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NewsLife on Mars writers reveal new projects
The co-creators of Life on Marsare developing two new dramas for the BBC and ITV1 under their newly formed indie Monastic Productions.
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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.
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NewsPEER POLL: Children's TV
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should Ofcom act to protect children's programming? Click hereto vote.
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NewsLadette to Lady gets third outing on ITV1
RDF has been commissioned to make a third series of Ladette to Lady, the ITV1 series which attempts to transform some of Britain's most unrepentant ladettes into perfect ladies.
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NewsBBC3 reporter sets off to find eternal youth
The woman who went on a 30-day drinking binge to demonstrate the effects of alcohol abuse will be the subject of a new BBC3 series exploring how far people are prepared to go in pursuit of eternal youth.
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Dai4Films hunts new comics for BBC Wales
Dai4Films is to film untapped comic talent in clubs across Wales in Funny Business, a new four-parter for BBC Wales.
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C4 deals out poker foursome
Channel 4 is to cash in on the UK's poker boom with a deck of programmes dedicated to the game later this year.
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Corrie Confidential helps ITV's afternoon revival
Last week was half-term for many schools. If you spent it at home with the kids, did you check out ITV1's new afternoon shows? They're not kids programmes exactly, I'm talking about Coronation Street Confidentialwhich aired every day last week at 3pm and ...
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Lion gets to Entertain You again
Lion Television's BBC2 daytime variety show Let Me Entertain Youhas been commissioned for a second series.
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Hit poaches Copley to head Hot Animation
Hit Entertainment has hired Andi Copley as the new managing director of its animation studio Hot Animation.
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BBC nets huge response from The Verdict
The BBC has had one of its biggest ever online responses to its courtroom reality series The Verdictdespite lukewarm ratings and a harsh response from critics.
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NewsRecriminations begin over Richard & Judy
A row has broken out over who is to blame for the alleged misuse of premium rate phone lines on Channel 4's Richard and Judy Showbetween producer Cactus TV and Eckoh, which runs the show's phone service.
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ID scores deals for Betty's Freaky Eaters
ID Distribution has secured a hat trick of international deals for Betty TV's new BBC3 series Freaky Eaters.
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Little Bird to tell tales of a Punjabi princess
Indie Little Bird has won two new commissions with a strong Asian flavour, including a major new live action children's drama series for Five.
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Tomlinson film marks One Life birthday
BBC1 will mark the 50th broadcast of its documentary strand One Lifewith a film on the dark years of actor Ricky Tomlinson's life.
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Five slams TV cancer claim
Five director of children's programmes, Nick Wilson, has rubbished a psychologist's claims that children under three should be banned from watching TV because it is linked to cancer, autism and Alzheimer's disease.