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NewsBBC1 asks again Who Do You Think You Are?
Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall, Big Brother presenter Davina McCall and Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles are to all feature in the new run of BBC1’s genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?
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NewsDisney Bites back
Disney Channel UK has recommissioned Prism Entertainment to make a second series of its Life Bites short-form series.
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NewsWhizz Kid wins ABC order for celebrity dance show
Whizz Kid Entertainment is remaking its Comic Relief celebrity dance format Let’s Dance for America’s ABC1 as a primetime show.
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NewsBBC1 debut for Nigel Slater with simple cooking
Nigel Slater is to move from BBC2 to BBC1 for a primetime show about “achievable” cooking.
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NewsLumsden on lookout for agile comedy series
BBC controller of comedy commissioning Lucy Lumsden has asked indies to tender “nimble” series that could be shifted to pre-watershed slots if they are successful.
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NewsCBBC focuses on science with double order
CBBC has ordered a guide to “holidaying in space” and a second run of Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab - both to tie in with the BBC’s 2010 year of science.
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CTVC asks indies to pitch for £200k social issues soap
Religious and ethical indie CTVC is inviting three indies to pitch for an online soap opera that aims to tackle big social and moral issues.
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NewsSergeant goes on the rails in India for BBC4
Strictly Come Dancing star John Sergeant is to travel to India in the latest in a string of BBC documentaries about railways.
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Tigress to make all four docs for Nature Shock run
Tigress Productions is to make all four films of Five’s latest series of its Nature Shock doc strand.
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Lime moves into docs with Beach Boy co-pro film
Hollyoaks producer Lime Pictures is venturing into arts programming with a BBC4 profile of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson.
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NewsUllman show wins third run
Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, produced by Allan McKeown Presents… has been commissioned for a third series by US cable channel Showtime.
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NewsSky 1 to bolster sports with panel show duo
Sky 1 is to kick off a sports entertainment drive with two panelshow pilots, a search-for-a-star format featuring José Mourinho and a second series with Wayne Rooney.
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NewsBBC2 gives greenlight to Bwark ad agency sitcom
The Inbetweeners producer Bwark has had the greenlight from BBC2 for a full series of its pilot comedy, The Scum Also Rises.
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NewsRenegade’s redecorating couples ordered by BBC3
Renegade Pictures is to apply its Don’t Tell The Bride format to interior decoration in a 6 x 60-minute series for BBC3.
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NewsBBC boosts Scottish production
The BBC is on track to meet its Scottish production targets - boosted by three Scottish network comedies including the return of Rab C Nesbitt and a BBC4 Scottish season featuring The Thick of It’s Peter Capaldi.
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Zig Zag wins triple shock doc order
A teenager who cries blood from her eyes features in one of a trio of shock doc commissions Zig Zag Productions has won from C4.
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NewsNesbitt: drama funding crisis is killing roles
James Nesbitt is being forced to look for Hollywood acting roles because of the funding crisis in British drama.
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NewsSky 1 adds twist for Are You Smarter...?
Sky 1 is revamping its kids-vs-adults quiz by asking mums and dads Are You Smarter Than Your 10-Year-Old?
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NewsFincham to chair Broadcast Entertainment Forum
ITV director of television Peter Fincham is to chair Broadcast’s TV Entertainment Forum in September, which will kick off with a keynote from Britain’s Got Talent judge Piers Morgan.
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NewsBBC lands the best job in the world
BBC1 has ordered a doc on the search for a caretaker for an Australian tropical island - widely billed as “the best job in the world”.