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NewsBBC2 plans odd couple road trip
BBC2 is sending Top Gearpresenter and unrepentant beer drinker James May on a six-week classic car road trip across France with wine expert Oz Clarke.
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Return of the Cybermen - 1960s style
Cosgrove Hall Films is recreating missing episodes of Doctor Whofrom the 1960s using black and white animation based on the original actors and set designs. BBC interactive drama and entertainment has worked with the Manchester-based animation specialists to recreate two episodes from the previously incomplete ...
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BBC1 plans fresh natural history blockbuster
BBC1 is to capitalise on the success of Coastwith a big-budget series chronicling the British summer through a mix of natural history and human stories.
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Sky One wins exclusivity with new FBI drama
Sky One has picked up exclusive UK rights to 20th Century Fox Television Distribution's drama series Standoff.
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NewsDeal or No Deal gets the peak slot go-ahead
Channel 4 chiefs have given Noel Edmonds' week-long return to primetime the thumbs up and are now looking for more opportunities for Deal or No Dealin peak slots.
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McCloud to build a village for Channel 4
Grand Designspresenter Kevin McCloud is to build an entire village as part of an ambitious new Channel 4 series designed to pressurise politicians to improve the quality of housing in the UK.
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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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Pocoyo 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 ...