Article: SOAP WARS; EXCLUSIVE STV launches new show to challenge BBC's River City.(News)

Article: RIVER CITY DOLLMAKERS\ GROUP IS HOSTING NEW ...
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  November 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... is a true art form, one in which the River City Dollmakers take great pride. The group ... today and Sunday for the Fifth Annual River City Dollmakers Show and Sale. "Cloth dolls ... explained Nita Keeler, president of the River City Dollmakers. Keeler makes a series of ...

Article: pounds 10m SOAP SET; BBC Scotland finally takes the wraps off its ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  August 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... new soap, finally named yesterday as River City. Beeb bosses threw open the doors of ... there is a lot riding on the success of River City for head of drama Barbara McKissock ... in London seem to be happy so far." River City is set in Montego Street, in the fictional ...

Article: River City washed-up.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  December 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... way things are going, River City is sinking without trace ... the plug is pulled on River City, which promised to make ... it does take time for a new show to find its feet. 'But ... a show as expensive as River City should be attracting at ...

Article: RIVER CITY II; EXCLUSIVE BBC to launch a major new ...
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  September 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... daytime soap - dubbed River City II by TV insiders. The ... Scottish city. It will use River City's life-sized street ... production firms to dream up a new show and is offering an initial ... learned a lot from making River City and this is a great way ...

Article: THE REAL LIFE SOAP CITY; TV SPECIAL: THE POpular glasgow ...
Evening Times;  August 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the BBC deny that the River City set is supposed to represent ... work. A spokesman for River City said: "Montego Drive ... like The Tall Ship on the new show, it is the hub of the ... it's only right that River City should have a salon ...

Article: How to make a Scottish soap; Can a soap opera set in the city of ...
The Sunday Herald;  September 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ...River City is an easy target because ... The programmers behind a new show can only guess what will ... machine". So here comes River City, set in an imaginary but ... as everyone else on the River City project (and when asked ...

Article: DEAD OR ALIVE New show is a wake-up call for TV ...
Evening Times;  June 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ...RIVER City actress Lisa Gardner has been wrestling with a dilemma. The blonde 29 ... ve learned so much, " she says. "If I hadn't taken time off from River City before Christmas I wouldn't have got the Neil Simon play and I wouldn ...