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Celebrities line up for Xmas Millionaire
Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Alex Ferguson will be sitting in the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? hot seat as part of two special episodes of the ITV1 hit quiz this Christmas. The specials form part of ITV1's festive schedule, which includes a ...
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Wall to Wall builds on A Life in? series
Wall to Wall is to follow up its Emmy award-winning arts programme George Orwell - A Life in Pictures with a special on James Bond author Ian Fleming.
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Five lets out secrets of the Beatles
Five controller of history Alex Sutherland has commissioned 90-minute documentary The Beatles' Biggest Secrets from indie Fulcrum TV for later this year. Friends, colleagues and relatives lift the lid on incidents such as Paul McCartney's split with Jane Asher. The executive producer is Richard Belfield.
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BBC focuses on missing persons
Leopard Films is to make a real-life version of US drama Without a Trace for the BBC, which will focus on the biggest missing persons unit in the country.
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Five psychic talks to babies
Mentorn is to begin work on a factual series for Five in which a psychic communicates with children to help solve their problems.
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Furneaux wins C4 commission
Former Channel 4 executive Charles Furneaux has won his first commission since being poached by Talkback earlier this year.
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C4 sells Sex Traffic around the globe
Channel 4 thriller Sex Traffic looks set to become an international hit after selling to six countries around the world.
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Radio 5's Fighting talk leaps to BBC2
BBC Radio 5 Live's sports format Fighting Talk is to transfer to BBC2 following a fast turnaround commission. Indie World's End will the make the three-part series, which will be presented by Johnny Vaughan. The show - the first to transfer to TV from R5 ...
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DJ Jezza in the frame to replace Trisha
Capital FM DJ 'Jezza' is being courted by Granada to be the successor to ITV talkshow host Trisha following her defection to Five.
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Vice grips BBC mornings
Daytime television audiences used to a staple fare of cheap talk shows and Australian soaps had better brace themselves - BBC1 has commissioned a hard-hitting morning show featuring pornography, prostitution and hard drugs.
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NewsSky One launches doc strand
Julie Burchill and Peaches Geldof are to kick start a new Wednesday night documentary strand on Sky One next year as part of the broadcaster's winter season.
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NewsMacca takes Millionaire hotseat
Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Alex Ferguson will be sitting in the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? hot seat as part of two special episodes of the ITV1 hit quiz this Christmas.
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Shine to follow final legal hunt
Members of Britain's oldest hunt have given permission for cameras to follow them as they take part in what could be the final season of the blood-sport following its banning by Parliament last week.
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Five orders more Extraordinary People
Five is bringing back its science strand Extraordinary People with four documentaries about people with unusual abilities or medical conditions.
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Folio wins order for domestic disasters
Indie Folio has been commissioned to make a BBC1 popular factual series about domestic disasters. The 10 x 30-minute working titled Help will follow specialists who clean up when things go wrong in the home. It is series produced by Becky Clarke at Folio Scotland's ...
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Five doc looks at sex change of hearts
Five is to follow the journey of a transsexual who undergoes a series of painful operations to reverse her gender swap.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Chantal Rutherford Browne
UKTV Style channel executive Chantal Rutherford Browne cares more about 'life' than style ideas and is keen to find out what women want
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Exclusive horticultural coverage on BBC
The BBC has signed a four-year deal for exclusive rights to the Royal Horticultural Society's four major flower shows, including Chelsea and Hampton Court. The deal will also see a collaboration on three new BBC2 gardening series for next year. The working-titled Winning Tatton from ...
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South Bank searches for Mary Poppins
Initial is producing a documentary for ITV1 arts strand The South Bank Show about author PL Travers, creator of Mary Poppins. The Real Mary Poppins goes behind the scenes of the new West End musical which coincides with the 70th ...
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C4 to air more one-off drama
Channel 4 plans to increase its single drama output by screening one feature-length special each month.