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NewsBBC ditches Cash in the Attic
The BBC has cancelled Cash in the Attic after nine years as a staple of its daytime schedule.
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NewsC4 to strip This is England follow-up
Channel 4 is to strip This is England ’88 over three nights in the run-up to Christmas.
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NewsGreenlight round-up: Dinosaurs burst out of the screen
The BBC has revealed it will broadcast dinosaurs in 3D while a new series for Dave will feature high speed motor races via remote control - all in this week’s Greenlight round-up.
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NewsOne Night Stand to return for third run
Dave’s One Night Stand has been recommissioned for a third series, which will launch later this year.
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NewsDave revs up for remote control racing
Boy racers and policemen will go head to head racing real cars via remote control in a series for Dave.
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NewsShine’s Biggest Loser back for longer second run
ITV1 weight loss series The Biggest Loser is to return for an extended run in its primetime home.
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NewsC5 snaps up Tigress/Endemol crocodile zoo doc
Channel 5 has commissioned a doc series following crocodile collector Shaun Foggett’s attempt to set up the UK’s first crocodile zoo.
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NewsC4 set to appoint first games commissioner
Channel 4 is planning to recruit its first games commissioner as it continues to push into the digital landscape.
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NewsTiger to lift lid on UK housing for C4 campaign series
Channel 4 has commissioned Tiger Aspect to make a campaigning series that will raise the roof on empty houses in the UK and look at ways to address the country’s burgeoning housing issues.
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NewsSilver River to bring AFP to C4 primetime
Silver River is producing Channel 4’s first primetime AFP series - an ambitious multiplatform project that will attempt to tap into the British public’s latent talents.
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NewsBBC kicks off 3D push with Planet Dinosaur spin-off
The BBC will commission up to six pieces of original 3D content a year, kicking off with a stereoscopic dinosaur doc that will air on BBC HD.
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NewsObjective wins All3 pitch for interactive pilot
Objective Productions has won funding from parent company All3Media to develop and create a pilot for an interactive quiz show.
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NewsGogglebox eyes Breakout hit with BBC2 gameshow
BBC2 has ordered a daytime gameshow from Sony-owned indie Gogglebox Entertainment in which contestants are forced to choose between working together or striking out alone.
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The Broadcast InterviewDavid Booth and Kerry Taylor, MTV
Following its shift up the Sky EPG, MTV’s senior execs are on the hunt for ob docs, fact ent, scripted and structured reality series that can deliver on a global scale.
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NewsC5's Hotel Inspector to front BBC business show
Alex Polizzi, star of hit Channel 5 series The Hotel Inspector, is to front a new show for the BBC about failing family businesses.
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NewsBBC to revisit Gypsy Wars
BBC1 is to follow up seminal documentary Gypsy Wars five years on as the community of 400 traveller families prepare for eviction.
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NewsNickelodeon to revisit House of Anubis
Nickelodeon has ordered a second series of drama House of Anubis, the first ever UK-produced live action series from its US division.
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NewsJon Snow to front Thatcher doc
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow will front a one-off documentary looking at the career of Margaret Thatcher for Channel 4.
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NewsBeyoncé set for ITV1 special
Beyoncé is set to star in a special ITV1 show celebrating her music, according to reports.
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NewsNoel Fielding reveals new title for E4 show
Noel Fielding, one half of surreal comedy duo the Mighty Boosh, has begun filming his first solo project for E4 and revealed its new title on Twitter.