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NewsBBC Vision: Lucy Lumsden, controller of comedy
Lucy Lumsden wants about half of the BBC's sitcoms to be filmed in front of a studio audience - but currently only one in five of the ideas she receives fit the bill, so her headline plea is for more audience shows.
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NewsBBC Vision: George Entwistle, controller of knowledge
Evenings on BBC1 are a tough spot for factual, and controller of knowledge commissioning George Entwistle is looking for a pre-watershed series that will do for the channel what the “kinetic adventure” shows Amazon or Tribe have done for BBC2.
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NewsBBC Vision: Jane Tranter, outgoing controller of fiction
Top of the BBC's wish list is a few more laughs, according to Jane Tranter. These could manifest themselves in comedy drama, “dramedy”, or as touches of levity in decidedly solemn pieces.
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NewsITV poised to bring back The Krypton Factor
ITV is on the brink of reviving “television's toughest quiz show”, The Krypton Factor, after 13 years. It is understood the commercial broadcaster is close to ordering a new series of the show from ITV Productions within weeks.
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BBC4 orders WW1 drama
BBC4 has ordered a drama about the first black officer to lead British troops during World War I.
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FeaturesEureka!: Jack: A Soldier's Story (BBC Vision for BBC3)
Producer Ben Anderson on a young soldier's experiences of serving in Afghanistan.
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UKTV Style homes in on fantasy trio
UKTV Style will help a host of famous faces find their dream home as part of a celebrity spin-off of its Fantasy Homes franchise.
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Woolcock develops hip-hop musical for C4
Film-maker Penny Woolcock is to return to Birmingham for a gritty hip-hop musical for Channel 4.
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NewsNo Place Like Home moves to ITV daytime
ITV is resurrecting one of its most successful peaktime factual shows from last year as a stripped daytime format.
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NewsBritannia High to air final episode live
ITV's new teen musical drama Britannia High will climax with a 75 minute live-to-air spectacular, emulating the fictional performing arts school's end of year concert.
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CommentBlog: Britannia High ep. 1
The first episode of ITV1's teen musical drama Britannia High may have been cheesier than a Brie factory, but Kate McMahon absolutely loved it.
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NewsBBC2 fills up on Supersizers
BBC2 has ordered a second helping of hit Silver River series The Supersizers Go...
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NewsShaun the Sheep to return
CBBC has ordered a second series of Shaun the Sheep from Aardman Animation as the kids show continues to flock around the world.
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NewsMorris' terrorist comedy set for cinema
Film4 is funding satirist Chris Morris' latest project after both the BBC and Channel 4 rejected it for TV.
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NewsTen Alps racing to finish C4 credit crunch doc
Ten Alps owned indie Blakeway Productions is in a race against time to finish a quick turnaround documentary for tonight's Channel 4's Dispatches.
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NewsBBC4 commissions WWI race drama
BBC4 has ordered a drama about the first black officer to lead British troops during World War I.
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NewsMacIntyre to front Sky 1 knife crime campaign
Sky 1 has signed up Donal MacIntyre to host a series of campaigning programmes addressing the menace of knife crime in the UK.
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NewsC4 to show 'real Grange Hill'
Channel 4 is lining up a real-life Grange Hill from the producers of its latest fly-on-the-wall series The Family.
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ITV1 to revisit Aspel's WW2 childhood
Michael Aspel will be reunited with friends he met as a World War II evacuee in a daytime show for ITV1.
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BBC2 to co-produce Hat Trick comedy
BBC2 is to screen medieval comedy Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire after signing up as co-production partner on the Hat Trick Productions comedy.