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NewsNew BBC sitcom for Meera Syal
BBC2 has greenlit Meera Syal's first comedy project since The Kumars at No 42.
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NewsBBC to track history of Westerns
Open Mike Productions has been commissioned by the BBC to create a one off documentary charting the rise and fall of the Western, to be fronted by comedian Rich Hall.
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NewsRadio 4 plots Bond season
BBC Radio 4 will mark the 100th anniversary of James Bond creator Ian Fleming with a Bond season, including the first full-length radio adaptation of Dr No.
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NewsBBC lines up teen mums doc
The BBC is to visit a school for teenage mums and another for Britain's most disturbed children in two films from Films of Record.
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NewsITV3 plan crime drama awards
ITV3 is lining up a season of classic crime drama and original documentaries in the run up to its first televised Crime Thriller Awards.
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NewsBritdoc invites pitches
Applications have opened for British feature-length documentary pitches for this year's Britdoc event.
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NewsC4 website to find best food shops
Channel 4 is to build on its Big Food Fight season with a website that aims to become a people's guide to the UK's favourite food shops and restaurants.
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NewsC4 follows families in gap year travel
Channel 4 is to follow four families who give up their domestic lifestyle to embark on life-changing journeys in a new format from the makers of Brat Camp.
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NewsFive calls in sexperts for new series
Dawn Airey claimed six years ago that Five was not “only about films, fucking and football”. Now, Talkback Thames is making a guide to improving the nation's sex life for the broadcaster.
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Pupils turn teachers for CBBC quiz
CBBC will challenge pupils to teach their teachers in a 20 x 60-minute gameshow that turns the traditional school relationship on its head.
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NewsBBC1 plans high-tech look at human body
BBC1 is planning a landmark series about the human body, harnessing the new technologies that have been developed since Robert Winston fronted its last in-depth look, The Human Body, in 1998.
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Big Cats back on BBC1
BBC1 is returning to Africa for Big Cat Live, an updated version of its nature series Big Cat Diary, which is due to air in the autumn.
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R4's Genius heads for BBC2
BBC2 has ordered a full run of a TV version of Dave Gorman's Radio 4 show Genius following a pilot last year.
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NatGeo orders simian soap
National Geographic Channels International has ordered Bristol-based factual indie Icon Films to make a 5 x 60-minute animal docu-soap about wild vervet monkeys adapting to life in the suburbs of Durban.
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BBC2 to air fight over wind farm
BBC2 will chart the construction of a controversial wind farm in Devon and its impact upon the local community in a three-part documentary series.
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NewsSky One joins border patrols for new doc
Sky One will take an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at immigration into the UK in an eight-part observational-documentary series.
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NewsGuitar heroes to appear in Imagine three-parter
Rock stars Pete Townsend, Johnny Marr and Iggy Pop will wax lyrical about their love of guitars in a three-part special edition of BBC1 arts strand Imagine.
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Century to film Aboriginal ‘musical doc'
Century Films' “documentary musical” format, which includes the likes of Feltham Sings and Songbirds, has won a commission from Australian broadcaster SBS to tackle Aboriginal rights.
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NewsFive opens door to property shows
Five has made property the primary focus for a string of new lifestyle shows.
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NewsLumley and Hislop hit the road for BBC docs
Takeaway Media has lined up Joanna Lumley and Ian Hislop to present factual shows for the BBC.