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Currie and Waterman to front regional BBC1 docs

Currie and Waterman to front regional BBC1 docs

Edwina Currie and Pete Waterman are to explore the effects of the closure of many of Britain's rural railways in the 1960s in a series of regional programmes for BBC1.

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Blog: Pitching documentaries

Blog: Pitching documentaries

Pitching a documentary can be a stressful and tortured affair, and a bit of celebrity name dropping can help your cause, writes Robin Parker.

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Commissioning Focus: Fiver

Commissioning Focus: Fiver

Fiver overcame a potentially rocky start to increase its share by 60% with a strategy of targeting men - and a younger audience than channel predecessor Five Life, writes Michael Rosser.

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Eureka!: Lab rats (BBC Comedy for BBC2)

Eureka!: Lab rats (BBC Comedy for BBC2)

Actor/writer Chris Addison turned his lazy professor from a BBC Radio 4 sketch show to a BBC2 sitcom.

Eureka!

Eureka!

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A detailed look at channels and slots, highlighting the gaps in the schedules and the key facts.

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