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SNOW
LEOPARDS: BEYOND THE MYTH, 4 JANUARY 2008 |
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In
2004 the BBC's Planet Earth series filmed the first images of a snow
leopard in the mountains of Northern Pakistan. The experience marked
the beginning of a love affair with the snow leopard for Nisar Malik,
a Pakistani journalist more at home covering the conflicts in Afghanistan
than tracking wildlife.
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ARRANGE
ME A MARRIAGE, BBC TWO |
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Matchmaker
Aneela Rahman gets to grips with Britain's legions of unmarried 30-somethings
and aims to find them a partner using the principles of a modern Asian
arranged marriage, in this new, five-part series being screened on
BBC Two.
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BRITZ:
CHANNEL
4, DVD OUT NOW |
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Written
and directed by the acclaimed Peter Kosminsky, Britz is a two-part
thriller about a young brother and sister, both British-born and Muslim,
who are pulled in different directions by their conflicting personal
experiences in post 9/11 Britain.
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HEROES,
POWERFUL NEW DRAMA FOR THE BBC |
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Heroes,
an epic new drama chronicling the lives of ordinary people who discover
they possess extraordinary powers, is one of the highest-rated programmes
on US network television. Creator Tim Kring's 23 episode drama begins
as a total eclipse casts its shadow across the globe.
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'WAY
BACK HOME' PREMIERES ON COMMUNITY CHANNEL |
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Winner
of the Golden Conch at the Mumbai International Film Festival and
the 2003 award at the Commonwealth Film Festival, 'Way Back Home'
is a two-part documentary, by film-maker Supriyo Sen, that tells the
story of his parents who had to leave their small town in East Bengal
and went to Calcutta after partition.
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STAR
TV LAUNCHES ACROSS EUROPE |
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STAR
TV has announced the launch of their channels STAR Plus, STAR One
and STAR Gold across continental Europe on the WorldTV platform. WorldTV,
a subsidiary of content management and delivery company, GlobeCast,
is the leading distributor of international television and radio programming
in America.
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DOORDARSHAN
GOES LIVE IN THE UK |
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Yesterday,Rayat
TV went live for the first time in the UK when its two 'Doordarshan'
channels started broadcasting highlights from the launch event held
on Sunday 15 April. Doordarshan, India's National broadcaster, which
has over 1.4 billion viewers worldwide, will be using the UK launch
as a starting point for further expansion into Europe.
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ARE
YOU THE NEXT 'TYCOON'? |
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This
summer budding entrepreneurs will be fighting it out to win the backing
of one of Britains best known business gurus as Peter Jones
puts his money and reputation on the line in Tycoon on
ITV1. Before the age of 40, Peter Jones had built a £200 million
business empire ranging from telecoms, leisure and property to publishing
and media.
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FANCY
RUNNING YOUR OWN RESTAURANT? APPLY NOW! |
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Incredibly
there are over 1000 new restaurants that open every year in Britain,
more than any other kind of business. Its a dream that every
couple has entertained. For nine couples that opportunity has arrived.
Celebrated restaurateur Raymond Blanc is going to give them a chance
to make their dream come true.
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'BIG
BROTHER' INDIAN STYLE ON SET TV ASIA |
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Hit
reality TV show, 'Big Brother' arrives in India with SET TV's 'Bigg
Boss - Kahin Usski Nazar
.aap par to nahin!' which will be aired
from Friday 3rd November 2006. Arshad Warsi has been signed to play
the anchor for the show.
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'SAVING
A STRANGER' DOCUMENTARY |
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'Saving
a Stranger' is a powerful, heart-wrenching documentary that highlights
the suffering of the thousands of people waiting for bone marrow transplants
in the UK. This Community Channel exclusive aims to inspire people
from black and ethnic minority groups to join the bone marrow register
in order to save lives.
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HARDEEP
ROBBED OF CELEBRITY MASTERCHEF TITLE |
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Comedian
Hardeep Singh Kohli was robbed of the BBC Celebrity Masterchef 2006
title, when judges John Torode and food writer Gregg Wallace chose
sportsman Matt Dawson over the Kohli, despite admitting that three
of Kohli's dishes were the best they had tasted throughout the series.
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CHICKEN
TIKKA MASALA, OUT ON DVD 28 AUG 2006 |
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Shot
entirely in Preston, Chicken Tikka Masala is Harmage Singh Kalirai's
first comedy film. Jimmy
is to become a doctor and has reluctantly agrees to marry the girl
his grandmother has chosen for him - Rosie. She is perfect in every
way except one. She is not Jimmy's one true love but the wedding
is set and the relatives are flying in from India.
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NUSOUND
WINS RADIO LICENCE FOR EAST LONDON |
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Ofcom
has announced the award of a community radio licence to NuSound Radio
(formally known as Star Sound Radio) for five years. It will start
broadcasting on a permanent basis from Autumn 2006. In the meantime,
NuSound Radio will be on air from 1 April 2006 on 103.8 FM for local
elections, Easter, Vaisakhi, Ramnavmi and Milad-ul-Abil.
