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Question mark over cash ITV put aside for regions
The future of at least£2m earmarked by ITV for funding indies in the nations and regions has been thrown into doubt after the fund editor was made redundant.
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Zig Zag lands Five doc deal
Five has signed a fast turnaround output deal with Zig Zag Productions for six popular culture documentaries, three of which are for the Where Did it All Go Right? strand.
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Anderson move prompts ITV factual reshuffle
ITV's factual commissioning team has been reshuffled following Jeff Anderson's move to news and current affairs last month.
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Fonejacker to spring face-to-face pranks
The Fonejacker, Kayvan Novak, has lined up a new comedy prank show for Channel 4 - but is hanging up his phone.
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BBC unveils major arts and music plans
The BBC is to spearhead a significant arts and music initiative that will include forging web partnerships with the British Museum, the Arts Council and the Public Catalogue Foundation.
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New BBC arts and music commissions
The BBC today announced a poetry season to air across BBC2, BBC4, CBeebies, Radio 3, Radio 4 and online this spring.
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BBC back to 'bonnets' with Emma
BBC Drama is to return to its Jane Austen heartland with a new period adaptation of the classic novel, Emma.
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The Queen to be the subject of C4 drama series
Channel 4 is to risk the ire of the monarchy with a five-part drama-documentary covering the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
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C4 lines up Genius science series
Biologist Richard Dawkins is to return to Channel 4 in a major series that will celebrate the history of British science.
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Barrowman to host new BBC talent series
BBC1 is to mix the wish fulfilment of Jim'll Fix It with the unlikely performances of Britain's Got Talent in a new shiny floor show lined up for Saturday nights.
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Davis to front TV version of Bottom Line
The BBC is piloting a TV version of Evan Davis' radio show, The Bottom Line, and has signed him up as a permanent presenter on Today.
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BBC1 insures itself with Flame
BBC1 is to investigate the world of insurance in a new daytime series called The Claim Game from Flame TV.
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C4 orders Hudson River plane crash doc
Channel 4 has ordered a fast turnaround documentary on the recent Hudson River plane crash from Darlow Smithson Productions.
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BBC1 lines up season on eating disorders
BBC1 has commissioned three films looking at eating disorders as part of its wider health and well-being project Headroom.
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Comic Relief to cash in on celebrity dance trend
BBC1 has lined up more dancing celebrities - this time paying homage to iconic dance routines in a new live shiny-floor show.
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Sky Arts plans backstage opera simulcast
Sky Arts has teamed up with the English National Opera to simulcast Puccini's classic opera La bohème from both sides of the curtain.
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ITV closes Britannia High
ITV will not recommission its teen musical drama Britannia High, despite investing heavily in the franchise, after the first season was a ratings flop.
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Dave to get Argumental again
Dave has ordered a second series of the John Sergeant-hosted panel show Argumental.
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4iP launches community projects
Projects to help hospital patients and enable deprived communities to launch their own websites are among the first commissions from Channel 4's£50m online PSB fund 4iP.
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Sir Trevor heads to birthplace for Caribbean doc
ITV1 is to dispatch Sir Trevor McDonald to the Caribbean to investigate both the luxury and the darker side of the region.