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BBC3 dramas to debut online
BBC3 is to premier a trio of upcoming drama pilots online a week before they air, as part of a bid to beef up the channel’s web presence.
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NewsThe IT Crowd gets fifth series and new writers
The IT Crowd creator Graham Linehan plans to pull together a team of writers for a planned fifth series of the Channel 4 comedy.
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Food Network orders first UK show
Culinary channel Food Network has made its first UK commission as part of a wider strategy to boost its original content.
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NewsMiralis named More4 head
Australian TV commissioner Anna Miralis is moving to the UK to join Channel 4 as editor of digital channel More4.
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NewsCrouch to front World Cup special
England footballer Peter Crouch is to make his presenting debut as part of BBC3’s World Cup season.
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NewsIndies slam 'flawed' BBC in-house guarantee
Pact has called for an urgent review of the BBC’s commissioning system – with a view to reducing the in-house guarantee or scrapping it altogether.
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NewsBBC's Jo Ball bounces back to Ricochet
BBC commissioner Jo Ball is to leave the corporation and return to indie Ricochet as managing director.
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NewsHairy Bikers win new BBC commission
The BBC has commissioned a new daytime series featuring TV chefs the Hairy Bikers, which will be screened near the end of autumn this year.
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NewsBonham Carter to star in Toast adaptation
Helena Bonham Carter is to star in a BBC film bringing to life food writer Nigel Slater’s celebrated memoir Toast.
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NewsNeil Morrissey to make care home doc
Actor Neil Morrissey is to finally uncover the reasons why he was taken into care as a child for a new BBC documentary.
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The Broadcast InterviewDaniela Neumann, Bravo
The director of programmes is out to change perceptions of the channel, with populist shows that appeal to women as well as its traditional audience of young men.
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NewsNat Geo orders more Mystery from Parthenon
Parthenon Entertainment has won a commission to produce a new series of Mystery Files for National Geographical Channel International.
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NewsCurrent TV to tackle dangers of binge drinking
Current TV has ordered a series that reveals to a group of young professionals exactly what they got up to on a drunken night out the previous evening.
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NewsITV2 and Lime to make ‘living soap’ set in Essex
ITV2 is to take viewers inside the nail bars and nightclubs of Essex for what it hopes will be Britain’s answer to MTV’s The Hills.
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NewsC4 tackles attitudes to beauty in life-swap series from Betty
Society’s attitudes towards beauty are to be tested in Channel 4’s latest life-swap format.
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NewsConcorde doc takes off
The crash that ended supersonic air travel is to be explored in a 90-minute documentary charting the history of Concorde.
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NewsITV recalls Gazza’s Tears in pair of World Cup docs
Paul Gascoigne will talk about his tears during England’s Italia ‘90 semi-final defeat in one of two ITV1 docs to air during the World Cup.
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NewsHenson on board as Bravo woos women
Bravo has signed up Welsh international rugby star Gavin Henson for a pop science show and is launching a rebrand to increase the lads’ channel’s appeal to women.
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NewsPrince Charles to present doc on composer Parry
Prince Charles is to front a BBC4 documentary about Hubert Parry, the little-known composer behind a slew of imperial anthems including the music for Jerusalem.
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NewsGood Food pilots Ronnie Corbett cookery show
Good Food has ordered a high profile pilot featuring Ronnie Corbett and Rob Brydon that will tap into the comedians’ passion for food.