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Sunset + Vine wins Zapcats order
Sunset + Vine has been commissioned to cover the 2005 National Zapcats Championship for the Extreme Sports Channel. The TV Corp-owned indie will make a 9 x 30-minute series following the so-called 'Zapcat' offshore power boats over nine UK events. The championship started on Saturday (21 May) and continues until ...
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Ryan recruited for How Not to Die show
Sky One has commissioned a new survival series in which members of the public are taught how to deal with a variety of traumatic situations from burglary to bush fires.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Joe Talbot
The Men & Motors' commissioning editor is planning to cater for an undervalued male audience by making programmes about cars and martial arts
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Granada makes CGI one-off for Sky One
Granada has been commissioned to make another CGI special for Sky One - this time examining what would happen if two aeroplanes collided over a major city.
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King Arthur's disasters return to CITV
CiTV has commissioned a second series of Zenith Entertainment's animation series King Arthur's Disasters, which features the voices of Matt Lucas and Rik Mayall. The series, a co-production with Neptuno Films, will return for a 13 x 30-minute run later this year. Zenith head of children's ...
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Duvet antics to be exposed in BB
C4's sixth series of Big Brotherlaunches this Friday (27 May) with a series of stunts and innovations designed to keep ratings on a par with last year's 'Evil' Big Brother. Executive producer Sharon Powers has revealed the show's latest innovations include heat ...
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Iambic covers Abba's greatest hits
Indie Iambic is revisiting the career of supergroup Abba for ITV1. Abba's All Time Greatest Hitsis a 90-minute programme featuring celebrities covering the group's 20 top songs. Ordered by ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz, it is directed by Steve Cole and produced by Chris Hunt ...
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C4 makes series on 'psycho' crime
Channel 4 is to follow up its Bodyshockstrand with a series of programmes on extreme criminal behaviour.
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Take my mother-in-law back on ITV1
ITV1 has recommissioned Mentorn's reality show Take My Mother-in-Lawfor an extended run. The show, in which feisty mother-in-laws are handed the task of running their daughters' families, will return for a 6 x 60-minute series in October. The series was commissioned by ITV controller of factual ...
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ITV1 hands Nigella daytime slot
Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has signed up to host a new daytime magazine show on ITV1. Nigellawill include celebrity chat, discussions over current issues as well as featuring her famed cooking. Nick Thorogood, ITV's editor of daytime, has commissioned Prospect Pictures to make the show which ...
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NewsC4 show to create new girl band
Fame Academyproducer Initial has teamed up with Polydor, the record label behind Eminem and Girls Aloud, to make an ambitious Channel 4 series following an all-girl pop group's attempts to crack the mainstream.
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NewsBBC2 to turn bad dressers into style icons
Frumpy members of the public are to be forced to dress as dominatrixes, geishas and bunny girls for a BBC2 makeover series.
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Sky and Chelsea scout for footballing talent
Premiership champions Chelsea FC have teamed up with Sky One for a£2m UK-wide talent search to find the club's next star.
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Discovery Kids ups new output
Discovery Kids channel director Clare Laycock has signed off the channel's biggest commission slate to date with three new 13 x 15-minute series.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Katie Speight
More4's editor is already getting excited by the programmes in development for this year's launch night, but she is still looking for some landmark event pieces to fill up next year's schedules
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Brighton lines up Saddam's doctor
Indie Brighton TV has inked three commissions for US broadcaster A&E's History Channel including a film exploring the relationship between Saddam Hussein and his doctor.
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ITV to enter ring with boxing bouts
ITV could be set to make boxing coverage a permanent part of its schedule after Saturday's bout between Amir Khan and Mario Kindelan pulled in 6.3 million viewers. The live fight on 14 May was the first boxing match that the channel had broadcast in about 10 years and was ...
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Second bite for Masterchef Goes Large
BBC2 has commissioned a second series of Masterchef Goes Largefrom indie Shine, adding an extra 10 episodes to its run. The programme, which hunts out budding chefs, putting them through their paces to earn a place in a top restaurant or as a TV chef ' ...
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Lion TV expands Beat the... format for BBC
Lion TV has secured another BBC daytime series with a spin-off of its Beat the Burglarformat.
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Avalon bags fifth run for TV Burp
ITV1 has commissioned Avalon to make a fifth series of Harry Hill's TV Burp, with an increased 10-part run. The Bafta-nominated show, which takes a sideways glance at the week's television, has been booked for a 10 x 30-minute series, which is due to be delivered ...