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NewsExtras may return for Christmas 2009
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are planning to team up for another Christmas special of Extras - but not until next year.
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NewsITV lines up duo for Christmas
Alan Titchmarsh will reunite families and Aled Jones is to explore the most popular carols as part of ITV1's Christmas line-up.
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NewsAcclaimed novel Small Island comes to BBC1
BBC1 is planning a major dramatisation of Andrea Levy's bestselling novel Small Island.
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NewsStart-up indie lands Rastamouse order
Former As If and Suburban Shootout producer Greg Boardman has started an indie and landed a 50-part kids animation for CBeebies called Rastamouse.
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FeaturesEureka!: Young at Heart
As his TV doc - produced by Walker George Films for More 4 - enjoys a cinema run, Stephen Walker reflects on an incredible journey.
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BBC4 orders Capaldi show
The Thick of It star Peter Capaldi is to direct a BBC4 comedy series about a hospital ward for elderly people.
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NewsGogglebox wins C4 troubleshooter show
Troubleshooter Sir Gerry Robinson is to switch from trying to fix the NHS to rescuing struggling businesses from collapse in indie Gogglebox's first commission.
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UKTV History meets Hitler's bodyguards
UKTV History has ordered a follow-up to its series Churchill's Bodyguard that will investigate the men who protected Churchill's WWII adversary, Adolf Hitler.
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NewsIndies land BBC regional scheme places
Established indies like True North and Presentable will sit alongside smaller players such as Bristol's Avatar in the first intake of the BBC's XM25 access scheme.
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NewsOctober Films nets E4 order for Rude Tube
October Films will meet the creators of cult UGC videos in its first commission for E4.
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NewsC4 team with Film Council to fund animation
Channel 4 and the UK Film Council have launched a nationwide hunt for the best emerging animation talent.
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NewsNatural World celebrates 25th with three-year order
BBC2's Natural World is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a three-year recommission.
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NewsWoods slams 'parochial' doc commissioners
Broadcasters are “ghettoising” international coverage with a ratings focus that is creating an increasingly parochial mindset, according to documentary maker Brian Woods.
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NewsBebo to order more shows
Bebo will commission at least six original productions next year under the banner of 'Bebo Originals'.
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NewsE4 commissions Asbo superhero drama
E4 has commissioned a drama series in which a bunch of teenagers with Asbos develop superhero powers.
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FeaturesEureka!: Dead Set (Zeppotron for E4)
Creator Charlie Brooker on why his gory horror series owes as much to 24 as to Big Brother.
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Firecracker bear series for Animal Planet
Animal Planet has commissioned Firecracker Films to make a full series based on its Five documentary The Man Who Lives with Bears.
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Harcourt-Cooze secures sweet deal with C4
Eccentric chocolatier Willie Harcourt-Cooze is to return to Channel 4 for a Christmas special and a series that aims to introduce a better class of chocolate to the UK.
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NewsTwoFour tackles boozy Brits abroad
TwoFour Broadcast has won a major commission from Bravo that will delve into the rising epidemic of binge-drinking Brits abroad.
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NewsObjective's Perrin will be traditional sitcom
Objective Productions' forthcoming update of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin will jettison the bulk of the classic comedy's characters and the ongoing storyline in which the main character faked his own death.