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BBC2 to adapt Amis' Money
BBC2 is to revisit the 1980s era of unbridled capitalism in a two-part adaptation of Martin Amis' novel Money.
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Rival Media wins RTE2 agony aunt show
Rival Media will ask youngsters to act as agony aunts in one of a pair of commissions from Irish channel RTÉ2.
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C4 plans Bible follow-up to history of Christianity
Channel 4 is to follow up Christianity: a History with a series of personal interpretations of the Bible.
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Shine makes TV quiz for BBC1
BBC1 has commissioned Shine Television to make a Buzzcocks-style quiz show about TV.
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Watch snaps up ITV pilot show
UKTV's Watch has ordered a hidden camera show, originally piloted for ITV1, in which children under five do adult jobs such as running a café.
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Coltrane steps back into police role for ITV thriller
Cracker star Robbie Coltrane is to return to ITV crime drama in a new thriller told from three different perspectives.
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BBC4 unveils landmark Christianity series
BBC4 is to examine the beginnings of Christianity and what it means to be a part of the religion in a new “landmark” series lined up for the autumn.
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Eureka!: Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Advances in digital ushered in a new era for Red Dwarf, says co-creator Doug Naylor.
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Parthenon wins myth series commission
Parthenon Entertainment has won its biggest series commission to date, a 13 x 30-minute series for National Geographic Channels International that will debunk the myths surrounding famous historical figures.
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The Thick of It to return
A further eight episodes of BBC satirical comedy The Thick of It are in the pipeline, creator Armando Iannucci has confirmed.
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C4 to recreate Madeleine McCann events
The team behind ITV1 documentary Madeleine: A Year On will stage the first reconstruction of the events that led up to Madeleine McCann's disappearance for a Channel 4 documentary.
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Iranu indeed: Shooting Stars is back
Reeves and Mortimer's anarchic game show Shooting Stars is to return for a full series on BBC2 following a one-off special last Christmas.
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CBBC's got the Zoo Factor
MipTV: A Britain's Got Talent-style puppet show starring a host of wild animals and the catchphrase “If you're beaten, you're eaten”, is set for CBBC.
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Channel 4 doc slate to lift veil on Gypsy weddings
Firecracker Films is to lift the lid on extravagant Gypsy weddings in a Channel 4 documentary.
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BBC3 goes to Manchester for fresh pair of sitcoms
Nigel Havers is the unlikely star of one of a pair of new BBC3 comedy series from Manchester indies.
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Falling Man director to probe Kenyan murder
Falling Man director Henry Singer is to explore the unsolved murder of Oscar-nominated natural history film-maker and environmental campaigner Joan Root in a BBC documentary.
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Hutton to explain the mess we're in for Dispatches
Channel 4 has commissioned journalist and economist Will Hutton to attempt to explain the causes and implications of the global economic crisis.
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Screw turns again for BBC1
BBC1 has commissioned a 1920s-set version of Henry James' classic ghost story The Turn of the Screw.
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The Devil's Whore team develop C4 Restoration sequel
The creators of Channel 4's English Civil War drama The Devil's Whore have begun working on a follow-up set during the Restoration period.
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TV order for Whitehouse- Higson radio comedy
Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson's spoof phone-in show Down the Line is the latest Radio 4 show to transfer to TV.