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NewsBBC criticised over dog fouling exercise
A council leader has criticised the BBC after 20 dogs were encouraged to foul a residential street for a television programme.
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NewsITV1 to celebrate Beatles anniversary
ITV1 has commissioned Shiver Productions to make a documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ first gig at Liverpool club The Cavern.
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NewsCelebrity Juice to squeeze out two more series
ITV2 has commissioned two more series of comedy entertainment series Celebrity Juice.
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NewsITV to offer mobile voting in three-year deal
ITV is to introduce voting via mobiles for talent show Dancing On Ice after securing a three-year deal with mobile provider MIG.
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NewsDave has another One Night Stand
UKTV channel Dave has ordered a second series of Dave’s One Night Stand with comedians including Dave Gorman and Jason Byrne.
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NewsCrufts returning to More4
Pedigree dog show Crufts will return to More 4 for a second year in March.
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NewsSky names Sammon fact ent boss
Sky has appointed Mark Sammon as its head of factual entertainment to work across its range of entertainment channels.
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NewsBBC orders kids 'karaoke TV' show
BBC Learning has ordered two series of interactive teaching service Talkie Time for CBeebies and BBC Learning Zone.
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NewsBBC to kick off online survey on UK class system
BBC Current Affairs is launching a nationwide study into Britain’s social class system, backed by online mass-participation service Lab UK.
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NewsC4 turns to Victorian era for online comic
Channel 4 Education is rolling out an animated online comic book about the benefits and dangers of social networking, written by the daughter of Watchmen creator Alan Moore.
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Syfy inks martial arts deal
NBC Universal’s SyFy channel has picked up the rights to air the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts from the defunct Bravo - its first move into live event broadcasting.
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NewsSir Michael Lyons' expenses revealed
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons ran up expenses totalling more than £12,000 in six months, figures show.
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NewsThompson’s Salford ambition
BBC director general Mark Thompson has a personal ambition to see an entire channel move to Media CityUK in Salford.
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NewsBBC Comedy faces up to cutbacks despite successful year
The BBC will have to drop some of its comedy hits from last year because of budget cuts, the corporation’s comedy commissioning controller has admitted.
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NewsSky Living set to draft in boss from outside TV
Sky Living is set to appoint an executive from outside the TV industry as its new channel controller.
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NewsDancing on Ice jibe sparks complaints
Sunday’s episode of Dancing on Ice sparked around 200 complaints after judge Jason Gardiner said contestant Jeff Brazier looked like he was “missing a couple of chromosomes”.
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NewsGriffin to join Ambulance Service for Sky 1
Former Holby City star Angela Griffin is to front a peaktime Sky 1 documentary series on the West Midlands Ambulance Service.
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NewsHare-brained idea wins BBC1 Saturday night slot
BBC1 has ordered a Saturday evening entertainment show featuring an animatronic hare and narrated by award-winning comedian Miranda Hart.
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NewsITV1 adds to Perspectives
ITV1 is extending serious factual strand Perspectives with two more films - about Manchester’s Jewish community and the work of LS Lowry - before the series hits the air this spring.
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NewsBBC3 parenting season to probe childbirth choices
The choices and dilemmas involved in parenting, from planning the birth through to breastfeeding and ethical issues, will be examined in a new BBC3 season, Bringing Up Britain.


















