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NewsCelebs go to hospital for Five reality series
Granada Factual London has been commissioned to make So You Think You Can Nursefor the channel.
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NewsOn the box - Walks on the wild side
Nick Curwin was impressed by the good intentions of the youngsters going on Mission Africabut found Ray Mears' Wild Foodrather harder to swallow.
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Neville the Blue Bear given BBC series
BBC children’s puppet Neville the Blue Bear will follow in the footsteps of Gordon the Gopher and Basil Brush after being handed his own spin-off show.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Barbara Gibbon
The head of Sky Travel mostly gets pitched travelogue ideas - even though the channel doesn't run travelogues. What she does want is observational docs to match the success of the Airline brand.
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NewsPirates capture peaktime Boxing Day audience
Before you tuck into the festive season figures, can I point out that this year - 2007 - will be the final full year of analogue television broadcasting in Britain. In the second half of next year the analogue network will begin to close down, starting with the Border region, ...
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AOL orders Paparazzi show for broadband
AOL has taken the next step to becoming a regular UK content commissioner by giving the greenlight to a weekly broadband show made by TwoFour.
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Optomen TV show to help ailing shops
Retail guru Mary Portas will use her expertise to revitalise flagging independent fashion shops for a major new series on BBC2.
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BBC1 daytime orders Leopard drama
Indie Leopard Drama is to make a one-off, 45-minute drama based on a novella by ex-SAS author Andy McNab for BBC1. The Grey Man, a light-hearted story about a man who is inspired by heist films to rob the bank where he works, will air ...
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Green Bay to make kids films for BBC1
BBC1 has commissioned Cardiff indie Green Bay Media to make a 4 x 30-minute series called Through Children's Eyes, which is based on a one-off show it made for the BBC in 2006.
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Radio 1 orders two doc/debate hybrids
All Out Productions has secured two commissions from Radio 1 that combine short documentaries with a live debate. Fighting the Power, about the influence of hip-hop legends Public Enemy, and Universally Educated, about the increasing number of students attending university, are 20-minute documentaries that have ...
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NewsDisney shows available on Orange
Disney Channel and mobile network Orange have signed a deal allowing customers with 3G handsets to watch Disney shows such as Kim Possible,for the first time in the UK.
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NewsUS network buys Bad Girls for gay appeal
Shed Productions' long-running prison drama Bad Girlshas been acquired by gay US cable network, Logo.
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NewsC4 signs PSP podcast deal
Channel 4 is to deliver Celebrity Big Brotherpodcasts and radio content to listeners on the move via the handheld Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) console.
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NewsITV makes Mowlam doc
ITV Productions is making a C4 drama based on the life of the former Northern Ireland secretary.
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Return to Tuscany takes primetime slot
BBC2 has commissioned indie Seven Stones Media to make a primetime version of its daytime cookery hit, Return to Tuscany. BBC2 has asked for a 10 x 30-minute version of the show to air in a weekly 7pm slot this autumn. The series follows the ...
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Movie Rush on TV
Film4 has made a programme previously only available online into its first regular series. Film review show Movie Rushis made by multiplatform producer Zone and has previously been exclusively offered through Channel 4's website. From this month it will also air on Film4 and is ...
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ITV plots more Rio wind-ups
ITV is in discussions with England footballer Rio Ferdinand about fronting four more TV wind-up shows.
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Somethin' Else looks into Sexual Healing
Radio indie Somethin' Else is to produce a one-hour documentary on the story behind Marvin Gaye's hit song Sexual Healingfor BBC Radio 2. The documentary, which has been commissioned by R2 controller Lesley Douglas, will focus on Gaye's rocky relationship with co-writer David Ritz, who ...
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On the box - Tall stories and fishy tales
Alive hooked Camilla Lewis to start with, but lost her with a lack of pace, while the BBC's Trawlermen reeled her in with its superb depiction of seafaring life
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BBC LA Grease order
The BBC's Los Angeles production office has won a commission from US terrestrial network NBC for a reality show to find the stars of an upcoming Broadway version of Grease. You're the One that We Wantwill be made by BBC ...