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NewsCelebs add to charity coffers in Attic spin-off
John McCririck, Brian Conley and Michael Winner will sell off their unwanted possessions in a celebrity spin-off of long-running BBC daytime show Cash in the Attic.
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NewsITV4 lines up McNab for ‘macho' schedule
ITV4 has enlisted the services of Andy McNab, Vinnie Jones and Ashes to Ashes' Gene Hunt, Philip Glenister, to inject some testosterone to its schedule.
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NewsTigress tackles big bang for the Science Channel
A new documentary offering a radical new take on the big bang theory is being made by Tigress Productions for Discovery's Science Channel in the US.
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NewsPeaches to front Fiver show
Socialite Peaches Geldof and model Daisy Lowe have been lined up by Fiver to present its coverage of Glamour's Best Dressed List 2008.
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NewsBrooker writes E4 zombie series
Screenwipe presenter and Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker has penned E4's first horror series.
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NewsBen Hur gets£15m remake
MIPTV: London and LA-based drama distributor Alchemy Television is going into production on its first original mini-series, a£15m adaptation of the Biblical epic Ben Hur.
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NewsRoberts makes epic Journey for BBC2
Coast presenter Dr Alice Roberts has landed another major BBC2 documentary series, this time tracing the five epic routes our earliest ancestors took across the world.
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BBC funds black comic's comedy doc
The BBC comedy department is funding development for a comedy vehicle following the adventures of black London comedian Rudi Lickwood.
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NewsUS shows and docs for Fiver launch
Five has unveiled a fresh slate of acquired and original shows for the new schedule of Fiver, the new name for digital channel Five Life that will come into being on 28 April.
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FeaturesEureka!: In search of the perfect partner
David Renwick's marriage inspired Love Soup, but he had to write himself out of series two.
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BBC reorders comedy trio
BBC comedy controller Lucy Lumsden has ordered a trio of comedy recommissions, including a second 6 x 30-minute series of Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse's sketch show, Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul, from Tiger Aspect.
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Roar recommissioned
Endemol UK's factual entertainment arm Cheetah Television is to make two more series of CBBC wildlife series Roar.
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Robinson fronts C4 psychic show
Time Team and Blackadder star Tony Robinson is to continue his fascination with history in a Channel 4 series in which he is hypnotised and quizzed about his past lives.
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Sky One docs follow Hatton for big fight
Sky One will screen two behind-the-scenes documentaries with British boxer Ricky Hatton as he prepares for his “homecoming” fight with Juan Lazcano.
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Celebs to examine UK's culinary diversity
Chef John Torode and comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli have teamed up to explore the diverse culinary communities of multicultural Britain for a UKTV Food show.
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NewsVirgin 1 probes police work in the Caribbean
Virgin 1 is boosting the original content of its primetime schedule with a factual series that follows the activities of police in the Caribbean.
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NewsS4C to go Around the World in 80 Toilets
MIPTV: Welsh broadcaster S4C is to co-produce a new documentary series named Around the World in 80 Toilets.
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NewsPandamonium at ITN Factual
MIPTV: Animal Planet International has commissioned ITN Factual to produce a series on the world's leading panda breeding and research facility in China.
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NewsWatson to probe TV exploitation
Paul Watson has penned a BBC Radio 4 drama about exploitation in the television industry - as he begins filming on what he calls his last major TV documentary.
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NewsMTV and Swatch bolster partnership
MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and Swiss watchmaker Swatch have extended their multi-million dollar partnership for the latest series of MTV’s user-generated content show, MTV’s Best. Show. Ever.