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NewsE4 greenlights comedy shorts to lead into BB
E4 has ordered a series of 10-minute comedy shorts to run at 10pm before Big Brother's Big Mouth.
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Da Vinci Code inspires C4 gameshow
Diverse has signed up Tony Robinson to front a Da Vinci Code-style gameshow currently being shot in the British Museum - part of the indie's fresh drive into entertainment formats. The Time Teamhost is to make two 6 x ...
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BBC2 to explore Italy from top to toe
Francesco Da Mosto, the Italian architect who presented BBC2's series on Venice, is to make a new series covering the whole of Italy for the channel. Da Mosto is to follow up his 2004 series with Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe, in which he ...
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BBC1 orders one-offs
BBC1 controller Peter Fincham has greenlit five one-off comedy dramas. Lenny Henry has co-written Slings and Arrowswith Kim Fuller, a comedy about a dry cleaner who finds love on an Open University course. It is being made by Tiger Aspect, which will also produce ...
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NewsObjective takes on new genre
Indie Objective Productions is to branch out into comedy panel gameshows and has drafted in writer and producer Jim Pullin to oversee the genre's development.
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NewsPrince Charles to present Five doc
Prince Charles has agreed to front a series for Five commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross, his first show for the broadcaster.
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NewsAnneka and Andi for Sunday Feast
Former 'rear of the year' Anneka Rice is to return to TV screens after landing a presenting role on ITV's new weekend cookery show Sunday Feast, alongside Andi Peters.
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NewsDromgoole aids Five with US acquisitions
Five has provided the first surprise of this week's LA Screenings by bringing June Dromgoole out of retirement to spearhead its US acquisitions strategy, writesDan Wootton in LA.
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News24 goes interactive on Sky
Sky One is using interactivity to limit the potential ratings damage to its key Sunday night drama 24during the World Cup next month by introducing an option allowing viewers to use the red button to choose their own start time for the show.
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NewsSpooks to get sixth run
The BBC has commissioned a sixth series of its Bafta-winning spy drama Spooks, six months before its fifth series goes to air.
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NewsFincham unveils comedy onslaught
BBC1 controller Peter Fincham has greenlit five one-off comedy dramas, including new work by Lenny Henry and Dave Spikey.
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Sky One lines up Rock Star
Sky One has picked up the exclusive rights to reality series Tommy Lee's Rock Star, in which the Motley Crue drummer searches for a lead singer for his new band.
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UKTV premiers In Justice on US strand
UKTV Gold has picked up the rights to US drama In Justice, as part of a new programming strand to be called U.S.TV. The series, made by Buena Vista International Television (BVITV), stars Kyle MacLachlan as a legendary litigator who fights to overturn wrong convictions. ...
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Endemol launches gambling division
Endemol UK is to launch a new subsidiary dedicated to the production of gambling entertainment, as the indie prepares to capitalise on relaxed gaming laws being introduced next year. Endemol Gaming will produce standalone content for a range of media platforms as well as new gaming ideas based around the ...
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National Skills Day unveiled
Lessons in the art of high definition filming, the chance to join a presenter on Five's Milkshake kids strand and workshops on The Art of Being Brilliant are a selection of events planned for National Skills Day on Thursday, 25 May.
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ITV's 'Clause IV' plan
ITV director of television Simon Shaps has admitted the broadcaster has in recent years been guilty of neglecting its main channel. Speaking at the Royal Television Society last week, Shaps said the channel had faced a 'clause IV moment' where 'volume without value' was no longer enough. He announced that ...
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Cheetah poaches Test the Nation producer
Endemol UK's new factual outfit Cheetah Television has poached Test the Nationproducer Alexandra Henderson from Talent TV and has won a new commission for BBC4, which she will executive produce.
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BT Vision signs Dreamworks deal
BT Vision has secured a movie deal with US film studio Dreamworks SKG for its forthcoming on-demand TV service. Titles include Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit, Munich, Madagascar, Just like Heaven and ...
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Mason quits 4Rights
Channel 4 executive Graeme Mason has quit the broadcaster to move overseas. The Australian native, currently managing director of 4Rights, is expected to leave at the end of the month and will be replaced by C4 head of corporate development Michael Hodgson. Mason, who had previously been head of media ...
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Coleen wins 3.8m
The TV presenting debut of Coleen McLoughlin on ITV1's Tonight with Trevor McDonaldbrought the current affairs programme 3.8 million (17.1%) at 8pm on 16 May. The 30-minute show, fronted by the fiancée of England footballer Wayne Rooney, highlighted the lack of government funding for children's ...