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BBC sends celebs back to school
The BBC plans to make celebrities relive their school days with a new quiz show based on the national curriculum.
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Reef antiques show gets second run
Reef Television's Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting has been picked up for a second series on BBC2 and will be hosted by Angela Rippon. Each day the daytime show will take teams of two to antiques markets in France or Italy to buy the best items they can find within ...
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Abbey sells wide eye to germany
Abbey Home Media Group's animated pre-school series Wide Eye has been picked up by German children's channel Ki.Ka. Co-produced with the BBC and made by King Rollo Films, the 26 x 10-minute series is already airing on CBeebies in the UK and has been licensed to a number of other ...
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PBS seals US deal for number 1 doc
Impossible Pictures' documentary The Story of 1 will air throughout the US after Fremantle International Distribution (FID) secured a deal with public broadcaster PBS.
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NewsBBC plans interactive online drama
The BBC is set to launch its first interactive drama, which will be offered exclusively to broadband users online.
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C4 heats up Fridays with new comedies
Channel 4 plans to revive its flagging Friday night line-up this winter with a new series from the producer of The Office and hit US comedy My Name is Earl.
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Daytime Sudoku shows set for battle
The BBC and ITV are gearing up for a battle of the Sudoku shows, with both channels preparing to unleash daytime quizzes based on the Japanese craze.
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BBC1 updates Jekyll and Hyde
Coupling writer Stephen Moffatt is to write a modern version of DrJekyll and Mr Hyde for BBC1.
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NewsTony Blair Rock Star headsC4 winter season
Tony and Cherie Blair both feature in Channel 4's winter season unveiled by the broadcaster this morning but the Prime Minister is unlikely to be happy with his TV portrayal.
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NewsC4 revives Comic Strip
8.30am: Channel 4 is reviving Comic Strip Presents... 23 years to the day since it first aired on the broadcaster's opening night.
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NewsSecond helpings for Beyond Boundaries
8am: BBC2 controller Roly Keating has ordered a second series of disability adventure travel programme Beyond Boundaries while the first series is still on air.
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NewsLorraine Kelly to front DNA show for ITV
8am: GMTV host Lorraine Kelly has been lined up to anchor ITV1 daytime's new DNA testing series Secrets Revealed - DNA Stories.
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NewsRippon signs up for Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting
Reef Television's daytime success Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting has been picked up for a second series on BBC2 and is to be hosted by Angela Rippon.
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NewsBBC2 to dramatise life of Saddam Hussein
BBC2 is developing a drama series based on Saddam Hussein, to be told from the point of view of the former Iraqi leader's inner circle.
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NewsBBC2's hairy bikers drive off with first series
BBC2's gourmet hairy bikers have bagged their own series after a successful one-off show for the channel in January this year.
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Shield for Hallmark
Hallmark has signalled a change in direction for its late-night programming block, buying Fox's hard-hitting cop series The Shield. The traditionally female-skewing network will pair series one of the show (13 x 60-minute episodes) with fellow US acquisition Law and Order SVU, which currently airs at 9pm and 10pm on ...
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Martini fuels races
TV Corp subsidiary Sunset + Vine has teamed up with Martini to produce an advertiser-funded series on international motor sport. Martini World Circuit promises a round-up of coverage from the world's most famous races. Each of the 33 x 20-minute programmes will feature highlights of the week's events, a countdown ...
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Format focus: Telenovelas
You couldn't go two minutes without hearing about the telenovela at Mipcom last week, but getting a UK broadcaster to risk making its own will be difficult.
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Hat Trick North scores first order with model sitcom
Hat Trick North Productions has landed its first commission with an 8 x 30-minute BBC3 comedy, working titled Teenage Supermodel.
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Five orders pet doc from Landmark
Five is to explore the peculiar world of feuding neighbours who poison pets. The 60-minute programme, Pet Poisoners, from Landmark Films will look at neighbours silencing barking dogs, as well as pets becoming the victims of disputes over leylandii trees and planning permission. The show is being executive produced by ...