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Commissioner's Q & A: Andrea Hamilton
Sky One's new commissioning editor, features and daytime is proud of her Taste, loves The X Factor and is looking for entertaining lifestyle ideas that appeal to men as much as women.
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Top of the Pops sells to South America
BBC music show Top of the Popshas been picked up by Latin American entertainment channel People + Arts, a joint-venture between BBC Worldwide and Discovery. The programme will be broadcast shortly after its transmission in the UK, with presenter links from Fearne Cotton and guest presenters ...
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GI shares catalogue with BBC America
BBC America has signed a two-year deal that will allow it to cherry-pick 160 hours of programmes from Granada International's back catalogue of drama and comedy. The deal will give BBC America access to a range of Granada International's back catalogue as well as new programmes. The titles involved are ...
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Format focus: Ruth 66
The latest reality series from Swedish producer Strix sends a group of pensioners off on a road trip to encounter bikers, supermodels and artists.
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Shine makes high-risk property show for C4
Indie Shine is making a new property series for Channel 4 following budding property magnates as they try to make a killing overseas.
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C4 orders more autopsies from von Hagens
Professor Gunther von Hagens is to make a return to the screens as he probes the causes of death for a Channel 4 series made by indie Firefly.
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RDF cooks up foodie faking it for C4
RDF is making a culinary version of its hit format Faking Itfor Channel 4. In Cooking It, contestants will be challenged to turn basic ingredients into mouthwatering dishes good enough to fool a panel of food experts into thinking they are professional ...
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Lawson moves to BBC2 for Xmas show
Nigella Lawson is to host a new BBC2 show called Nigella's Chocolate Christmas Special. The 60-minute show, which is being produced by Bristol-based independent Quickfire Media, will feature recipes and on location footage from places including the Eden Project cocoa plantation. Former BBC independents executive Elaine ...
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BBC2 boat trip
Comedians Griff Rhys-Jones, Rory McGrath and Dara O'Briain are to strip off as part of a bid to recreate the river trip that inspired the Jerome K Jerome book, Three Men in a Boat. Made by indie Liberty Bell Productions, the 2 x 60-minute programme for BBC2 ...
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Collins and Eve in BBC1 fertility drama
Former EastEndersactress Michelle Collins and Waking the Deadstar Trevor Eve are to star in a new BBC1 drama set in the world of fertility treatment. The Family Manfollows four couples struggling with various aspects of IVF treatment, from ...
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NewsBBC2 to capture patient's dying moment on TV
BBC2 is to screen a real death as part of a controversial Endemol UK documentary investigating end-of-life care in Britain.
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NewsHammond wins ITV1 daytime slot
ITV1 plans to turn Top Gearpresenter Richard Hammond into a daytime TV star with its new teatime factual entertainment show.
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Discovery tunes up reality show
Discovery Channel UK is making its first foray into reality TV, commissioning Endemol UK to produce a series based in an expat-run garage in Spain.
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NewsUKTV gets sporty
1pm:UKTV is making its first foray into sports programming with a ten part weekly series from TWI, designed to encourage people to participate in sports.
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NewsComics strip off for BBC2 show
11am:Comedians Griff Rhys-Jones, Rory McGrath and Dara O'Briain are to strip off on camera as part of a bid to recreate the journey that inspired the book Three Men In A Boatfor BBC2.
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NewsITV woos Omaar for 7/7 special
Rageh Omaar, the reporter famed for his coverage of the war in Iraq, is set to turn his sights closer to home for his next ITV project.
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NewsNigella signs to BBC2
Nigella Lawson is to front her first show for the BBC after her ITV daytime show for ITV1 flopped.
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NewsNat Geo lines up hurricane doc
National Geographic Television and Film is making an hour long special on Hurricane Katrina featuring an engineer who predicted a similar disaster.
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NewsDecode launches Aardman copro
Aardman Animation's first TV co-production is set to launch at Mipcom ahead of its debut on Canada's Teletoon this November.