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8mm wins backgammon series
8mm Productions has won a commission from gaming channel Pokerzone to cover the forthcoming backgammon world championship. The indie will make High Stakes Backgammonas a 4 x 60-minute series following the event in July. 8mm Productions chief executive and creative director Andy Bell is producing with Pokerzone's ...
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NewsC4 buys feted Hitler biopic
Channel 4 has boosted its line-up for its soon-to-launch digital channel More4 by snapping up the first-run rights to celebrated German film Downfall.
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NewsStars line up for US Strictly Come Dancing
Supermodel Rachel Hunter and heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield are to go head to head in the US version of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Street-Porter to front women's doc
Janet Street-Porter is to argue that women have never had it so bad in a documentary called Desperate Womenordered by Channel 4 editor of factual entertainment Nav Raman. The 60-minute show is being made by North One Television for transmission later this year. North One is ...
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Company gets ITV order
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned Shamelessproducer Company Pictures to make a two-part thriller starring Stephen Tompkinson.
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ITV commissions second Vincent series
ITV has commissioned a second series of the Ray Winstone drama Vincent,before the first series has even aired. ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott was so impressed by the Granada series that he has ordered a further four episodes for next year. Winstone plays a workaholic ...
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Second series for Vegas comedy
Johnny Vegas's comedy Idealwill get another series after being recommissioned as part of a series of orders for BBC3. Vegas will be back on screens next year as small-time dope dealer Moz in the comedy, a co-venture between BBC Comedy North and indie Baby Cow Productions. ...
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Commissioners Q&A: Anne Gilchrist
CBBC's head of entertainment has a budget of up to£132,000 an hour and would like to hear from indies who have a great idea for a comedy for children who've just migrated from Cbeebies
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Five to air The Tribe sequel
Five has commissioned a sequel to its children's sci-fi drama The Tribe.
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Aardman to adapt Doyle novel
Wallace and Grommitproducer Aardman is making a stop-motion TV adaptation of Roddy Doyle's children's book The Giggler Treatment. The Bristol-based indie has teamed up with Treasure Entertainment on the 30-minute show, which is currently being pitched to broadcasters. Production is expected to start in the autumn.
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C4 show looks at black farmer
Channel 4 has commissioned a three-part series following Britain's only black farmer as he attempts to get more young black and Asian people involved in rural affairs.
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C4 backs playwright reality show
Budding playwrights are being given the chance to see their work produced for the West End stage in The Play's The Thing, a new reality arts series for Channel 4, ordered from Granada and ScreenStage. The 4 x 60-minute series will follow the search for an ...
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NewsBBC doc looks at tsunami
BBC1 is to dive deep under the waves of the Indian Ocean for a multimillion-pound programme which will attempt to uncover exactly what triggered last year's devastating Asian tsunami.
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NewsITV restages Gunpowder Plot
ITV is to build an exact replica of the old Houses of Parliament and then blow it up for a new show looking at what would have happened if the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot had been a success.
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NewsPilger plans cinema release for next film
Campaigning journalist John Pilger is positioning himself to be Britain's answer to Michael Moore by lining up his next film for a cinematic release.
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NewsMortal blow for Celeb Wrestling
ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard has moved to address the channel's Saturday night ratings slide by taking the axe to teatime turkey Celebrity Wrestlinghalfway through its run.
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NewsC4 brings back Shipwrecked
Channel 4 is bringing back RDF Media's reality format Shipwreckedin an extended version for its youth zone T4.
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NewsAardman animates Roddy Doyle book
Wallace and Gromitproducer Aardman is making a stop motion TV adaptation of Roddy Doyle's children's book The Giggler Treatment.
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NewsITV revisits old classics
ITV has commissioned more than 30 hours of primetime television to celebrate its 50th anniversary later this year.
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Commissioner's Q & A - Glenwyn Benson
The controller of BBC factual TV is proud to be part of the broadcasting team that helped to raise audience figures for factual shows, and is keen to deliver a follow-up to Supervolcano.