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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.
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Orient Express remake bound for ITV1
A new version of Murder on the Orient Express is bound for ITV1 as part of a commission of eight Agatha Christie adaptations from Chorion.
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NewsDave to order original web content
Dave is to begin commissioning original online content as part of a major overhaul of its website.
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FeaturesEureka!: Kerwhizz (BBC Children's for CBeebies)
Producer Steve Cannon and exec producer Alison Stewart how a kids show was put to the test.
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Horse story saddles up for Storyville
The BBC is to offer a horse's eye view of the Irish national hunt in a documentary for the Storyville strand.
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Blakeway North gains 30 Stone sequel
Manchester-based Blakeway North is celebrating four new commissions following the appointment of executive producer Sarah Murch earlier this year, including a follow-up to the successful documentary Lose 30 Stone or Die for ITV1.
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NewsAlex wins encore on C4 and at cinema
Channel 4 has commissioned a follow-up to Cutting Edge documentary A Boy Called Alex and a movie adaptation of the story is also on the cards.
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Sky Movies takes in-house route with two series
Sky Movies Premiere has commissioned two in-house series and called on indies to have a better understanding of the film industry when pitching ideas.
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NewsBBC orders Five Days spin-off
The BBC is planning a spin-off of its crime thriller Five Days featuring the two main detective characters.
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NewsFive reels in more Extreme Fishing
Robson Green will undergo SAS cold training before spending five days in the Artic in the second installment of his Five format Extreme Fishing.
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NewsFX orders first homegrown show
FX UK, home of US acquisitions such as The Wire and Dexter, has commissioned its first homegrown show.
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NewsExtras may return for Christmas 2009
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are planning to team up for another Christmas special of Extras - but not until next year.
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NewsITV lines up duo for Christmas
Alan Titchmarsh will reunite families and Aled Jones is to explore the most popular carols as part of ITV1's Christmas line-up.
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NewsAcclaimed novel Small Island comes to BBC1
BBC1 is planning a major dramatisation of Andrea Levy's bestselling novel Small Island.
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NewsStart-up indie lands Rastamouse order
Former As If and Suburban Shootout producer Greg Boardman has started an indie and landed a 50-part kids animation for CBeebies called Rastamouse.
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FeaturesEureka!: Young at Heart
As his TV doc - produced by Walker George Films for More 4 - enjoys a cinema run, Stephen Walker reflects on an incredible journey.
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BBC4 orders Capaldi show
The Thick of It star Peter Capaldi is to direct a BBC4 comedy series about a hospital ward for elderly people.