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NewsSpace Cadets contestants still believe in the spoof
Channel 4's£5m gamble on reality spoof Space Cadets is a step closer to take off, with contestants so far having not worked out the truth after more than 10 days into filming.
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NewsPeep Show stars line up BBC2comedy pilot
The stars of Channel 4's comedy Peep Show, David Mitchell and Robert Webb, are bringing their BBC Radio 4 show to BBC2.
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Tiger runs with a third Seaside Parish
A third run of Tiger Aspect documentary series A Seaside Parish has been commissioned by BBC2. The 10 x 30-minute episodes will revisit the Reverend Christine Musser and her parishioners in Boscastle to discover how they are coping with the first crucial tourist season since the 2004 floods. For the ...
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ITV's US hunt set to push up prices
ITV's poaching of Five director of acquisitions Jay Kandola could have major implications for the ever-expanding US acquisitions marketplace.
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Talpa stocks up on history
BBC Worldwide has signed its first deal with Big Brother creator John De Mol's new Dutch TV channel Talpa.
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Format focus: Treasure Hunters
A big budget reality format set to air on NBC in the US next year could soon be making its way here.
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Sky One hires war reporter topresent mercenaries doc
Sky One has hired former war correspondent Sam Kiley to front a series of investigative shows.
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Twofour to make daytime rowing epic
Twofour Broadcast has been commissioned by Jay Hunt, controller of BBC daytime, to produce an hour-long documentary following Olympic rower James Cracknell and presenter and rowing novice Ben Fogle's bid to win the Atlantic Rowing Race. In Two Boys in a Boat (working title) the pair will attempt to row ...
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Redback recruits reeve for conspiracies
Redback has recruited Simon Reeve, the presenter of BBC2's Holidays in the Danger Zone and Places that Don't Exist, to front the third series of its Sky One show Conspiracies. He takes over from Danny Wallace for the 3 x 60-minute series, which has just gone into production for transmission ...
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CBS snaps up Gameshow Marathon
US network CBS has picked up the rights to the UK celebrity format Gameshow Marathon. The Ant and Dec-hosted series, produced by Fremantle Media and Granada, became a massive hit for ITV1 during its recent Saturday night run in September. The Geordie duo is not expected to host the US ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Chantal Rutherford Browne
The commissioning editor of three UKTV lifestyle channels has her short-term sights set on women's relationships and well-being.
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Sundance to bring ladettes to US pay-TV
US premium cable channel Sundance has bought the US pay-TV rights to RDF Media reality series Ladette to Lady, which became a surprise hit on ITV1 earlier in the year. The 5 x 60-minute series features 10 'ladettes' leaving behind their 'blokeish' lives to become well-mannered ladies. ITV has already ...
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Manic to make rent boy co-pro
UK indie Manic Television Production & Film has signed a co-production deal with Czech-based International Production Company for an eight-part TV drama series about London rent boys. Rules of the Game is based on a true story and filming is due to begin in Prague next April. No broadcaster is ...
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TWI to bring colour to Queen's birthday party
TWI's next big project in its award-winning In Colour series will be The Queen in Colour, which it hopes to air in April to accompany Elizabeth II's birthday celebrations.
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Kudos works up fraud romance for BBC
Kudos is developing a drama for BBC1 based around one of the world's fastest growing frauds. Skimming (working title) is a romantic tale about a man stealing money from the company he works for and the woman who is brought in to investigate. Nick Fisher is writing the six-part series, ...
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UKTV probes embarrassing ailments
UKTV head of commissioning Jo Clinton-Davis has announced three shows for UKTV Style's early 2006 schedule, including a£500,000 reality series following Britons afflicted with embarrassing illnesses.
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Living TV show sends Acorah on live ghost hunt
Living TV has commissioned a live spin-off of its Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns series as part of the channel's strategy to increase its live content.
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Celestial bodies star in latest BBC4 theme night
Walking With Dinosaurs executive producer John Lynch is making a pair of programmes about the sun and the moon, as part of a series of themed nights for BBC4.
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C4 brings back Bring Back strand
Channel 4 has ordered four more editions of Zeal Television's format Bring Back..., following the success of the one-off special Bring Back Grange Hill.
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Bravo to witness 24-hour drinking
Bravo has commissioned an hour-long special spin-off of its Booze Britain series to be filmed on the night Britain's licensing laws change to allow 24-hour pub opening. Made by Granada Media Bristol, footage for 24 Hour Booze Britain: Boozageddon will be shot on 24 November and air on Sunday 27 ...