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BBC airs Aerial Britain
The BBC is to examine the workings of the country from the air in Britain from Above, a 3 x 60-minute documentary series for BBC1 now in production at Lion TV.
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NewsFive's Hotel Inspector lured by C4
Channel 4 has lured Five’s Hotel Inspector Ruth Watson away from her inspection duties with an exclusive presenter deal.
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More Freshly Squeezed
Channel 4 is to extend weekday breakfast music show Freshly Squeezed to Saturday mornings.
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FeaturesCommissioning Focus
Bravo has healthy budgets on offer for new commissions - so long as indies can deliver the range of anti-social behaviour its action-hungry audience loves.
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NewsTitter ye not with comedian dramas on BBC4
BBC4 is dramatising the lives of leading British comedy figures including Frankie Howerd, Hughie Green and Steptoe and Son with Trevor Eve, Jason Isaacs and Ken Stott all starring in the special tribute season.
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CommentBlog: The 'defining wake' for kids TV?
The great and the good of the kids TV industry were out in force at the children's Bafta awards to celebrate all that is great and good in kids TV.
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NewsBBC4 to dramatise life of Tony Hancock
Rebus and Messiah star Ken Stott has been lined-up to play troubled comedian Tony Hancock in a new drama for BBC4.
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NewsC4 to go behind the make-up of Dame Edna
October Films is to offer a glimpse into the private life of the man behind Dame Edna Everage in a one-off documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsDiscovery on the hunt for history
Discovery Networks UK is looking to bolster its historical programming, in a bid to win back loyalty from older viewers.
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FeaturesCommissioning Focus: IPTV
As the BT Vision IPTV service turns one, it is gaining a competitor in Orange TV, and both are keen to talk to indies about niche programming.
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NewsITV to pass on final Prime Suspect
Lynda La Plante is planning to write a final instalment of Prime Suspect - but ITV will not be turning it into a TV show.
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NewsJamie hits the campaign trail again for C4 series
Jamie Oliver will try to change the eating habits of an entire town in his next major series for Channel 4.
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Disabled film-makers shoot for glory on C4
Channel 4 is to chart the progress of nine disabled novice film-makers in a 12-part series from Maverick Television and Resource Base.
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Love meets UK’s youngest grandmothers
A BBC3 documentary about the nation’s youngest grandmothers is the first commission from Love West, a new Bristol-based unit set up by Love Productions.
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NewsBBC1 to revive 1970s plague drama
The BBC is making a modern version of the cult 1970s drama series Survivors.
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NewsBBCW pioneers on-demand HD in Asia
The BBC will become the first provider of on-demand HD content in Asia after commercial arm BBC Worldwide completed its biggest deal in the continent to date.
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Composer leads Five’s new year
An epic biography of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams from prolific music film director Tony Palmer will form the centrepiece of Five’s New Year’s Day programming.
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NewsLiving to air unseen Spice films
Living is to celebrate the re-forming of the Spice Girls with a one-off special on the birth of “girl power” featuring unseen early footage.
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NewsITV1 marks 50 years of Queen’s Xmas speech
ITV1 has secured exclusive access to the entire archive of the Queen’s televised Christmas messages for a documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of the first TV broadcast.
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NewsDispatches editor commits to indie investigations
Kevin Sutcliffe has pledged his support to indies producing hard-hitting docs for Dispatches after Ofcom cleared Channel 4 over complaints about its Undercover Mosque film.