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NewsIt is all over now
The BBC has axed comedy panel show They Think It's All Overafter 11 years. Made by Talkback Thames the show has run for 20 series, but BBC1 controller Peter Fincham said it has reached its 'natural conclusion' and would not be returning in this year's ...
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On the box - A classy alternative to BB
The Convent , in which women are cooped up under the control of an all-seeing being, could be seen as an upmarket version of Big Brother, says Piers Vellacott
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Format Focus: Black White
A controversial US reality format challenging racial stereotypes is likely to be made in the UK
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Cash boost for ITN
ITN chief executive Mark Wood has confirmed that an additional£1m is to be ploughed into the company by shareholders in a bid to accelerate the growth of its archive and its mobile TV business. This latest cash investment, which follows on from a£2m boost last year, came as the company ...
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New channel makes gun crime shorts
The soon-to-launch Crime & Investigation Network is making a series of two-minute shorts to highlight the impact of gun crime in Leeds . Set to coincide with the channel's launch on 10 July, between 10 and 15 interstitials are being made in partnership with the Royal Armouries in Leeds . ...
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Commissioner's Q & A :Jonathan Webb
The director of programming of lads channel Bravo is looking for returnable series, especially on domestic crime, and is looking at a number of co-productions
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Wall Street meets The Office for Storyville
The BBC's Storyvillestrand has co-funded its first series, a documentary billed as a cross between Wall Streetand The Office.
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Swan song for TOTP
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. The show underwent a relaunch in November 2003, but that did not stop a decline in viewer numbers, which had ...
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Talkback takes on troublesome teens
Five has commissioned Talkback Thames to follow up its factual series Families Behaving Badlywith a series called The Teen Tamer. The 6 x 60-minute series will see teen behaviour expert Lorrine Marer tackle unruly youngsters whose problems include truancy, bullying, ...
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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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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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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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NewsHit to launch kids channel
Bob the Builderowner Hit Entertainment has confirmed plans to launch a European TV channel.
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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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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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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.