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Mister Maker gets more
CBeebies has commissioned two more series of RDF's hit kids series Mister Maker. The presenter-fronted arts and crafts show, aimed at four to six-year-olds, combines live action, CGI and animation techniques to bring arts and crafts to life. The 20 x 15- minute series will be produced by RDF-owned The ...
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FeaturesEUREKA!: Captain Mack
Fireback joint managing director John Bullivant on why boys needed a rocket-riding hero.
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C4 lines up two more extreme body docs
Channel 4 is to continue its fascination with people with extreme physiques with a follow-up to ratings success Half-Ton Mum and a series in which Balls of Steel star Mark Dolan spends time with the world's smallest man and tallest woman, writes Robin Parker.Half-Ton Dad tells the story of a ...
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NewsNat Geo Int orders gambling and green inventions series
National Geographic Channels International will follow two renowned green inventors as they help others adopt a cleaner lifestyle in an eight-part series by Renegade Pictures.
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NewsC4 orders US gender war format
September Films has won its biggest commission to date from Channel 4, an eight-part battle of the sexes reality series based on US format When Women Rule the World.
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NewsITV cooks up restaurant show for NBC
ITV's US division is to produce a new restaurant-based reality series for US network NBC featuring British Michelin star chef Marco Pierre White.
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NewsDawkins tackles Darwin for C4
Channel 4 is lining up new documentaries from biologist Richard Dawkins and investigative journalist Jon Ronson as part of its specialist factual slate for spring/summer.
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NewsNew Freud drama-doc in production
Factual indies Off The Fence Productions and Psychology News Productions have signed a one-year co-production deal for two TV projects, including a film tracing how Sigmund Freud fled the Nazis.
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NewsTrinny and Susannah to conduct UK body census
Style experts Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine are fronting a three part series for ITV1 billed as a body census for modern Britain.
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FeaturesCommissioning Focus: CBeebies plays for the big time
The ‘fewer, bigger, better' policy applies at CBeebies as much as anywhere in the BBC, with£10m plus, 100-episode orders going out to indie producers.
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NewsBBC2 gets cooking
BBC2 has lined up two new primetime cookery shows focused on seasonal cooking and healthy Chinese cuisine.
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NewsHollyoaks to host T4 music show
Bands including The Guillemots and One Night Only are to perform on the set of Hollyoaks for a T4 music special that Channel 4 is considering turning into a returning format.
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BBC1 to recall war diaries of the ‘Polish Anne Frank'
BBC1 is to tell the story of a Polish war victim dubbed 'the forgotten Anne Frank'.
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NewsBBC Switch to take on teen problems
The BBC is to tackle controversial issues facing young people in a current affairs show that will form part of its teen strand Switch.
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C4 to recount eyewitness 7/7 stories
Channel 4 is to mark the third anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings with two films from the perspective of members of the public caught up in the events.
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News'Trunkcam' films rare tiger footage for BBC1
The BBC has enlisted the help of some unlikely cameramen to shoot its latest nature doc - a herd of Indian elephants.
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NewsBBC Switch to take on teen problems
The BBC is to tackle controversial issues facing young people in a current affairs show that will form part of its teen strand Switch.
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NewsBBC1 takes six more Mistresses
BBC1 has lined up a second spell of infidelity by recommissioning Ecosse Films' Mistresses.
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FeaturesFive proves its animal magnetism
Factual output has proved to be a real ratings driver for Five - and after the success of Ice Road Truckers and Nature Shock, the channel wants more wildlife and adventure.
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Slimmed-down Spa returns
UKTV Style has ordered a fourth series of Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses from Tern TV - but with a twist to the format.