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C4 takes Touchpaper series
Touchpaper TV, the indie behind Channel 4's recent transatlantic series NY-LON , has bagged another C4 order with a political thriller.
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C4 asks if football is the new religion
SFX, the management agency that fixed David Beckham's move to Real Madrid, is making a one-hour documentary for Channel 4 about football's relationship with religion. Hallowed Be Thy Game will see former Dominican friar and football fan Mark Dowd consider whether the devotion to the ...
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BBC2 follows house-building couple
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has commissioned an 8 x 30-minute series that will follow a couple as they attempt to build their own home. The House that Dick Built will feature Dick Strawbridge and his wife as they construct a self-sufficient and environmentally friendly house. ...
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Map Man gets a second series on BBC2
Indie Tern Television is to make a second series of BBC2 factual series Map Man. BBC2 commissioner Nicola Moody has ordered an 8 x 30-minute series, presented by cartography expert Nicolas Crane. Each episode explores 'ingenious and revolutionary' British maps. A delivery date has ...
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ITV1 looks at ?changing' stars
ITV has commissioned RDF Media to make a series that will attempt to uncover which celebrities have had cosmetic surgery.
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NewsITV launches ?Strictly Ice-Skating' show
ITV is to take on the BBC with its own ice-skating show and has signed the king and queen of the ice rink, Torvill and Dean, to front it.
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Street-Porter to star in second reality show
She may have branded it 'brain-rotting' television, but Janet Street-Porter is to appear in yet another reality TV series - this time with Five.
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NewsHarry Potter heads BBC Xmas
BBC1 is to give Harry Potter and Shrek their terrestrial premieres over the Christmas period as it bids to once again win the festive ratings battle - although this year it will have to do it without any new episodes ...
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NewsLupus moves into CGI
Lupus Films, the production company behind Little Wolf's Book of Badness , is making its first foray into CGI animation with an adaptation of a book by children's writer Edith Nesbit.
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NewsFormer Beckham agent to make C4 doc
SFX, the management agency that fixed David Beckham's move to real Madrid, is making a documentary for Channel 4 about football's relationship with religion.
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NewsBBC4 adapts 20,000 Streets Under the Sky
Author Patrick Hamilton's classic trilogy Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky is to be adapted by the BBC to mark his centenary.
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Talent picked for Japan job
Indie Talent Television has secured a raft of new international commissions, including a second instalment of Test the Nation in Japan.
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Sky One gets go-ahead for Hex series two
Sky One has given the green light to a second 13-part series of Shine teen drama Hex for a spring 2005 delivery. The deal comes as the first run of the sci-fi teen drama, co-produced by Sony Pictures, draws to an end on Sunday (21 ...
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Zenith wins Fourth garden rivals series
UKTV Style has ordered a fourth series of Garden Rivals from Zenith Productions. The 15 x 30-minute episodes, set to air in March, will be produced by Paul Coleman. UKTV Style commissioning executive Chantal Rutherford Browne has also commissioned 10 episodes of ...
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Peaches Geldof follows in Paula's steps
Bob Geldof's 15-year-old daughter, Peaches, is to follow in the footsteps of her late mother, Paula Yates, by taking to the small screen. She is fronting a 60-minute documentary for Sky One, Peaches Geldof - Inside the Mind of a Teenager , which will look ...
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Five picks true north for Macintyre job
True North Productions has been commissioned by Five to make a further three one-hour current affairs programmes with Donal MacIntyre, following on from the success of MacIntyre's Big Sting. The new shows, commissioned by senior programme controller Chris Shaw, are being kept under wraps ...
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Format Focus: The Empire
Five is on the lookout for new reality series, and a trip back in time to a medieval Polish castle could fit the bill.
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Cornwall indie to explore Eden project
Denham Productions is to make a brace of programmes about the Eden Project in Cornwall for BBC2, the first commissions to come out of the indie's new Cornwall office. Gardening at Eden will follow Eden's 60-strong team of gardeners, while ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Paul Crompton
Sky One's commissioning editor, factual entertainment, Paul Crompton, expresses his life-long passion for darts and an enthusiasm for South Park, Ramsay's Kitchen and the 1970s Office
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Strictly Come Dancing to be remade for Russian TV
The BBC's hit entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing is to be made for Russian audiences as part of a series of deals in the country.