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NewsComic Relief hits the bullseye with Zeppotron
Charity event Comic Relief is to include pro-celebrity darts next year after the BBC ordered a tournament from Zeppotron.
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NewsGordon Ramsay's daughter fronts CBBC series
Gordon Ramsay’s daughter is to front a CBBC cookery series produced by the celebrity chef’s indie One Potato Two Potato.
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NewsSky 1 orders kids debate contest
Sky 1 is to follow inner-city school debating teams for an eight-part documentary series from Educating Yorkshire producer Twofour.
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NewsBBC1 to explore childhood holidays with Raise The Roof
Glasgow-based indie Raise the Roof is to delve into celebrities’ childhood holiday memories for a BBC1 daytime series.
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NewsWish-lists: ITV execs reveal priorities
ITV commissioners Richard Klein, Elaine Bedell, Helen Warner, Paul Mortimer and Steve November revealed their wish-lists at ITV’s annual Producers’ Forum earlier this week.
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NewsE4 takes Bad Robots to series
E4 has strengthened its comedy slate with a hidden-camera series in which people are pranked by machines such as photo booths and electronic road signs.
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NewsJane Lush returns to TV with Bruce Forsyth
Strictly Come Dancing commissioner and former Splash Media managing director Jane Lush is back in production with a Bruce Forsyth fronted BBC1 variety show.
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NewsRondo wins S4C sports magazine
Welsh indie Rondo Media is to produce a Grandstand-style Sunday sports magazine show for S4C.
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NewsBBC develops Sebastian Faulks screenplay
The BBC is developing Sebastian Faulks’ first self-penned screenplay, On Green Dolphin Street, after Eleventh Hour Films picked up the rights to the book.
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NewsMTV returns to Ex On The Beach
MTV has renewed Whizz Kid’s dating series Ex on The Beach for a second series.
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NewsWatch summons Objective magician
Psychological illusionist Katherine Mills is to perform mentalism and magic on Watch after the channel ordered an Objective Productions format.
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NewsTulisa Contostavlos to reveal all in BBC3 film
Tulisa Contostavlos will open up about her Sun on Sunday sting in intimate detail for a BBC3 documentary next week.
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NewsC4 Education orders youth-skewing slate
Raw TV and Firecracker Films are among the indies to have picked up commissions from Channel 4 Education as the broadcaster launches an online hub, Am I Normal.
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NewsC4 orders fast turnaround on flight MH17 tragedy
Channel 4 has commissioned a fast turnaround Dispatches investigating the tragedy of the Malaysia-bound flight shot down in Ukraine.
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NewsSky Living ob-doc tracks billionaires
The lifestyles of the rich and famous are to be explored by Remy Blumenfeld’s indie Thinking Violets in an ob-doc series for Sky Living.
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NewsBBCW scores Indian commissions
BBC Worldwide Productions has picked up two original commissions for MTV in India.
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NewsWatch reveals Formats Lab pilots
Watch is helping first-time buyers get on the property ladder and pitting tradesmen against each other for its Formats Lab initiative.
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NewsImmigration to get Benefits Street treatment
Love Productions wants to build on the success of controversial series Benefits Street by creating another UK-wide debate, this time around immigration.
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NewsThe Garden lands access double
High-street bank NatWest and airline Virgin Atlantic are the latest companies to open their doors for access documentaries made by The Garden Productions.
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NewsComedy Central debuts Sky Living show
Sky Living sitcom Give Out Girls is to debut on Comedy Central after the broadcasters reached an agreement over the Big Talk Productions show.