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NewsDyke takes on Apprentice role in new C4 show
Greg Dyke is to become Channel 4's incarnation of Alan Sugar, fronting a major new Apprentice-style primetime series where the winner takes home a lucrative TV production contract.
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NewsHit to launch kids channel
Bob the Builderowner Hit Entertainment has confirmed plans to launch a European TV channel.
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NewsITV to bring back Whicker
ITV1 is bringing back Alan Whicker, the doyen of travel reporters, for a one-off programme.
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NewsFive revisits The Somme 90 years on
Five is to screen never-before-broadcast footage of The Somme to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the first day of battle.
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NewsBBC calls time on Top of the Pops
The BBC has brought the final curtain down on Top of the Pops, the world's longest-running weekly music show, after 42 years on the air.
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NewsITV looks to air news bulletins online
ITV is looking to broadcast its national news bulletins on the web, following in the footsteps of the BBC which airs all its major news programmes online.
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NewsThey think it's all over - it definitely is now
The BBC has brought down the axe on comedy panel show They Think It's All Overafter 11 years.
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NewsPocoyo secures Spanish licensing deal
Granada International's pre-school animated series Pocoyohas been picked up by Spanish licensing, marketing and promotions agency El Ocho.
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NewsSky One interviews Kylie
Sky One has secured an exclusive interview with Kylie Minogue, in one of the first television appearances made by the pop singer since she was treated for cancer.
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NewsFreeview set to overtake satellite TV
Freeview is set to overtake satellite television in the UK by the end of this year, according to a new report on digital TV take-up.
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Why we decided to axe Sky News shows
Nick Pollard, head of Sky News, says the channel is 'getting on with things' after going through a turbulent few weeks which saw 17 jobs axed and two flagship shows ditched
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ITV still pushing to sign Norton
ITV has stepped up its efforts to sign Graham Norton after missing out on signing both Gordon Ramsay and Jonathan Ross in the space of a week. Sources said that talks between the BBC star and ITV entertainment chiefs are to intensify following its failure to land two of its ...
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C4 grows web news
Channel 4 News is expanding its multimedia team in preparation for the relaunch of its news website in late summer. The department, which has two staff under multimedia editor Jon Bernstein, will grow to nine. The new website will offer video clips, with viewers able to call up extra footage ...
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Nighty Night for US
Sex and the Citycreator Darren Star is to produce an American version of cult BBC3 comedy Nighty Night for US cable network Showtime. Star will write and executive produce the adaptation through US studio Sony Pictures TV, in conjunction with indie Baby Cow Productions, which ...
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NewsScream Films to pilot improvised comedy for Five
Indie Scream Films is to pilot a fully-improvised comedy for Five, in which the actors are told what to do as the programme unfolds.
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NewsFive takes Flack for new look CD: UK
The relatively unknown presenter Caroline Flack is to replace Myleene Klass and Lauren Laverne as the female face of CD:UKwhen the axed ITV1 chart show returns on Five later this year.
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NewsRoss in talks to produce Friday night show
TV presenter Jonathan Ross is in discussions with the BBC about making his Friday night talk-show through his own production company Hot Sauce, in a move which would see him earn even more money from the broadcaster.
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NewsBBC orders third series of Coast
The BBC has commissioned a third run of its hit natural history series Coast, even before filming is complete on the second series.
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Quickfire wins Timewatch tsunami order
Bristol-based Quickfire Media has been commissioned to make a 60-minute film about the devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami which hit Crete in 1600BC for Timewatchon BBC2. The programme will look at new evidence about the scale of the eruption and 120-foot waves it produced. The ...
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Old school tie still worn in newsroom
The image of TV newsrooms as the preserve of privately educated journalists has been given further credence after a survey showed that more than 60% of the UK's leading news presenters went to independent schools.