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BBC1 to air Dimbleby art docs
David Dimbleby is to roam the world in search of British art from the past 2,000 years in a landmark arts documentary series for BBC1.
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Being Human to return
BBC3 has commissioned a second series of Touchpaper Television drama Being Human.
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BBC3 gets weighty with diet-and-dilemma docs
BBC3 is to tackle some of the major issues facing young women - ranging from diets and plastic surgery to rehab and abortion.
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Mackie reunites the Cold Feet team for rom-com
Cold Feet exec producer Andy Harries and director Declan Lowney will be reunited for an ITV -comedy-drama series about six friends negotiating life and love.
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Real Hustle producer to ‘screw' consumers
The team behind The Real Hustle is to give members of the public “the consumer experience from hell” in a new BBC3 series.
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BBC to bring back Five Days and Criminal Justice
The BBC is to turn Criminal Justice and Five Days into returnable brands by applying their stripped format to new casts and storylines.
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Folio to follow up Soho Blues for Five
Five has commissioned Folio to make a fast-turnaround follow up to its successful doc series Soho Blues.
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Laura Mackie on...
The director of ITV Drama talks to Kate McMahon about budgets, bonnets and why she's still on the lookout for ideas that are ambitious and different.
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Daisybeck to produce Sky 1 awards coverage
Indie Daisybeck Productions is to produce Sky 1's coverage of the News of the World Children's Champions Awards for the second year running.
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Cutting Edge investigates surrogate mums
Channel 4 is to investigate serial surrogate mothers in a Cutting Edge documentary from True North Productions.
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1 vs 100 to return
BBC1's The National Lottery: 1 vs 100 will move to Glasgow when the Initial show returns later this year.
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Comic Relief's Let's Dance goes interactive
Tough Cookie has developed interactive content for Comic Relief's Let's Dance that will include video of the celebrity dancers' rehearsals.
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Web drama moving to C4
Drama shorts produced for C4's educational web project Routes are to transfer to TV in the broadcaster's 3 Minute Wonders strand.
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Hollyoaks duo to front 4Music show
Former Hollyoaks stars Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries are to front a 4Music battle of the bands format.
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ITV1 revives 2007 dating show
ITV1 is resurrecting a dating series filmed in 2007 for its spring schedule this year.
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BBC2 challenges celebrity chefs to make money
BBC2 will ask TV chefs to prove themselves in a busy restaurant in a spin-off of Reef TV's Put Your Money Where your Mouth Is.
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Sky 1 to follow credit crunch strippers group
Sky 1 will say “balls to the recession” as it follow six jobless would-be male strippers who are attempting to put on a saucy show to raise some much-needed cash.
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ITV1 lines up rural show for early evening slot
ITV1 will take an unlikely look at rural Britain's roots in a long-running, early evening show about the nation's heritage, landscapes and people.
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Can Gerry fix your inheritance, asks BBC2 pilot
BBC2 has lined up businessman Sir Gerry Robinson to front a new show about inheritance.
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Blog: Pitching during the downturn
As indies find it increasingly difficult to get projects green-lit with cash-strapped channels, Angus Henderson suggests some tips on improving your chances of winning commissions.