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Old bands return to Living
Living will re-unite legendary bands to try to restore them to former glories as part of its summer schedule. Pop Goes the Band is a 6 x 60-minute reality show by ITV Productions in which bands will undergo complete transformations, in some cases plastic surgery, as they prepare to face ...
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NewsBafta-winning Peep Show gets sixth run
Channel 4 has ordered a sixth series of Peep Show following the sitcom's Bafta success.
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NewsBBC1 and BBC2 series to tackle climate change
The BBC is planning a “definitive” look at climate change in two major linked commissions across its terrestrial channels.
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NewsFive orders US killer doc double
Five has commissioned two documentaries that track the grisly stories behind some of the most notorious and horrifying crimes in recent US history.
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FeaturesEureka!: The story behind an idea
Jon Ronson on how he changed his mind about a euthanasia guru dubbed Reverend Death.
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Waking the Dead to return
BBC1 dramas Waking the Dead and Silent Witness are to return in 2009.
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Nesbitt in sectarian dramas
James Nesbitt is to star in Five Minutes of Heaven, a one-off drama for BBC drama Northern Ireland about the murder of a Catholic teenager in Belfast in 1975.
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Cornish town to get an extreme makeover
UKTV Style will follow Extreme Makeover host Ty Pennington as he sets out to transform a rundown Cornish coastal town.
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NewsAlistair Cooke at centre of BBC4 season on travel
BBC4 has lined up a summer season on the expansion of travel in the 20th century, as seen through the lives and writing of figures such as Alistair Cooke and Laurie Lee.
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Lone Star hails the cab for third transport film
The indie behind Arena documentaries Underground and Little Platform, Big Stage is to complete its trilogy of films on London transport with a glimpse into the lives of taxi drivers.
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NewsCBBC orders 'deadly' wildlife show
CBBC is to focus on the world's most deadly animals, in what is billed as its most ambitious presenter-led natural history series to date.
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NewsC4 orders more Vodafone gigs
Bands including Gnarls Barkley, the Sugababes and the Feeling are to appear in the third series of Vodafone TBA concerts to be broadcast on Channel 4.
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NewsFive mulls new 10pm strand on unusual sex
Five is to broadcast two films about unusual sexual practices that it plans to turn into a 10pm Hidden Lives-style strand called Strangelove.
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The Big Pitch kicks off
Applications have opened for British feature-length documentary pitches for this year's Britdoc event.
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Virgin 1 plans ‘rude season' this autumn
Virgin 1 is to return its gaze to private parts this autumn with a selection of programmes it has grouped into a “rude season”.
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NewsHammond to investigate mega-structures
Top Gear star Richard Hammond is to examine the stories behind some of the world's most ambitious structures in a new series for National Geographic US and NGI.
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NewsEcosse Films unveils Irish kitchen drama
Mistresses star Shelley Conn is to swap the bedroom for the kitchen for Ecosse Films' latest drama, which will be made for Irish broadcaster RTE.
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BBC2 doc to track the impact of divorce
BBC2 has commissioned a landmark documentary series that will trace the long-term impact of divorce by following three cases that have gone through the Family Courts.
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FeaturesITV4 re-loads for next assault
Once languishing behind ITV lines, ITV4 has been ordered to advance, with a 24-hour slot and more cash to expand its brand of male-friendly thrills, write Liz Thomas and Jon Rogers.
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NewsShowtime orders more Ullman
US network Showtime has commissioned seven new episodes of Tracey Ullman show State of the Union from Allan McKeown Presents Inc.