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NewsBaby Cow trilogy to star Hoskins
Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans and Sheila Hancock are set to star in a BBC1 comedy drama series from Gavin and Stacey producer Baby Cow.
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NewsDragons' Den star to front smoking doc
Dragons' Den panellist Duncan Bannatyne is to turn investigative reporter for BBC2's This World strand.
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NewsHi-5 to be reworked for UK audiences
Hit Australian kids show Hi-5 is to be remade for the UK and will air on GMTV next year.
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NewsPresentable to make BBC4 quiz
RDF-owned indie Presentable is to make a University Challenge-style quiz show for BBC4 and a third Oz and James show that has a British twist.
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Marr to study Darwin for BBC2 series
Bafta-winner Andrew Marr's next big project will be a series on Charles Darwin's theories for BBC2.
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One Foot star Wilson hits the road for BBC4
Twofour has signed One Foot in the Grave actor Richard Wilson to front a BBC4 series showcasing Britain's best-loved drives.
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Gladiators charity specials
Sky One will air three 60-minute Gladiators specials in the autumn after the 15-week series ends.
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LA move for Soundtrack
ITV London has ordered a third series of Soundtrack to My Life from Hamma & Glamma, which will be shot in the US in a bid to attract international talent.
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FeaturesEureka!: the story behind an idea
Executive producer Nell Butler on taking daytime sleeper hit Come Dine with Me into primetime.
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NewsBBC3 re-orders Two Pints
BBC3 has recommissioned Susan Nickson's long-running sitcoms Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and Grownups for additional series.
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Writer Cole to present serial killer series
ITV3 has hired British crime writer Martina Cole to examine the stories of female serial killers in a series for indie Free@Last TV.
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BBC fills daytime slots with Reef shows
The BBC has commissioned two major daytime shows from Reef Television, as well as another series of Angela Rippon's Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting.
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NewsC4 follows economist in world trading doc
Channel 4 is reacting to recession gloom with a series about a City boy who travels the world trading in local goods.
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NewsCat Deeley's Soundtrack to play again
ITV London has ordered a third series of the Cat Deeley-fronted series Soundtrack to My Life.
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NewsTern South lands ITV1 order
Tern South has won its first commission from ITV1, to make a film about the failed Millennium Dome diamond robbery in 2000.
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NewsBBC1 comedy drama for Coogan
BBC1 has signed Steve Coogan to star as a family man with a gambling addiction in the new “bittersweet” comedy, Sunshine.
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NewsHarry Hill making spoof soap
ITV1 has commissioned Bafta-winning comic Harry Hill to make a spoof soap opera series.
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NewsMarr to front new history series
Andrew Marr is to follow his Bafta-winning History of Modern Britain with a series covering the country's political and social events from 1900 to 1945.
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NewsITV3 looks to radio for first original drama
Maureen Lipman and Anne Reid are to star in ITV3's first-ever original drama - a TV version of BBC Radio 4 play Ladies of Letters.
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NewsSky One orders Cole thrillers
Sky One will adapt two bestsellers by crime author Martina Cole as part of its multimillion pound investment in drama.