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Blunkett drama kicks off More4
Channel 4 is launching its new More4 service in October with a satire on the life of David Blunkett. A Very Social Secretary, a one-off 90-minute drama from indie Mentorn, will follow Blunkett's recent past as a Cabinet minister, focusing on events surrounding his affair with ...
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Brian Waddell profiles movie cars
Northern Ireland indie Brian Waddell Productions has been commissioned by Sky One to make a two-hour clip show called Movies' Greatest Cars. The show will feature famous vehicles such as the BullittFord Mustang, Goldfinger's Aston Martin, ...
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UKTV doles out property show cash
Brighton-based Maverik Motion Pictures is about to go into production with a property show for UKTV Style. The 15 x 30-minute series, In Grand Style, focuses on first-time buyers in the Brighton and Hove area, who are given£1,000 and 36 hours to kit out their new ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Jill Offman
The senior vice-president of Discovery and Developing Networks is constantly on the lookout for trademark shows, as she attempts to stamp more personality on the network
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Films of Record follows girl cops
The BBC has commissioned Films of Record to make two ambitious fly-on-the-wall documentary series, charting the lives of women police officers and prison staff.
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Kudos wins first ITV work
Kudos, the indie behind BBC1 drama hits Spooksand Hustle, has secured its first ITV commission with a psychological thriller.
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McCutcheon and Malik pair off
Martine McCutcheon and Art Malik are to team up for an ITV1 multicultural love story, in which a young working-class girl becomes one of the three wives of a Persian restaurateur. The English Harem, a 120-minute film, is being made by Feelgood Fiction and goes into ...
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NewsITV to make The Big Call
ITV1 has greenlit a Saturday night primetime quiz show from Granada Manchester, which it hopes will match the unprecedented success of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
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C4 set to extend BB deal with Endemol
Channel 4 is in advanced talks with indie Endemol to secure a further two series of reality juggernaut Big Brother, which kicked off its sixth series last week.
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Take my mother-in-law back on ITV1
ITV1 has recommissioned Mentorn's reality show Take My Mother-in-Lawfor an extended run. The show, in which feisty mother-in-laws are handed the task of running their daughters' families, will return for a 6 x 60-minute series in October. The series was commissioned by ITV controller of factual ...
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ITV1 hands Nigella daytime slot
Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has signed up to host a new daytime magazine show on ITV1. Nigellawill include celebrity chat, discussions over current issues as well as featuring her famed cooking. Nick Thorogood, ITV's editor of daytime, has commissioned Prospect Pictures to make the show which ...
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C4 makes series on 'psycho' crime
Channel 4 is to follow up its Bodyshockstrand with a series of programmes on extreme criminal behaviour.
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Iambic covers Abba's greatest hits
Indie Iambic is revisiting the career of supergroup Abba for ITV1. Abba's All Time Greatest Hitsis a 90-minute programme featuring celebrities covering the group's 20 top songs. Ordered by ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz, it is directed by Steve Cole and produced by Chris Hunt ...
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Duvet antics to be exposed in BB
C4's sixth series of Big Brotherlaunches this Friday (27 May) with a series of stunts and innovations designed to keep ratings on a par with last year's 'Evil' Big Brother. Executive producer Sharon Powers has revealed the show's latest innovations include heat ...
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King Arthur's disasters return to CITV
CiTV has commissioned a second series of Zenith Entertainment's animation series King Arthur's Disasters, which features the voices of Matt Lucas and Rik Mayall. The series, a co-production with Neptuno Films, will return for a 13 x 30-minute run later this year. Zenith head of children's ...
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Granada makes CGI one-off for Sky One
Granada has been commissioned to make another CGI special for Sky One - this time examining what would happen if two aeroplanes collided over a major city.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Joe Talbot
The Men & Motors' commissioning editor is planning to cater for an undervalued male audience by making programmes about cars and martial arts
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Ryan recruited for How Not to Die show
Sky One has commissioned a new survival series in which members of the public are taught how to deal with a variety of traumatic situations from burglary to bush fires.
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Sunset + Vine wins Zapcats order
Sunset + Vine has been commissioned to cover the 2005 National Zapcats Championship for the Extreme Sports Channel. The TV Corp-owned indie will make a 9 x 30-minute series following the so-called 'Zapcat' offshore power boats over nine UK events. The championship started on Saturday (21 May) and continues until ...