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Corrie killer starts a new life in Africa
Lucy-Jo Hudson, who played Coronation Streetkiller Katy Harris, is to star in a six-part ITV1 drama following a family's attempts to build a new life in Africa. The series, which is called Wild at Heartand also stars Amanda Holden and Stephen Tompkinson, ...
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Sky lines up goals
Sky One has commissioned Ten Alps TV to make two 120-minute football specials looking at Premiership stars Manchester United.
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Trouble takes students to US
Flextech's youth channel Trouble is giving five Brits the chance to live like American university students in a new reality series from Princess Productions.
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Taylor responds to Curtis Al-Qaeda doc
Veteran terrorism reporter Peter Taylor is to make a BBC2 series on Al-Qaeda, to counter producer Adam Curtis's documentary The Power of Nightmares.
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C4 orders 'edge of death' series
Channel 4is hoping to build on the success of mountaineering docu-drama Touching the Voidwith a new series about people trapped in perilous situations.
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NewsVaughan to front ABC show
Johnny Vaughan has become the latest UK presenter to land his own show in the US.
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NewsSpringwatch recommissioned
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has given the thumbs up for another three-week run of the channel's natural history extravaganza Springwatch with Bill Oddienext year.
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Jetix animated by 2006 line-up
Jetix Europe has commissioned two animated series for its 2006 line-up. Pucca, from Canada's Studio B, is a 78 x 7-minute series based on the cult Korean star of an animated e-card service created by VOOZ Co. The second show Get Ed, ...
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Love explores baby blues for Five
Love Productions, the indie formed by former Maverick TV managing director Richard McKerrow, is making a film about the downside of parenthood for Five.
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Mentorn wins BBC Scotland orders
Nicky Campbell is to front a political chat show for BBC Scotland as part of a series of new commissions for indie Mentorn.
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Five trains celebrity commandos
IWC is making a reality show for Five in which a series of familiar faces are trained to become commandos.
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Surf's up for extreme sports channel
Extreme Sports Channel has commissioned three shows to coincide with the channel's six-week surf season, Big Surf Summer, from 16 July to 26 August. Surf Breaks, made by indie Sprout, looks at 10 of the world's top surf locations. Initially broadcast in ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Diana Howie
UKTV's entertainment commissioning executive on the importance of projects that shift the perception of the UKTV Gold brand and why she's never yet been disappointed by Jonathan Ross.
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Floyd to explore pakistani cuisine
Sky's commissioning editor of factual entertainment, Paul Crompton, greenlit the series for the autumn.
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Monkey Dust writer gets the message
The writer behind Radio 4 comedy programme Radio 9has been given his first TV series commission by BBC3. Johnny Daukes, who also contributed to BBC3 animation sketch show Monkey Dust, is to write The Message, created around a spoof channel ...
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Flashback wins US History orders
Indie Flashback TV has further cemented its relationship with US broadcaster A&E, landing $3m (£1.67m) worth of new business for the History Channel.
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NewsFive invests in US imports
Five has splashed out on a host of shows from the LA Screenings, including a comedy inspired by the childhood experiences of comic Chris Rock and a Jennifer Lopez-produced drama.
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NewsVH1 hunts for an INXS rock idol
VH1 has bagged exclusive UK rights for a high profile American reality show following rock band INXS's search for a new frontman.
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The Thick of It's Iannucci to write BBC2 comedy
Armando Iannucci is to write a new comedy series for BBC2, following the success of his BBC4 political satire The Thick of It.
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ITV opens doors at Prehistoric Park
ITV is making a late bid to cash in on viewers' obsession with CGI-animated dinosaurs by commissioning a Jurassic Park-style series from the makers of Walking with Dinosaurs.