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MARK
ANTHONY'S ONCE-A-WEEK WORKOUT |
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Mark
Anthony's Once-A-Week Workout is a revolutionary fitness DVD starring
Bipasha Basu & John Abraham that reveals a medically approved
45-minute workout! Available as a male and female fitness programme,
the 2 DVDs reveal the secrets of a Once-A-Week Workout that claims
that after 4 weeks it will change the way you feel about exercising
and after 8 weeks it will change your body.
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NDTV
24X7 ARRIVES IN THE UK |
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NDTV
24X7, India's most popular and respected news channel started broadcasting
in the UK on 27 November 2005 as part of BSkyB's basic package. Featuring
political news, entertainment reports live from Bollywood, and lots
of cricket, it is home to some of Asia's best-known journalists, including
Dr. Prannoy Roy, India's best-repected news-anchor.
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NEW
MOVIE CHANNEL LAUNCHED BY SONY TV |
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MAX,
the premium quality movie & special events channel from Sony Entertainment
Television Asia (SET Asia) was officially launched today, it was announced
by Rajan Singh, Executive Vice-President for International Business.
SET Asia is the international feed for Sony Entertainment Television
(SET), India's leading cable and satellite TV channel.
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'JINNAH'
- A HISTORICAL EPIC RELEASED ON DVD |
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Starring
Christopher Lee in the lead role, Jinnah is the much-anticipated story
of the founder of Pakistan. Told in an absorbing fashion, the vast
historical epic follows the life of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the hugely
important but often-misrepresented world leader. The film opens shortly
after partition in 1947 with a dying Jinnah being rushed to hospital.
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SKY
REVEALS THE REAL KING AND QUEEN OF BOLLYWOOD |
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New
research by Sky Digital revealed that 'Sholay' is the UK's greatest
Indian movie of all time with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol voted King
and Queen of the Bollywood screen. The research uncovered some of
the key attitudes of the UK's one million strong Indian community
to the Hindi film industry. It showed that 76% of the UK's Indian
community have watched Bollywood films at some time.
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KHAKEE
OUT ON DVD & VHS |
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Eros
International is proud to announce the release on DVD and VHS of Khakee,
the latest film from the highly respected director of 'Lajja' and
'The Legend of Bhagat Singh', Rajkumar Santoshi. This dramatic police
thriller boasts an all star cast including Bollywood legend Amitabh
Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Tusshar Kapoor and Aishwarya
Rai.
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BOLLYWOOD
HOLLYWOOD OUT ON DVD & VIDEO |
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The
smash hit film, Bollywood Hollywood, written and directed by Deepa
Mehta will be available on VHS & DVD from 26 January 2004! Bollywood
Hollywood is a romantic comedy about a mixed group of Indian Canadians.
The characters range from a millionaire to a car mechanic, a high
attitude escort girl, a conservative grandmother to a rebellious teenager.
They all share a common passion - Bollywood!
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BAGHBAN-
OUT ON DVD & VIDEO |
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Eros
International has announced the long awaited release of the huge family
drama Baghban on DVD and VHS. The film saw the comeback of producer
Dr. BR Chopra, the legendary movie mogul who is one of India's most
respected filmmakers. Baghban has done well at the box office, taking
nearly £750K and being the third highest grossing Bollywood
film of 2003.
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SALAAM
BOMBAY DREAMS
NOW ON DVD |
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The
newly released Bombay Dreams DVD entitled 'Salaam Bombay Dreams' features
four hours of behind the scenes footage, exclusive interviews and
background information about the biggest and only Asian musical to
hit Londons West End! Labelled
as the Capital's hottest most exotic musical, Bombay Dreams has been
an outstanding success since first opening in June 2002.
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MAHABHARAT
- DVD BOX SET, OUT NOW |
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This
15-hour digitally re-mastered, abridged version of 'Mahabharat', the
epic Indian television series (which originally ran for over 60 hours),
is available in a five-disc digi-pack that includes an eight-page
booklet containing a glossary of the many characters and an overview
by Professor Fitzgerald of the University of Tennessee. The series
originally aired in the UK on BBC TV from 1991-1993 and proved a major
hit with both Indian and non-Indian audiences.
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GOODNESS
GRACIOUS ME OUT ON VIDEO & DVD |
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Now
available is the complete series of hit TV show GOODNESS GRACIOUS
ME on video or DVD. This
hilarious BBC TV series was seminal in the emergence of Asian humour
into mainstream British culture, immortalizing the expression "Kiss
My Chuddies!". The DVDs contain a wealth of exclusive extras,
including, hilarious outtakes and bloopers and a spoof "Making
of GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME" documentary.
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