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Hammond's BBC science show heading to MipTV
BBC kids science gameshow Richard Hammond's Blast Lab is go under the microscope of the international market at MipTV later this month.
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Blog: Watch Out, Bailiffs About
It's a hit and miss occupation convincing people to let you film as their possessions are removed by bailiffs, writes producer/director Barney Snow.
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Blog: Railway Walks on track for success
As the hit BBC4 series Railway Walks arrives on BBC2, series producer Owen Rodd contemplates an unlikely wave of programming.
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Paramount Pictures gets animated
The UK division of movie studio Paramount Pictures has launched an animated series designed to promote new theatrical and home entertainment releases.
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Comedians to open teen diaries on Radio 4
The intimate details of six comedian's teenage years are to be revealed in a new series produced by TalkbackThames for BBC Radio 4.
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ITV1 cooks up talent show
ITV1 is launching cooking contest show that will pit county against county in a bid to find the nation's best amateur chefs.
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Landmark to make BBC4 mobile doc
Landmark Films will track the life cycle of a mobile phone and investigate the phenomenon of “that text you shouldn't have sent” in an off-beat doc for BBC4.
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BBC1 orders more Lark Rise
BBC1 has ordered a third series of Sunday night favourite Lark Rise to Candleford.
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Brook Lapping to uncover Skippy's story
Factual heavyweight Brook Lapping is making a BBC documentary on iconic Australian TV show Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.
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ITV1 seeks Endemol magic with daytime quiz
ITV1 has ordered a long-running tea-time quiz show from the super-indie behind Goldenballs and Deal or No Deal, in which three strangers will work together for a share of a cash prize.
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BBC1 tracks kids medical teams
BBC1 will follow the mobile intensive care teams that move critically ill children to specialist hospitals in a major prime-time series.
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Toyboize transfers to TV as Dave picks up rights
Talkback Thames' web hit Toyboize will become the first made-for-online comedy to transfer to mainstream TV after Dave picked up the rights.
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Waddell gets a kick out of Bruce Lee deal
Waddell Media has secured a major commission from History US and Biography Channel UK/EMEA to make a two-hour special on Bruce Lee.
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Kwei-Armah to retrace Queen's charm offensive
Actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah is to visit his family's West Indian roots in a Channel 4 series retracing the Queen's 1953 tour of the Commonwealth.
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Five to profile YouTube lion
Video: A lion reared by two London shopkeepers that went on to become a YouTube phenomenon is to be the subject of a new documentary for Five.
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Birds of a Feather comeback in pipeline
Hit comedy Birds of a Feather could return to TV after an 11-year absence.
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Five goes Mad for Dance
Five and the Community Channel will air a series of Arts Council England-backed films about the benefits that dance can offer people with mental health issues.
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Billie Piper in talks for new ITV drama
Secret Diary of a Call Girl actress Billie Piper is in talks to star in a new Tiger Aspect drama being developed for ITV1 about a struggling single mum.
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Adam Kemp to leave BBC
Adam Kemp, the BBC's in-house commissioning editor for arts, music and religion, is to leave the corporation.
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Landmark to produce junior beauty pageant doc
Indie Landmark Films is to make a documentary on junior beauty pageants for BBC3, marking a return to production for Nick O'Dwyer.