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NewsBBC2 daytime quiz to exercise viewers' brains
BBC2 has commissioned a daytime quiz series designed to exercise the brain.
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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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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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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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Sky 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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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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Dr Who to take break
Doctor Whowill return for a fifth series - but not until the spring of 2010.
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Business TV's first order
The Business Channel has ordered its first series of original productions, which will be produced in-house for the broadcaster by its owner LITV.
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NewsHigh hopes for kids shows at Cartoon Forum
UK kids producers are pinning their hopes on this month's Cartoon Forum where they will debut a number of new children's shows in the hope of securing a commission.
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At It to follow up New Face doc for Five
Five has commissioned Eyeworks At It to produce a sequel to last year's film for the Extraordinary Peoplestrand, A New Face For Marlie.
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The Great Escape
Interfocus Asia executive producer Frank Smith on how The Great Escape made it to the screen
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Seven orders for Kent TV
Seven Kent-based TV production companies have been commissioned to make a range of programmes for Kent TV, the online TV channel that goes live at the end of the month.
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Nuts TV unveils line-up
Nuts TV has revealed its debut programming line-up, which includes model Lucy Pinder presenting excerpts from HG Wells and Shakespeare in a nightly Book at Bedtime.
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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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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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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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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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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.