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NewsSky Arts resurrects South Bank Show
Melvyn Bragg’s The South Bank Show is returning to TV for Sky Arts in 2012 after a three-year hiatus.
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NewsGrayson Perry to explore class and taste for C4
Turner prize winning artist Grayson Perry will explore taste and class for Channel 4 in a three-part series due to be shown next year.
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NewsDavid Morrissey to star in C4 riots drama
The riots that engulfed parts of London this summer will be at the centre of the new Channel 4 drama starring David Morrissey.
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NewsITV1 to review the year in news
Mark Austin is to front a two-part review of the year in news for ITV1.
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NewsS4C to air Gary Speed tribute
Welsh broadcaster S4C is to air a tribute to Wales manager Gary Speed who died yesterday.
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NewsC5 defrosts Britain's Big Freeze
Channel 5 has ordered a three-part series that will examine the ways in which Britain copes with the increasingly frequent “Arctic-style” winters.
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NewsC4 orders fifth Supersize
A fifth series of Endemol’s Supersize Vs Superskinny has been ordered by Channel 4.
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NewsC4 orders Hollyoaks specials
Channel 4 has ordered two Hollyoaks specials to be shown over the Christmas period.
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NewsBBC3 to profile Tourettes singer
BBC3 has ordered a one-off documentary examining Tourette Syndrome via the life of aspiring singer Ruth Ojadi.
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NewsSky Arts' First Love to return
Alastair Campbell, Shaun Ryder and Carl Cox are among the celebrities who will feature in the second series of Sky Arts’ First Love series.
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NewsRory Bremner to host C4 gameshow pilot
Rory Bremner is fronting a Channel 4 pilot from Objective Productions called Absolute Zero.
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NewsPaddy McGuinness joins ITV1 Xmas line up
Paddy McGuinness is to host a new celebrity quiz show for the ITV1’s festive line up.
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NewsBBC to mark Olympics with London season
London is to take centre stage for the BBC’s arts and culture season around the Olympics next year.
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NewsBack2back to revisit Soham murders 10 years on
The murder of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman is to be re-examined in a 60-minute documentary ordered by the Crime & Investigation Network.
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NewsLeopard to return stolen goods for BBC1
Victims of burglary will be reunited with the unusual items they have had stolen in a Leopard Films series for BBC Daytime.
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NewsMagicians to go undercover in schools for CBBC
Magicians will attempt to convince schoolchildren that they are supply teachers for a new CBBC series, Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic.
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NewsQuestion Time up for grabs for Scottish indies
The BBC is putting the three-year contract to produce Question Time out to tender to indies with a base in Scotland.
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NewsBBC Learning dramas to focus on literacy
BBC Learning has ordered five daytime dramas and a series of children’s shorts penned by leading writers such as Bill Gallagher, Nick Leather and Esther Wilson.
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NewsC5 orders Princess series on engineering feats
Channel 5 has ordered a Princess Productions series that will take viewers to the deepest mines in the world and the bottom of the sea to learn about incredible feats of engineering.
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NewsCBBC plans Blue Peter Olympic spin-off
CBBC is planning a Blue Peter spin-off series that would follow the London 2012 Olympics torch around the country and is hunting for a physical comedy star.