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NewsC4 to pilot comic trio’s Bad Sugar
Sharon Horgan, Julia Davis and Olivia Colman have created a Channel 4 comedy pilot with the writers of Fresh Meat and Peep Show.
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NewsC4 probes Queen Victoria’s secrets
The controversial relationship between Queen Victoria and her Muslim Indian servant Abdul Karim will be explored as part of Channel 4’s 2012 history documentary line-up.
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NewsCelebrities roll back the years for CBBC
Pop stars Nicole Scherzinger and One Direction will look back at their 12-year-old selves and everyday kids will be thrust into the frontline of the UK’s emergency services for two CBBC commissions.
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NewsDMAX enters scripted reality with Superfans
Discovery Networks UK is to dip its toe into scripted reality with a show following some of the country’s most dedicated fans.
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FeaturesSky plans fresh comedy push
Sky head of comedy Lucy Lumsden outlined ‘phase two’ of the satellite broadcasters’ push into the genre at the Broadcast Business Breakfast held at the Corinthia Hotel this week.
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NewsWhitehall bags BBC3 sitcom
Jack Whitehall is to get his own BBC3 sitcom as part of a major comedy push that will include six 30-minute online pilots.
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NewsBBC3 reveals diverse factual slate
BBC3 is to challenge young fathers to deliver their partners’ babies, while Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates will go inside Britain’s gangs as part of a major crime season.
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NewsDCI Banks set to return
ITV1 is on the brink of commissioning a second full series of Stephen Tompkinson crime drama DCI Banks.
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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.