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NewsUKTV Style reorders The Clothes Show
UKTV Style has commissioned fashion magazine format The Clothes Showfor a second run.
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UKTV's new chief plans to diversify
UKTV's incoming chief executive, David Abraham, has said that UKTV Gold relies too much on classic sitcoms.
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NewsPact lobbies MPs in kids campaign
Pact has stepped up its campaign to save kids TV after pressing MPs to launch an urgent review into funding for children's programming.
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Warner and Buena Vista rivals team up to launch indie
Two former rival executives from Warner Brothers International Television and Buena Vista International Television have teamed up to create a London-based indie.
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NewsKorean broadcaster buys Top Gear for digital service
BBC Worldwide has sold almost 40 hours of Top Gearto a South Korean mobile TV broadcaster.
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On the box - Wild West and wilder cops
The Wild Westfilled Adrian Wills with a sense of injustice at Billy the Kid's conviction, while Cops with Camerasseemed preoccupied with 'hard entry'.
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Living links with Fireworks for Blood Ties
Living has struck a deal with distributor Fireworks International to acquire 22 x 60-minute Canadian supernatural crime thriller Blood Ties.
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NewsBBC gears up for indie rights deals
BBC Worldwide's indie unit hopes to sign a raft of new media rights deals with independents after reaching an agreement to distribute comedy producer Baby Cow's content on new media platforms.
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RTE hires Sideline for baby show
Dublin-based indie Sideline Productions is making 8 x 30-minute primetime series Baby on Boardfor Irish broadcaster RTE.
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NewsIn the audience
Andy Stout joined the audience at a recording of Harry Hill's TV Burpat Teddington Studios.
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Tiger Aspect to make Haddon drama
Tiger Aspect has been commissioned to make a 90-minute drama for BBC1 by the novelist who wrote The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
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Apprentice star in Sky One doc
Former The Apprenticecontestant Syed Ahmed will spend£20,000 of his own money trying to launch a new business in a 60-minute Sky One documentary.
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TX: Fallen Angel: What makes a killer?
A three-part adaptation of a reverse-narrative thriller signals a new direction for ITV drama.
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NewsITV gets access to Queen's guards
Lion TV has secured exclusive access to the troops who guard the Queen for a major new primetime series for ITV1.
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NewsABC's Six Degrees goes back on air
US network ABC has rescheduled drama series Six Degreesafter it was pulled in November, but the show could still be sidelined to ITV2 or ITV3 when it airs in the UK.
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NewsBennett wades into Saturday Kitchen row
Director of BBC Vision Jana Bennett will look into the Saturday Kitchenphone-in furore and prepare a dossier for director general Mark Thompson.
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NewsOn location - Kitchen Confidential
How did Five's two-part drama set in a Glasgow restaurant manage to serve up a gourmet dish on a greasy-spoon budget? Executive producer Douglas Rae spills the beans.
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NewsIcstis to probe Saturday Kitchen claims
Premium rate phone line regulator Icstis has launched a formal investigation into the BBC's Saturday Kitchenfollowing claims some pre-recorded shows were still encouraging callers to phone in.
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NewsParents value kids TV, Pact tells MPs
Pact has presented a parliamentary select committee with evidence that homegrown kids programming contributes to the UK's cultural identity, as it attempts to get MPs to join its campaign to save kids TV.
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NewsBBC: Saturday Kitchen will now be live
The BBC has decided that every episode of its cookery show Saturday Kitchenwill be broadcast live following recent claims that some pre-recorded programmes still encouraged viewers to call in.