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NewsMillionaire stars in Maverick US reality show
USA Network has ordered a family reality series about a millionaire and his family from Maverick TV.
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NewsLorraine Pascale fronts fostering doc for BBC2
TV chef Lorraine Pascale is to front a BBC2 film about foster care in the UK.
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NewsTLC orders pregnant-at-50 doc
TLC has ordered a single doc from Talent TV South about a Shameless actress who has become pregnant aged 50.
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NewsStoryville orders Daisy Asquith doc
BBC4 doc strand Storyville and the Irish Film Board (IFB) have ordered a documentary from Crazy About One Direction-director Daisy Asquith.
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NewsITV preps weekend kid's brand
The makers of Holly & Stephen’s Saturday Showdown are to produce a children’s weekend breakfast format for ITV.
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NewsC4 adds twist to Come Dine with Me
Channel 4 is to bring a fresh twist to its long-running cookery format Come Dine with Me by making couples compete for cash.
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NewsLord Nelson life dramatised by BBC2
The letters of Lord Horatio Nelson are to be turned into a drama doc for BBC2 by Oxford Scientific Films.
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NewsUKTV dishes up Porridge special
UKTV is marking the 40th anniversary of British comedy Porridge with a three-part documentary series.
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NewsC4 opens Paralympic tender process
Channel 4 has opened the tender process for the contract to produce the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
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NewsDisney Jr orders toilet-training series
Disney Junior has commissioned an animated toilet-training series for its European network of channels from indie ArthurCox.
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NewsNat Geo preps docs from UK hub
National Geographic Channels International has ordered four factual shows, including a doc about an elite mining team, from its London production hub.
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NewsBBC1 brings back Break The Safe
BBC1 is bringing back Fremantle Media’s National Lottery quiz show for a second run.
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NewsBBC & Showtime add more Episodes
BBC and US network Showtime is bringing back Matt LeBlanc’s Episodes for a fourth series ahead of the launch of series three.
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NewsITV commissions missing persons serial killer drama
DCI Banks co-writer Rob Williams has created an ITV drama based on a missing persons unit that hunts down serial killers in the south-east of England.
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NewsMTV orders Whizz Kid beach trip
Whizz Kid Entertainment is taking eight single men and women on a luxury holiday and secretly inviting their exes to join them on the trip, in a series for MTV.
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NewsLovefilm in talks to revive Ripper Street
The BBC is in talks with Lovefilm to bring back Ripper Street following the cancellation of the crime drama.
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NewsITV greenlights STV user-generated series
ITV has commissioned a You’ve Been Framed-style entertainment series from STV productions and GroupM Entertainment.
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NewsITV hires two new commissioners
ITV has recruited a new entertainment commissioner and found a replacement for daytime commissioner Diana Howie.
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NewsSimon Rimmer lands C4 cookery quiz
Sunday Brunch presenter Simon Rimmer is to extend his work for Channel 4 by fronting a daytime cookery quiz show.
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NewsLife for Shopgirls revealed by BBC2
BBC2 is to chart what life has been like for women working behind the shop counter in a social history series from Betty.