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NewsBBC gears up for indie rights deals
BBC Worldwide's indie unit hopes to sign a raft of new media rights deals with independents after reaching an agreement to distribute comedy producer Baby Cow's content on new media platforms.
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NewsRTE hires Sideline for baby show
Dublin-based indie Sideline Productions is making 8 x 30-minute primetime series Baby on Boardfor Irish broadcaster RTE.
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NewsIn the audience
Andy Stout joined the audience at a recording of Harry Hill's TV Burpat Teddington Studios.
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Tiger Aspect to make Haddon drama
Tiger Aspect has been commissioned to make a 90-minute drama for BBC1 by the novelist who wrote The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
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Apprentice star in Sky One doc
Former The Apprenticecontestant Syed Ahmed will spend£20,000 of his own money trying to launch a new business in a 60-minute Sky One documentary.
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TX: Fallen Angel: What makes a killer?
A three-part adaptation of a reverse-narrative thriller signals a new direction for ITV drama.
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NewsITV gets access to Queen's guards
Lion TV has secured exclusive access to the troops who guard the Queen for a major new primetime series for ITV1.
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NewsABC's Six Degrees goes back on air
US network ABC has rescheduled drama series Six Degreesafter it was pulled in November, but the show could still be sidelined to ITV2 or ITV3 when it airs in the UK.
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NewsBennett wades into Saturday Kitchen row
Director of BBC Vision Jana Bennett will look into the Saturday Kitchenphone-in furore and prepare a dossier for director general Mark Thompson.
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NewsOn location - Kitchen Confidential
How did Five's two-part drama set in a Glasgow restaurant manage to serve up a gourmet dish on a greasy-spoon budget? Executive producer Douglas Rae spills the beans.
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NewsIcstis to probe Saturday Kitchen claims
Premium rate phone line regulator Icstis has launched a formal investigation into the BBC's Saturday Kitchenfollowing claims some pre-recorded shows were still encouraging callers to phone in.
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NewsParents value kids TV, Pact tells MPs
Pact has presented a parliamentary select committee with evidence that homegrown kids programming contributes to the UK's cultural identity, as it attempts to get MPs to join its campaign to save kids TV.
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NewsBBC: Saturday Kitchen will now be live
The BBC has decided that every episode of its cookery show Saturday Kitchenwill be broadcast live following recent claims that some pre-recorded programmes still encouraged viewers to call in.
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NewsPEER POLL: Children's TV
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should Ofcom act to protect children's programming? Click hereto vote.
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Russian TV network takes Wedding show
All3Media International has secured pre-sales for the format to the upcoming BBC1 entertainment series Your Wedding in Their Hands.
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More Makeovers
ITV1 has commissioned a further 70 episodes of 60 Minute Makeover, the home improvement show hosted by former Hollyoaksactress Terri Dwyer.
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Lion reconstructs mummy
Lion Television's reconstruction of The Curse of the IceMummyrequired careful grading to splice recently filmed interviews with archive footage and stills taken from 1991.
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Tori goes to Living
Living has acquired hit US reality show Tori and Dean: Inn Love, which follows Tori Spelling and her husband Dean risking everything trying to build a hotel empire.
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Sky One takes a Flutter on sports
Sky One has commissioned Silver River Television to make a 60-minute pilot in which celebrity guests wager their appearance fee in a new 'nonsense sports betting' show.
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Heroes delivers a massive hit for Sci Fi
The start of US drama Heroes made a big impression on The Sci Fi Channel with the show pulling in the broadcaster's highest ever audience.