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NewsTurner produces anti-obesity toons
Turner Broadcasting, owner of kids broadcaster Cartoon Network, has created an animation series aimed at getting children to eat better.
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NewsSci-Fi lines up Star Wars tribute
Sci Fi UK has greenlit its first commission in over two years, ordering a series of shorts to tie in with next month's eagerly awaited Star Wars Episode III.
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World cup first for poker channel
Poker's world cup is to be televised for the first time on The Poker Channel on Sky through a deal between Poker website PokerStars.com and the Poker Channel's production team. The World Cup of Pokerwill be broadcast in June. The director is Simon Morris and the ...
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Ten Alps follows celebrity staff
ITV2 has commissioned Ten Alps TV to make two hour-long documentaries following the bodyguards, stylists, confidantes, and other staff of the world's biggest celebrities. Celebrity Entourage(working title) is executive produced by Peter Kessler and Sam Cash and has been commissioned by Daniela Neumann.
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Trouble reorders princess dance show
Flextech-owned teen channel Trouble has commissioned Princess Productions to make a second series of UK dance reality show Bump 'n' Grind. The 12 x 30-minute episodes of auditions by dance wannabes lead up to 3 x 60-minute shows with the 12 finalists. ...
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Black Books team write space comedy
The writers behind Channel 4 sitcom Black Booksare to pen a comedy described as ' Das Bootin space' for BBC2. Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley are writing six 30-minute episodes of Full Power(working title). The series is in pre-production ...
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Comedy North gets Stupid run
The BBC's Manchester-based Comedy North unit has got another series commission, with pilot I'm With Stupidgetting the go-ahead for a six-part run on BBC3.
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BBC3 sets self-help goals
BBC3 is giving its viewers a dose of therapy with a series of new commissions around the theme of self-improvement.
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Diverse packs off rude Brits to India
Indie producer Diverse is giving ill-mannered Brits the chance to brush up their behaviour at an Indian finishing school, in a new series for Channel 4.
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Sky One co-funds series of serial killer profiles
Sky One has poured funding into a new series that explores the psychology behind six of the worst serial killers of the 20th century.
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Producer defends BBC village reality series
The producer behind The Week the Women Wenthas defended the BBC programme's public service credentials after it came under fire from an indie producer who lives in one of the villages first considered for the show.
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C4 combines fitness with surgery in makeover show
Channel 4 is combining fitness regimes, pioneering technology and surgical procedures in an eight-part makeover series which aims to change people both inside and out..
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BBC2 marks Beslan siege one year on
The BBC is to make a documentary on the Beslan school siege, to be screened on the first anniversary of the tragedy in September.
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NewsShed in talks over ITV drama Bombshell
Shed Productions' new high-profile drama Bombshell, starring Footballers' Wivesactress Zoe Lucker, could be launched on ITV2 rather than on ITV1 as had been expected.
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C4 unveils comedy slate
Channel 4 is bringing a sketch show to Friday nights as part of a slate of four new comedy and entertainment series.
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Darlow Smithson rebuilds Stonehenge for Five
Five has commissioned indie Darlow Smithson to build an exact replica of Stonehenge, where it will conduct a live broadcast of this year's summer solstice.
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NewsC4 set for another coach trip
Channel 4 is sending British tourists on another holiday round Europe after recommissioning daytime reality series Coach Trip.
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NewsFive bags Vaughan's Top Buzzer
Five has bagged exclusive terrestrial rights to MTV's comedy drama series, Top Buzzer, written by Johnny Vaughan.
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Flame S&M show
UKTV People has commissioned Flame TV to make Extreme Pleasures, a saucy late-night series about people who go to extreme lengths to fulfil their desires. Sunjournalist Kate Taylor has been lined up to present the 6 x 30-minute shows investigating sploshing (covering ...