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NewsTiger to reveal favourite Vicar of Dibley scene
Dawn French will be reunited with Richard Curtis for two specials celebrating the success of The Vicar of Dibleyas part of UKTV Gold's autumn schedule.
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FeaturesReality sitcom is child's play
Youngsters run the show in Hat Trick's new, groundbreaking comedy.
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NewsCrime channel looks at killers
Crime and Investigation Network has teamed up with Scarlet TV to make a 6 x 60-minute series looking at the origins of serial killers. The Making of Monstershas no air date as yet but there are also plans to run it on sister station The ...
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Community Channel digs into gardening
The Community Channel will offer a snapshot of the Royal Horticultural Society's Britain in Bloom 2007 competition by following the progress of two of its regional finalists.
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NewsIndie Century wins Live Earth film commission
Century Films has become the first UK indie to win a commission from the US film producer behind the Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
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FeaturesCape Wrath
Cape Wrath co-creator Matthew Arlidge on how the concept was sold to Channel 4 and the US.
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NewsLime wins first BBC drama commission
Lime Pictures has won its first BBC drama commission, a supernatural drama starring actor Martin Shaw as a Jesuit priest drawn into the world of exorcisms.
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NewsWatson backed by peers over 'fake publicity' row
Documentary-makers have leapt to Paul Watson's defence in the row over Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewell, arguing that marketing practices and the drive for ratings can easily lead to their work being misrepresented. [ALL]
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Ladbroke to make R4 docs
Ladbroke Radio has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to make 3 x 30-minute factual radio programmes to air in 2008.
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R4 hits the hippie trail
David Morley from radio indie Above The Title has been travelling around India's hippie trail with Hardeep Singh Kohli (pictured), star and director of Channel 4's Meet the Magoons.
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BBC3 meets single mums
Ten single mothers and their children will live together for a week in PramfaceMansion, a Love Productions commission for BBC3.
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NewsVirgin 1 wins US hit The Riches
Virgin 1 has beat rival broadcasters to Emmy-nominated US satirical drama The Riches, which will lead its primetime schedule when it launches this autumn. [ALL]
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NewsWidow praises Watson doc
The wife of the Alzheimer's sufferer at the centre of the Paul Watson documentary scandal has commended the filmmaker's work. [ALL]
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NewsPaul Watson: I did not intend to deceive
Documentary maker Paul Watson has claimed that ITV turned down his initial offer to clarify that his film Malcolm & Barbara: Love's Farewelldid not portray the actual moment of Malcolm Pointon's death. [ALL]
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NewsFuller follows Beckham to LA
Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment is to produce a six-part reality series for US network NBC following former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham as she sets up home in LA.
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Fremantle picks up more US drama
FremantleMedia Enterprises has acquired two new dramas from Toronto and LA-based production company Blueprint Entertainment, including a dark series about spouses who have killed their other halves starring cult director John Waters.
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Worldwide strikes deals for Novel and Ragdoll
BBC Worldwide has struck deals in the US and New Zealand for two of its flagship pre-school series, including its first international sale for the latest offering from Teletubbiesproducer Ragdoll.
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Endemol strikes deals for Anna Nicole doc
Endemol International has struck a series of deals for Initial's one-off documentary Anna Nicole Smith - A Life Through A Lens.
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Joost picks up i-concerts
Music VoD service i-concerts has struck a UK distribution deal with Joost, the new broadband TV venture from Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis.
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Canadian deal for Scottish design duo
Scottish presenters Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan, stars of Five's How Not To Decorateand BBC2's Million Pound Property Experiment, have struck an exclusive two-year production and development deal with Canadian cable channel HGTV.