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Two Way makes mobile phone co-pro
Two Way TV and Fat City Films are co-producing TheDweebz, an interactive cartoon series which allows kids to contribute via mobile phones. A 52 x 11-minute action comedy, the series features two schoolboys who use their supercomputer and superhero outfits to fight bullies and nasty teachers. During the interactive periods ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Ian Russell
Five's deputy controller, news, current affairs and documentaries is looking to commission a wide range of programmes, from attention-grabbing one-offs for 11pm to drama-documentaries
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Children in Need drafts in eBay
Tiger Aspect has partnered with BBC1 and internet auction giant eBay to usher Children in Need into the new media age.
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Oprah chat show returns to the UK
American talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is to return to UK screens after a three-year absence. ITV2 has licensed the US's top-rating syndicated chat series, which will begin airing early next year. The show last screened in the UK on Living TV. ITV2 currently airs US talk shows hosted by ...
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Snow series for Community Channel
The Community Channel is making another series of interviews by Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow and has lined up comedian Lenny Henry to take part. The 4 x 30-minute Jon Snow Interviews has been made to mark the Year of the Volunteer. The in-house produced episodes will air at ...
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Trisha challenges psychics for Five
Chatshow host Trisha Goddard is to present a new peaktime series investigating psychic powers for Five. The show will see Goddard and a panel of experts challenge people who claim psychic abilities to undergo scientific tests of their powers. Britain's Psychic Challenge, produced by Goddard's indie, Town House TV, will ...
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Norton plays celebrity game
The BBC has lined up star presenter Graham Norton for a special celebrity edition of The Generation Game. Generation Fame, produced in-house, will see celebrity families taking part. The special, produced by Martin Scott, is understood to be part of the corporation's Christmas line-up. Meanwhile, the BBC has also commissioned ...
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Clear Channel to make Bee Gees tribute
Clear Channel Entertainment Television has announced details of a concert tribute to the late Bee Gee, Maurice Gibb, organised by his twin brother, Robin Gibb. CCETV will produce a live concert next summer in New York featuring top artists, including Sir Paul McCartney, performing some of the Bee Gees' greatest ...
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BBC profiles Ground Zero architect
The BBC is to follow world-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind as he travels the world and develops a new building for the site of the World Trade Center.
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Fremantle sells American Idol to Japan
Fremantle International Distribution has sold the forthcoming series five of American Idol to Japan in a move executives hope will lead to the country producing its own version of the talent phenomenon. It will launch on Fox Japan in January. The package includes a number of other titles, including the ...
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All Out probes World Health Organisation
Manchester-based radio indie All Out Productions has won a 2 x 30-minute commission from the BBC World Service for an investigative report on the World Health Organisation's (WHO) HIV programme. Presenter Nigel Wrench will examine why the WHO failed in its pledge to treat 3 million HIV sufferers by 2005. ...
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Five airs bird flu doc
Five is to bring the battle against bird flu to UK screens after acquiring a National Geographic and Electric Pictures co-production with the working title Race Against the Killer Flu. The documentary uses CGI and re-enactments to explain how a bird flu pandemic could develop and what its impact would ...
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Robinson doc leads strand on ageing
Time Team host Tony Robinson has been signed up by Channel 4 to present a personal documentary about his 89-year-old mother. In Me and My Mum Robinson reveals the dilemmas he faced putting his mother into a care home. The Love Production film will air as part of a strand ...
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Fantastic Four ride again
Cartoon Network Europe is co-producing a new 2D and 3D animated version of classic comic strip Fantastic Four. Made with Paris-based indie Moonscoop, French broadcaster M6 and Marvel Comics Heroes, the new series will be based on the same premise as the original strip but with a more playful tone. ...
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Smith and Jones go head to head again
Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones are re-forming their comedy double act for a new BBC1 series. The six-part series, called The Smith & Jones Sketchbook, will comprise classic clips from their Alas Smith and Jones series, which launched in 1984 and ran until 1998. The series will include the ...
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Talkback seeks Aztec gold for C4
Maverick author DBC Pierre is to attempt to track down the missing treasure of the Aztec Indians for Channel 4.
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BBC3 goes to school for a year
BBC3 is to spend a year filming youngsters at an inner-city school as they prepare for adult life.
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Hartswood makes autism drama for ITV1
Hartswood Films is making a drama for ITV1 based on the true story of an autistic boy who learned to communicate through his dog. The two-hour film, After Thomas, is to be executive produced by Hartswood's Beryl Vertue and is produced by Elaine Cameron. The drama is now in pre-production ...
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NewsNorton to host Generation Game spin-off
5.15pm: The BBC has lined up Graham Norton for a one-off special of old favourite The Generation Game.
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NewsPeaktime show for Trisha
3.15pm: Chatshow host Trisha Goddard is to front a new peak time series investigating psychic powers for Five.