1998 to replace Andy Allan as director of programmes at Carlton Television. Sources said that the move to put the factual and features brief into the programme director's job assignments was taken to allow the broadcasting company to make faster and less complicated commissioning actions.

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Chief Executive Michael Jackson plans to put the factual & features tasks on the job description of the new programme director

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Murdoch speaks in Channel 4 biog

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Channel 4 has obtained what is touted as the best in in-depth interview in the UK with Rupert Murdoch conducted by Simon Berthon of 3BM Television. The 60-minute 'The Real Rupert Murdoch,' slated to be aired later in autumn 1998, will feature the interview as a centerpiece of the biography, which will be the replacement for Channel 4's Secret Lives program. The interview delves on Murdoch's multinational imperium, his family and childhood, as well as the most critical events in his life. 3BM has also been able to gain information from Murdoch's family for the biography.

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Obtains what is touted as the best in in-depth interview in the UK w/ Rupert Murdoch conducted by Simon Berthon 3BM Television

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