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Zig Zag show to test out fitness
Zig Zag Productions is to put the top 10 celebrity fitness videos through their paces for a new Channel 4 show.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Graham Smith
Five's commissioning editor, comedy on a black comedy thriller we have to look forward to and his department's ongoing search for original half-hour series.
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Digital Classics sells Jackson story
Digital Classics, the music and TV group chaired by Hallmark chief David Elstein, has finally sold The Michael Jackson Story to the A&E Network in the US. Originally made by Iambic, the group's production arm for ITV in 2003, Digital Classics had struggled to sell the documentary to the States ...
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Cilla to host new reality talent show
Cilla Black is returning to ITV1 as a judge on new reality talent show Soapstar Superstar, three years after quitting Blind Date. In the series airing next year, Black will comment on the voices, styling and confidence of famous soap names such as EastEnders' Michael Greco and Nicholas Bailey, as ...
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BBC lines up TV chef Martin for Leopard'sStately Suppers
BBC controller of daytime Jay Hunt has commissioned a daytime cookery show featuring celebrity chef James Martin.
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Strictly Baby Ballroom for Channel 4
Channel 4 is attempting to cash in on viewers' current thirst for ballroom dancing with a dance show involving kids.
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More4 hires Mentorn for Paris Doc
More4 has commissioned Mentorn Oxford to produce a fast turnaround documentary examining the recent French riots. In Paris In Flames, which will air in primetime on Saturday 10 December, reporter Sandra Jordan presents the first detailed analysis of why France exploded into violence. The 60-minute programme, executive produced by Eamonn ...
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BBC4 to screen life of US photographer
BBC4 has ordered an 80-minute feature documentary from Berwick Universal Pictures about US photographer O Winston Link and his wife, Conchita. The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover charts the story of the Link's marriage and tells how Conchita was jailed twice for stealing her husband's photos after their separation. The ...
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T4 heads down under for Christmas
Channel 4 youth strand T4 is heading Down Under for Christmas. Steve Jones and Miquita Oliver will present a festive season of shows from Sydney Harbour as well as new year editions from the Great Barrier Reef. At It Productions executive producer Richard Cook will head a crew of 14 ...
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BBC3 tells Christ's story through pop
BBC3 is planning a live Easter event which tells the story of the passion of Christ on the streets of Manchester to a soundtrack of pop songs. Members of the public will be invited to join in, with the procession culminating in the city's Albert Square. The programme, due for ...
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Still Game wins BBC1 Christmas slot
Scottish comedy Still Game has won a place in BBC1's Christmas line-up, three months after getting its first network outing on BBC2. Glasgow-based indie the Comedy Unit will make a 30-minute festive special of the sitcom, which revolves around two pensioners in a fictional Glasgow suburb. BBC1 controller Peter Fincham ...
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Star to make Formula 1 series
Sex and the City creator Darren Star is making a series for the BBC set in the world of Formula 1 racing. Star will control the rights to the format and hopes that success in the UK will help sell the idea to America. Star will executive produce the so ...
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The BBC at your cervix
How come the BBC has cancelled something as brilliant and worthy as hospital malpractice drama Bodies?
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NewsCilla to make ITV comeback
Cilla Black is returning to ITV1 as a judge on new reality talent show Soapstar Superstar, three years after quitting Blind Date.
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NewsBBC eyes Formula One drama
Sex and the City creator Darren Star is working on a programme set in the world of Formula One racing for the BBC.
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NewsBBC3 to tell Passion of Christ through pop
BBC3 is planning an Easter event which will see the story of the passion of Christ told on the streets of Manchester to a soundtrack of pop songs.
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NewsMore4 investigates French riots
More4 has commissioned Mentorn Oxford to produce a fast turnaround documentary examining the recent French riots.
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NewsSunset+Vine on winning streak with RAD
Indie Sunset + Vine has won a double re-commission for its kids series RAD, following its Children's Bafta win over the weekend.
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NewsMeet The Magoons meets its end
8am: Channel 4 has confirmed it is axing poor performing Hardeep Kohli sitcom Meet The Magoons as the broadcaster plans to rejuvenate its flagship Friday entertainment and comedy line-up.
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NewsKumars star to front BBC cop drama
8am: Star of The Kumars at No 42, Sanjeev Bhaskar, is to take the lead role in new BBC1 police comedy drama Chopra Town, starting late next month.