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Iambic looks at life of the fifth Beatle
The turbulent life of the 'fifth Beatle' is being probed for a BBC documentary from Bristol-based indie Iambic.
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Lynam returns to BBC with VE day show
Des Lynam is returning to BBC television to host a Surprise, Surprise-style show for the 60th anniversary of VE Day in May. The veteran anchorman will host We'll Meet Again, which will bring together wartime comrades. Lynam has also teamed up with ...
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Ground Force ends as BBC starts review
Ground Forcehas become the first casualty of a major review of BBC programme-making. The make-over show has been axed by director general Mark Thompson - who commissioned it from Endemol when he was BBC2 controller. The move will be followed by in-depth reviews of journalism, drama, comedy, knowledge, children's and ...
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Five to air celebrity plastic surgery
Five is in talks with a celebrity to undergo breast enlargement for the next series of Cosmetic Surgery Live. The second series of the live nightly event promises operations such as penis enlargements and vaginal tightening. The two-week run, which airs later this spring, will be produced by Endemol production ...
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Subliminal ads boost X Factor
The Australian version of Simon Cowell's The X Factorhas performed so badly that its host broadcaster has resorted to inserting subliminal advertising into other programmes to drum up interest.
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Channel X bags two C4 orders
Channel X, the indie company behind the controversial Popetown, has landed two orders for Channel 4, including an animated/live action sketck Modern Toss.
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Thames takes on young offenders for C4
Thames Television is to make a Channel 4 observational documentary about young offenders in prison. Children in Troublewill feature interviews with children to find out why they offend and the impact it has on others. It was ordered by C4 commissioning editor of documentaries Hilary Bell ...
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NewsFive orders first original comedy
Five has greenlit its first home-grown comedy commission with an adult sketch show about relationships and sex.
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Kudos makes cop drama for BBC1
Kudos, producer of BBC dramas Spooksand Hustle, has bagged its third peaktime commission from the corporation with a time travel cop show.
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ITV revamps daytime
ITV is moving its afternoon regional news bulletin as part of an overhaul of its daytime schedule under the new brand ITV Day.
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NewsLynam joins Sky One
Des Lynam has unveiled his first TV job since quitting ITV last July, with a new summer sports show for Sky One.
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NewsSky One traces Yuschenko poisoning
Sky One has commissioned Talkback Thames to make a documentary on last year's mysterious poising of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yuschenko.
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C4 puts£13.5m more into event drama.
Channel 4 is pumping an extra£13.5m into drama next year after freeing up cash from
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NewsBBC4 revives Quatermass Experiment
BBC4 has put a remake of 1950s classic live sci-fi drama The Quatermass Experimentat the heart of its summer season.
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UKTV History orders WWII specials
UKTV History has commissioned two series as part of a special V for Victory season, marking the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory in the second world war. Wingspan Fulcrum TV has been commissioned to make 1945, a 5 x 46-minute series on the last months ...
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Five goes for Supersize She
Five is to explore the world of female body-building in documentary Supersize She. The 60-minute film will focus on the story of British female body-builder Joanna Thomas, in her bid to become Miss Olympia - the highest accolade in the sport. Producer Special Edition Films will ...
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Tigress turns lost pooches into working dogs
Specialist factual indie Tigress Productions is training three abandoned dogs to competition standard sheepherders in the hope of finding them new homes.
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Lion follows Dickens' trip
Lion TV Scotland is to produce a major new documentary for the BBC chronicling Charles Dickens' travels around the US.
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Dickinson stumps up own cash for show
Antiques expert David Dickinson is to host a new 6 x 60-minute peaktime series for BBC1 in which he gives 12 people£50,000 of his own money to buy and sell collectables. Dealing with Dickinsonwill be made by Lion TV and has been ordered by outgoing BBC1 ...
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Martin Burglar gives BBC interview
Indie Firefly has gained the first on-the-record interview with Brendan Fearon, the burglar who survived being shot by Norfolk farmer Tony Martin, for a BBC1 commission. The 60-minute drama-doc will also feature an interview with Martin and dramatic reconstructions of the break-in, when Fearon's fellow burglar Fred Barras was shot ...