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NBDTV wins global rights to Quo doc
Specialist music and factual distributor NBDTV will handle international rights for the 55-minute Little Green Men documentary The Party Ain't Over Yet - 40 Years of Status Quo. The special, made to mark the band's upcoming anniversary, will provide unique access to the band in the studio, on tour and ...
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Oryx takes Guinness World Recordsto Middle East
The Arab world's unlikely fascination with that most British of institutions, Guinness World Records, is set to continue in a deal in which Oryx Production and Distribution will repackage Ultimate Guinness World Records for 18 Arabic-speaking countries, including Iraq and Syria.
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Tory grandee to front Five series on trees
Former Conservative deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine is to present a 60-minute one-off documentary on Britain's best known trees for Five.
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Format focus: So Sudoku
ITV Production has released details of its long-awaited sudoku gameshow format.
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Hunt orders found
BBC1 controller of daytime Jay Hunt has ordered a series from Leopard Films looking at the lives of foundlings - babies abandoned on doorsteps by their parents. Presented by Kate Adie, the 5 x 45-minute series Found will look at the effect of abandonment on their lives. Gill Waddington will ...
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Frost to front ITV London politics show
Sir David Frost has been signed up to present ITV London's new politics show, as the network revamps its regional political programming. Produced by Frost's own production company, Paradine Productions, Frost Tonight will broadcast on Thursday evenings from January, covering all the major political issues in the capital. It will ...
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Wright heads west
Football pundit and presenter Ian Wright is taking to the road across America in a new 10 x 60-minute series for Men and Motors. Ordered by commissioning editor Joe Talbot, Wright Across America from Thumbs Up Productions, will see Wright cross the US on a Harley-Davidson. The series, starting on ...
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Redgrave rows in
Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave, the rower who bagged six gold medals for Great Britain, is to star in a new ITV1 factual show. Made by Outline Productions, Redgrave will be charged with turning eight youngsters from inner-city Liverpool into top-class rowers. He will gather a team of expert coaches, ...
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How (not) to pitch
What's the secret of a successful pitch? Broadcast asked a leading figure from each side of the fence and found they agreed on one crucial point: best never admit you are doing anything as vulgar as selling.
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NewsGranada plans new versionof The Prisoner
It's a cult classic which has provoked decades of speculation and interpretation. Now Number 6 is coming back to our screens in a remake of the 1960s adventure series The Prisoner.
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NewsC4 debuts online comedy channel
Channel 4 is to launch a second broadband channel next year which will allow up and coming comedians to showcase their acts online.
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BBC unveils horror strand
The BBC's drama department is to follow the success of its paranormal thriller Sea of Souls by developing a contemporary horror strand for BBC1 and is currently considering pitches from indies for the slot.
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NewsC4 risks offence with Xmas shows
Channel 4is set to offend religious sensibilities this Christmas with a schedule featuring shows guaranteed to enrage a range of denominations.
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NewsC4 takes reality series to space
Channel 4's new reality show, Space Cadets, is to be a practical joke on a grand scale - involving unwitting contestants, special effects, and 48 packs of Russian toilet paper.
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NewsITV beefs up for winter
ITV has unveiled its winter schedule which ITV1 director of programmes Nigel Pickard has branded 'classic ITV at its best'.
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NewsTony Robinson to front C4 politics show
8am: Comic actor-turned history presenter Tony Robinson is to turn his attention to the world of modern politics for a new Channel 4 documentary.
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NewsMore4 to air Pinter's Nobel Prize acceptance speech
Channel 4's new digital offering More4 has bagged the exclusive rights to broadcast Harold Pinter's Nobel Prize acceptance speech.
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NewsC4 to unveil big budgetentertainment show
11am: Channel 4 will tomorrow unveil a major new primetime entertainment series in an attempt to compete with ITV in the crucial pre-Christmas schedule.
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NewsRedgrave to front ITV1 rowing talent show
8am: Olympian legend Sir Steve Redgrave, who bagged six gold medals for Great Britain, is to star in a new ITV1 factual show.
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NewsMock The Week wins second run
8am: Indie Angst Productions has won a recommission for a second series of its topical comedy series Mock The Week.