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Ludus to pitch Olympic quiz at MipTV
Ludus, the indie behind political format Vote For Me, is set to meet with the 2008 Olympics committee to discuss launching a new international quiz show. The company is also meeting broadcasters from around the world at the MipTV market in Cannes next week to talk ...
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Ghost squad starts
Company Pictures has started shooting Channel 4's first cop show, The Ghost Squad. The eight-part drama follows internal investigators trying to root out corruption within the police. The Ghost Squadwas created by Tom Grieves and commissioned by former C4 head of drama ...
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Indies team up for Green drama
Touchpaper TV has teamed up with actor Robson Green's indie, Coastal Productions, to make a family drama for an early evening slot on BBC1.
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Question Time lines up election debate
Leaders from all the major political parties are to be quizzed by a studio audience for the first time, as part of a Question Time Election Special. Labour leader Tony Blair, the Conservatives' Michael Howard and Charles Kennedy from the Lib Dems will each be given ...
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Commissioner's Q& A: Paul Welling
The vice-president and channel director, Discovery Home & Leisure and Discovery Travel & Living wants pitches for h...
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US channel to co-pro second Nighty Night
Oxygen, the US cable women's channel founded by chat show queen Oprah Winfrey, has stepped in to co-produce the second series of award-winning BBC comedy Nighty Night.
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Reef wins BBC daytime order
Indie Reef Television has been commissioned to produce 23 hours of daytime programming for the BBC focusing on property in foreign climes.
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BBC juggles hectic weekend schedule
BBC1 has been forced into frantic schedule juggling to fit in the Pope's funeral, the royal wedding and the Grand National. Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles' wedding was hastily re-arranged for Saturday (9 April), but clashed with the Grand National. However, the race's organiser agreed to change its start ...
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Dragon's Den to return in autumn
BBC2's Dragons' Denis to get a second run after being recommissioned. The 6 x 60-minute series is in pre-production and is due to go out in the autumn. It will follow a new group of budding business entrepreneurs as they pitch their ideas to a panel ...
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Doc to look at Egypt's sacred animals
Parthenon Entertainment is making two 50-minute specials for Animal Planet to air early next year. Sacred Animals of the Pharaohsexamines what it meant to be a sacred animal in ancient Egypt. The show is being delivered in October. Phantom of Vietnamfollows a ...
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Amir Khan brings boxing back to ITV
ITV is to broadcast boxing for the first time in over 10 years, after it secured the rights to broadcast the rematch between Amir Khan and the man who beat him for the Olympic gold medal in Athens, Mario Kindelan. The bout, which takes place at the Reebok Stadium in ...
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C4 show for Napster
Music download service Napster is making its TV debut with a series titled Napster Live for Channel 4 night-time strand 4 Music. Produced by indie Blaze TV, each episode will feature a performance by a featured artist, an interview, biography and an interactive competition spot. The series starts on Saturday ...
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BBC1 goes on the buses with Landmark
The life of a London bus driver is being brought to the screen for a BBC1 documentary series. Big Red Bus(working title), by indie Landmark Films, follows the instructors as they put rookie drivers through their paces. The 8 x 30-minute series, due for transmission this ...
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ITV puts up £500,000 for new pilots
ITV is launching a£500,000 annual award scheme to help regional independents make pilots for off-peak network slot...
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NewsMTV glimpses home lives of top footballers
MTV is to see how close the constructed world of ITV's Footballers' Wivesis to reality with a series that goes through the keyhole of a number of Premiership footballers' homes.
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ITV science thriller lures Stewart to UK TV
Patrick Stewart is to star in a UK TV drama for the first time in around 20 years after agreeing to play the lead role in ITV1's£4.5m sci-fi drama Eleventh Hour.
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NewsBBC tears up schedules for Pope funeral
BBC1 has been forced into frantic schedule juggling to fit in three of the biggest live broadcasts of the year - the Pope's funeral, the royal wedding and the Grand National.
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NewsQuestion Time to grill political leaders
The Labour Party has once again scotched a bid by the BBC to hold a live debate between the major parties' leaders - but has agreed to let Tony Blair appear in an unprecedented Question Timespecial involving all three leaders.