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NewsIt's Life but not as we've seen it before
BBC1 has commissioned a natural history spectacular billed as the 'natural successor' to its big budget HD blockbuster Planet Earth.
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NewsBBC Wales to develop Scott film
BBC Wales drama is developing a one-off film about explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott to mark the centenary of the explorer setting sail on his second, fateful expedition to Antarctica in 1912.
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McGregor revs up Barry Sheene doc
Hollywood star Ewan McGregor will narrate a documentary chronicling the life of motorcycle racing legend Barry Sheene for the Biography Channel.
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Zig Zag investigates hoarders for C4
Zig Zag Productions is making a one-hour special about compulsive hoarders for Channel 4.
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C4 delays Iraqi abuse drama
Channel 4 has rescheduled its controversial new drama The Mark of Cain - about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers - to avoid clashes with real-life court cases.
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Newsxbox 360 pinata lives on in nicktoons series
Children's channel NickToons will launch a brand new series based on hit Xbox 360 game Viva Piñata in early March. The 52 x 30-minute series is made by 4Kids Entertainment International.
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Top Gear Breaks ratings barrier for BBC2
The return of presenter Richard Hammond to BBC2's Top Gearhelped the show gain the channel's highest audience in over 10 years.
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NewsSMG serves ITV1 another double helping of Scots crime
ITV1 has ordered new runs of two of its biggest drama brands, Taggartand Rebus.
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NewsSky scores Shilpa Shetty interview
Celebrity Big Brotherwinner Shilpa Shetty will give her first in-depth interview since leaving the house exclusively to Sky News presenter Kay Burley.
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NewsJudi Dench makes BBC return
Dame Judi Dench is to star in a new five-part BBC1 period drama based on three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.
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NewsHappy Days for Five
Target has been commissioned to make a 60-minute special about cult 70s American sitcom Happy Daysfor digital channel Five US.
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NewsDyke traces life and times of Reith
Former BBC boss Greg Dyke is to explore the life and times of the corporation's first director general - the idiosyncratic John Reith - for a BBC4 documentary.
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NewsShaun Woodward congratulates Shetty on CBB win
Broadcasting minister Shaun Woodward has offered his congratulations to Shilpa Shetty on winning Celebrity Big Brother.
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NewsQuiz channels face tough new regulation
Premium rate phone line regulator Icstis plans to introduce a raft of tough new rules governing call TV channels such as ITV Play that will see the introduction of spoken price announcements, call warnings and moves towards greater transparency.
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NewsRussia to get its own Footballers' Wives
Shed's Footballers' Wivesis to be remade in Russia and Romania, following two new format deals brokered by Target Entertainment.
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NewsZeal racks up deals for Norway's Big Idea
Zeal Television's international sales arm is reporting strong demand for Norwegian format What's the Big Idea?, with a number of local versions going into production this year.
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NewsWorldwide secures more Primeval deals
BBC Worldwide has racked up television sales in 20 territories for Impossible Pictures new drama series Primeval. The show airs on ITV next month.
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Novel strikes DVD deal for Horrid Henry
Independent producer Novel Entertainment has struck a DVD deal with Abbey Home Entertainment for its hit CiTV animated series Horrid Henry.
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NewsNew broadband portal picks up 50 films
MercuryMedia and broadband TV outfit Aggregator have licensed an initial 50 films for their co-owned broadband portal joiningthedots.tv ahead of its launch next month.
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Minotaur picks up Clancy series
Minotaur International has picked up the international rights to Whizz Kid Entertainment's new celebrity reality series Abbey's American Dream.