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    SMG serves ITV1 another double helping of Scots crime

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    ITV1 has ordered new runs of two of its biggest drama brands, Taggartand Rebus.

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    Top Gear Breaks ratings barrier for BBC2

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    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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    xbox 360 pinata lives on in nicktoons series

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    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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    Zig Zag investigates hoarders for C4

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    Zig Zag Productions is making a one-hour special about compulsive hoarders for Channel 4.

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    C4 delays Iraqi abuse drama

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    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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    McGregor revs up Barry Sheene doc

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    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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    BBC Wales to develop Scott film

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    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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    It's Life but not as we've seen it before

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    BBC1 has commissioned a natural history spectacular billed as the 'natural successor' to its big budget HD blockbuster Planet Earth.

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    On the Box - Time for new ingredients

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    Jamie's Chefstruggled to show Leo Burley anything he hadn't seen in other cooking shows but he was thrilled by the task of relocating buildings in Monster Moves.

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    Rough Cut - Broadband your horizons

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    Martin Percy explains why a subservient chicken and interactive video are the future

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    CBB finale fails to fend off return of Hammond

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    Earlier this week, I spent two hours in a training session about UK programming with a group of executives from a Chinese broadcaster. Speaking through a translator (a phrase I've always wanted to use in this column), we discussed the major programming event of the past few days - the ...

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    History Channel follows in Weston's wake

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    The History Channel is to follow Falklands war hero Simon Weston as he embarks on an emotional journey in search of the people who helped save his life.

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    Cicada goes to school with Tourette's

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    Cicada Films is to make a documentary for Five called Teachers with Tourette's, about people who despite suffering from the condition have forged successful careers.

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    Commissioner's Q & A: Elaine Pyke

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    The commissioning editor, drama for Sky One, Two and Three wants breakthrough, noisy ideas for primetime - and she's prepared to back the right idea with a 'mega terrestrial' budget

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    Sky One will discover the real Shilpa

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    Sky One has landed a major scoop with a one-off special on the inside story of Celebrity Big Brotherwinner Shilpa Shetty.

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    Rome makers take on Warriors

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    The team behind BBC1 series Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empireis creating an epic drama-doc series looking at six famous warriors from history.

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    TX - Monster mayhem

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    Costing£1m an episode, ITV's latest Saturday drama is an ambitious mix of fantasy and emotion.

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    Playlist returns

    2007-02-01T08:00:00Z

    ITV has commissioned Endemol-owned Initial to make a third series of celebrity chat and music show The Orange Playlist.

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    Sky scores Shilpa Shetty interview

    2007-01-31T10:00:00Z

    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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    Judi Dench makes BBC return

    2007-01-31T09:45:00Z

    Dame Judi Dench is to star in a new five-part BBC1 period drama based on three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.