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NewsDocumentary wishlist: Channel 4
Slots: 9pm and 10pm, weeknights. 7pm on Sundays for religious documentaries.Budget:£130,000-£150,000 for 9pm slot and “a bit less” for 10pm.
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NewsDocumentary wishlist: UKTV
BudgetUKTV Food and UKTV Style:£40,000-£60,000 per hour;Blighty:£50,000 per half-hour;Dave, Gold and Watch£100,000-£140,000 per hour - “but we'll bust the bank for the right idea,” said factual and factual entertainment commissioning director Jane Rogerson.
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NewsRound-up: Sheffield Doc/Fest
Broadcastnow's coverage of sessions and news arising from this year's Sheffield Doc/Fest.
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NewsBBC plans WWII series
BBC1 is to mark the 70th anniversary of the Second World War with a week-long, live daytime event focusing on those who helped win the war back at home.
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NewsStanley Baxter to return for Christmas special
Comedy veteran Stanley Baxter will come out of retirement for the first time in a decade to give a special one off performance for ITV1 this Christmas.
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NewsNo more factual formats for ITV
Sheffield Doc/Fest: ITV has ruled out commissioning factual formats following the disappointing performance of Tycoon and Natural Born Sellers.
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NewsBBC plans twin seasons on credit crunch crisis
The BBC is aiming to demystify the stock market and track the personal impact of financial problems in two factual seasons around the economic crisis.
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FeaturesEureka!: KNTV (Tern TV for Channel 4)
Creative director Harry Bell on the archive gold mine that inspired an unusual science show.
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Milkshake pets to star in spin-off series
Five's Milkshake! pre-school strand's pets are to star in their own spin-off series.
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NewsJLC to master new challenges for Sky One
Justin Lee Collins will attempt to master ballroom dancing, wrestling and West End musicals in his latest series for Sky One.
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NewsFive calls for topical docs for peak slot
Five plans to put fast-turnaround topical documentaries into midweek primetime under Dawn Airey, kicking off with programmes covering Madonna's divorce and the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand phone scandal.
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NewsBBC3 to tuck into new Freaky Eaters
BBC3 will meet a man who eats nothing but Yorkshire puddings in the next series of Freaky Eaters.
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News10 Years Younger has Klass
Myleene Klass has been named as the new presenter of Channel 4's 10 Years Younger as the show undergoes its own makeover.
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NewsPoliakoff to helm big screen war drama
Dramatist Stephen Poliakoff is returning to cinema after more than a decade with a Second World War thriller co-produced by Talkback Thames.
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NewsFive to air doc on Russell and Ross
Five will air an hour-long documentary on Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross' spectacular fall from grace next Wednesday at 10pm.
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Duchess does poverty
The Duchess of York and her daughters will travel to Romania and Turkey in an ITV1 Tonight special on the treatment of disadvantaged children in eastern Europe.
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NewsRobson Green develops escort tale for ITV1
Wire in the Blood star Robson Green will play a male escort in a one-off drama being developed for ITV1 next year.
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NewsBBC searches for top soccer agent
BBC2 will follow six young hopefuls competing head to head for a job at a leading sports talent agency.
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NewsMore Trial and Retribution
St Trinian's actress Tamsin Egerton will star in one of three new instalments of Lynda La Plante's Trial and Retribution when it returns to ITV1 early next year.