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ITV returns to scene of The Bill
ITV1’s first daytime drama in nearly four years will be an innovative police procedural from the indie and key creatives behind The Bill.
Sarah Mulvey took her own life, inquest finds
The “bright and articulate” former Channel 4 commissioner Sarah Mulvey killed herself with an overdose of opiate toxicity, the coroner hearing the inquest into her death has found.
Yahoo! has £1m for VoD series
GroupM Entertainment is to invest more than £1m in original digital video content in partnership with online portal Yahoo!.
Objective magics up first order from Discovery
Objective Productions, known for producing illusionist Derren Brown’s shows, has won its first order from Discovery Networks International to make a global series which combines magic with science.
Albury steps down from RTS
Royal Television Society chief executive Simon Albury is stepping down after 12 years.
Lewis continues slide
WEDNESDAY: ITV1’s crime drama Lewis sunk to a new record low, as a double firing on The Apprentice helped it to its biggest ratings in three weeks.
ITV eyes Catch Phrase revival
ITV is in talks to bring back classic gameshow Catch Phrase for the first time in 10 years as it seeks to continue a strategy of reviving successful formats.
TOWIE towers with 920k
WEDNESDAY: The Only Way is Essex drew one of its biggest audiences of the series and beat all-comers in the 10pm slot.
Hammond to front Saturday night prank show
BBC1 is lining up Richard Hammond to head a team of actors and comedians who will play pranks on members of the public for the Saturday night slot vacated by Total Wipeout.
Zodiak reviews future of Only Connect indie
The future of Only Connect producer Presentable hangs in the balance as parent company Zodiak Media assesses its viability.
BBC2 follows Tube hit with spotlight on Planners
BBC2 is looking to follow the success of ob doc series The Tube with an eight-parter lifting the lid on life as a council planning officer.
Warren in talks to roll out Box Nation internationally
Boxing manager and promoter Frank Warren is planning to roll out his recently established subscription channel Box Nation internationally as it approaches 100,000 UK subscribers.
Peretti probes obesity for BBC2
BBC2 has greenlit a 3 x 60-minute Jacques Peretti documentary series for Fresh One investigating the history of obesity.
Steve Hewlett sets up indie Genie Pictures
Former Panorama editor and media commentator Steve Hewlett has set up an independent production company with director James Cohen.
BBC 999 Awards to challenge ITV’s Pride of Britain
BBC1 is poised to celebrate the heroics of the UK’s emergency services in a special awards ceremony that will rival ITV1’s Pride of Britain Awards.
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P&G mulling TV after signing Olympic mums
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C4’s Comedy Blaps to feature Dr Brown
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Crimewatch’s Wilding to front C5’s Police Enforcers
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4Talent targets areas of youth unemployment
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Barge Pole scores first US sale
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Midwife delivered across Europe
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More territories take ITV Studios’ dating format
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Hat Trick eyes audio watermarking after app success
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All3M's Garvie heads to Sony
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High court ruling raises questions over BBC pension changes
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Ofcom: auctioning ITV and C5 licences should be considered
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Anneka Rice to lead Flowerpot Men on BBC1
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Syco bolsters UK TV team
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Competition Commission reverses ruling over Sky Movies dominance
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Embarrassing Bodies apps near 400,000 downloads in one week
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Geordie Shore returns for fourth series
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Michael Lyons to chair local TV bid
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Silk sheds 300k viewers
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Hit and Miss debuts with 160k
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FME partners with Bones exec producer
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Diamond Jubilee strike ruled out
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Gok Cooks Chinese serves up 1.3m
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Darroch: Sky is independent from News Corp
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Sarah Mulvey inquest re-opens
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Come Dine With Me heads to Brazil
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Celebrating the third annual Fast Train event, TV executives, commissioners and creative talents gathered at White City to reconnect with the value of training.
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Alison Sharman, factual and daytime, ITV
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Off Cuts: Shopping and fussing
Commissioners love to greenlight writers’ “passion projects” but something tells us ITV1’s Mr Selfridge is a different proposition.
