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NewsStarkey to profile Henry VIII for C4
David Starkey is to produce a four-part “psychological profile” of Henry VIII for Channel 4.
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ITV1 doc looks at hunt for paedophile
Folio is to piece together the worldwide hunt for the paedophile dubbed “Mr Swirl” in a 60-minute doc for ITV1's Real Crime strand.
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BBC2 film revisits The Satanic Verses
BBC2 is to examine the controversy around Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses - despite silence from the author and his publisher for fear of reprisals.
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FeaturesEureka!: No Heroics (Tiger Aspect for ITV2)
No Heroics writer Drew Pearce on taking comic-book characters down the pub.
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ITV3 revisits TV's classic costume drama
ITV3 will look at the changing face of costume drama this autumn as part of a push for more peak factual programming on the digital channel.
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Cutting Edge fraud doc goes to series
Channel 4 is to turn a recent Cutting Edge documentary on insurance fraud investigators into a full series.
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NewsITV1 seeks fact ent pitches for 9pm slot
ITV controller of alternative programming Layla Smith has asked indies to offer up ideas for a new factual entertainment show for ITV1 - but has warned she is not looking for “the next Apprentice”.
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NewsC4 targets bad behaviour in primary schools
Channel 4 is to look into the role of social intervention in primary schools in a documentary described by its director as “a British Être et Avoir”.
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NewsDanny Dyer returns to Bravo
Bravo has signed Danny Dyer to front a new series about reformed killers and crime bosses.
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NewsWalsh to keep Law & Order for ITV1
Bradley Walsh and Freema Agyeman are among the high profile ensemble cast for ITV's UK adaptation of US series Law & Order.
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NewsBBC jumps on board container story
The BBC is to track a shipping container around the world for a year to illustrate the global economic story in an easily tangible way.
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NewsLiving unveils 'guilty pleasures'
Living will send a group of brides to each other's weddings - and listen to them bitch about their rivals' big days in the hope of winning a honeymoon.
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BBC4 takes a poetic look at UK landscape
Poet and novelist Owen Sheers will trace the relationship between six classic poems and the British landscape in a BBC4 series.
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NewsC4 to pilot ‘cattle market' dating show from Talkback
Channel 4 is lining up a primetime Talkback Thames format dubbed the “cattle market of dating shows”.
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NewsC4 to track launch of youth orchestra
The team behind music reality formats Operatunity and Musicality will document the launch of a youth orchestra for its latest Channel 4 project.
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FeaturesEureka!: Chop Socky Chooks (Aardman for Cartoon Network)
Director Sergio Delfino on the multiple battles to put together a children's CG kung fu show.
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ITV doc marks WWI's 90th anniversary
War journalist Martin Bell, poet laureate Andrew Motion and historian Richard Holmes will celebrate the power of words during wartime in an ITV1 documentary for Remembrance Day.
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Barrowman to meet talented animals
John Barrowman will investigate Animals at Work in Cineflix's first series for CBBC.
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NewsNew moveable feasts from Plum Pictures
Cooking in the Danger Zone presenter Stefan Gates is to sample religious and cultural feasts from around the world for a BBC4 series.
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NewsBBC1 lines-up choir drama
Oliver Twist actress Sarah Lancashire will star alongside Bridget Jones' Neil Pearson and Stardust's Sarah Alexander in a new, musical drama series for BBC1.