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NewsOscar winner savages BBC over Storyville cuts
Kevin Macdonald, whose Oscar-winning documentary One Day in Septemberappeared on Storyvillelast year, has hit out at the BBC claiming it has 'forgotten its remit to produce informative programmes'.
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NewsSky airs doc to kick off new Prison Break
Sky One will celebrate capturing Prison Breakfrom Five by airing a 60-minute special on the show the day before it screens the first episode of season three.
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NewsShine aims to uncover the next musical prodigy
Shine is hunting for the UK's next classical music prodigy in a Fame Academy-meets- Young Musician of the Yeartalent format for BBC2.
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BBC4 probes international summits in triple co-pro
BBC4 is to examine the historical and political backdrop to three key international summits in a co-production from Ten Alps indie Blakeway Productions and Barnes Hassid Productions.
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NewsFour companies vie for BBC3 Friday night series
Objective Productions, Zeppotron, the BBC's Comedy Unit and Hat Trick Productions are all understood to be on the shortlist to make BBC3's new Friday Night Live-style entertainment strand.
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BBC2 daytime quiz to exercise viewers' brains
BBC2 has commissioned a daytime quiz series designed to exercise the brain.
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ITV1 checks in hotel drama
ITV1 will follow the trials and tribulations of a hotel assistant manager left in charge over Christmas in a Fawlty Towers-esque comedy drama.
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NewsC4 and MTV resurrect Dubplate Drama
Channel 4 and MTV are bringing back interactive urban music show Dubplate Drama. [ALL]
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NewsCarnival to make hotel comedy for ITV1
ITV1 will follow the trials and tribulations of an assistant manager left in charge of a hotel over the Christmas period in a Fawlty Towers-esque one-off comedy drama. [ALL]
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Magazine funds web show
Bridal magazine Weddingis backing a 10-part series for broadband channel Wedding TV. Each 30-minute edition of Wedding Experts explores a key aspect of wedding planning, featuring contributions from the magazine's editorial team as well as fashion designers and make-up artists.
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FeaturesParamount Comedy
Having given a first chance to the likes of Sacha Baron Cohen, no one could accuse Paramount Comedy of not taking risks, but it is still struggling to repeat the scripted success it enjoyed with Spacedin 1999.
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Fonejacker gets the call
E4 has ordered a Christmas special and a 6 x 30-minute second series of prank call show Fonejackerfrom Hat Trick Productions.
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NewsHomegrown revamp for aspirational Five
Five has pledged to step up its original commissions and spend less on US imports as part of a move to make the channel feel more British.
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NewsMore 4 doubles doc output
More 4 has reasserted its commitment to international documentaries by doubling the number of new films in the True Storiesstrand to 40 over the next year.
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BBC3 lines up Friday night entertainment
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen is lining up a Friday Night Live-style entertainment show as part of a strategy to attract younger viewers to the channel.
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Crime probed by Virgin 1
Virgin 1 will lift the lid on the multicultural secret criminal organisations operating across the UK today in a 10 x 30-minute series.
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NewsITV2 takes boxers on a ghost hunt
ITV2 is lining up Amir Khan, Joe Calzaghe and Chris Eubank to take part in its Ghost Hunting With...franchise next year. [ALL]
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NewsFrears blasts MacTaggart lecture
The director of Oscar-winning movie The Queen, Stephen Frears, has described Jeremy Paxman as a public school bully following the Newsnightanchor's MacTaggart lecture. [ALL]
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NewsEdinburgh: what the multichannel controllers want
Living rebrand a success, says Claudia Rosencrantz; Richard Woolfe says Sky One is confused; UKTV Gold will focus more on commissions; BBC3 is aiming for a younger audience. Click through to read the stories. [ALL]