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Zeal nets reality deal in Pakistan
Indie and distributor Zeal Television is making Pakistan's first reality series - a makeover show funded by cosmetics giant Unilever.
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Marsh picked for Celeb Poker
Sports pundit Rodney Marsh, fired last month for making a joke about the tsunami disaster on Sky Sports, has been signed up to appear on Challenge's third series of Celebrity Poker Club.
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Smith & Watson builds property show
Devon-based indie Smith & Watson Productions has landed a property commission for Discovery Home and Leisure. The 10 x 30-minute Building a Dreamwill follow four house-build projects and is due to air in the autumn. Nick Smith is producer with Discovery's Leonie Hutchinson as executive producer.
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Blair to face public grilling on Five
Five has gained exclusive access to prime minister Tony Blair as part of a series of programmes in which senior political figures face questions from the public. Talk to Your Prime Ministerwill be the first in the series, which will begin this month and be produced ...
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Celador to woo over-50s for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned Celador Productions to make 40 episodes of a nostalgia-based quiz show as part of a strategy to attract older viewers to its daytime line-up.
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C4 puts volunteers through torture
Channel 4 is set to test the effects of modern torture techniques in The Guantánamo Guidebookfrom Brat Camp producer Twenty Twenty. Seven volunteers will be subjected to practices allegedly used at the US military camp in Guantánamo Bay. Slated for a late-night slot this year, the ...
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Newman hails new era of C4 primetime
Channel 4 head of entertainment Andrew Newman has unveiled a brace of new Friday night shows after spending the past year piloting ideas.
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ITV2 orders Celebrity doc
Model Sophie Anderton, who featured in ITV's last I'm a Celebrity?series, is to be the subject of a one-off documentary for ITV2.
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ITV2 to look at ?out there' lifestyles
ITV2 is to launch its first documentary strand, Extraordinary Lives, which will focus on stories of people living unusual or edgy lifestyles.
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BBC hunts fresh Lottery formats
The BBC has met with leading entertainment production companies in a bid to overhaul its National Lottery coverage.
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NewsFive secures Blair exclusive
Five has gained exclusive access to prime minister Tony Blair as part of a series of programmes in which senior political figures face questions from the public.
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Initial to make Times show
Endemol-owned indie Initial has received a rare commission from the Times Newspaper group to produce a monthly entertainment show.
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Portillo fronts domestic violence doc
MP Michael Portillo is to present a one-off documentary on domestic violence for the BBC. Battered and Bruisedhas been commissioned by BBC controller of daytime Alison Sharman and will focus on the issues surrounding domestic violence, those affected by it and the support services in place ...
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BBC orders teen drama
Southampton-based indie Resource Base has been commissioned to make a BBC2 drama, co-written and directed by acclaimed playwright John Godber.
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BBC scores more tests from talent
The BBC has locked down the rights to its hit interactive quiz format Test the Nationuntil 2006, ordering 15 hours of new specials from indie Talent Television. The next batch of six specials of the primetime BBC1 quiz, presented by Anne Robinson and Phillip Schofield, which ...
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Wise Buddah wins seven BBC orders
Radio indie Wise Buddah has picked up seven commissions from BBC Radio 2 and the World Service. Elton John will be the subject of a three-part series for R2, which will air weekly in July, while Tom Waits and Coldplay will be the subjects of documentary specials airing in April ...
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Goodall's animals talk for Tigress
Bristol-based indie Tigress Productions has been commissioned to make a documentary with renowned conservationist Jane Goodall. The two-hour special, working titled Jane Goodall's When Animals Talk, is scheduled to air on Animal Planet in June. The programme will focus on what happens when humans and animals ...
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Open Mike scoops aid gig
Open Mike Productions has been commissioned by the BBC to film the nation's largest ever comedy gig, organised to raise funds for victims of the Asian tsunami.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Aaqil Ahmed
Channel 4's commissioning editor, religion wishes he could nab Top Gear- in the meantime he's looking for primetime documentaries that will bring in an audience while keeping spirituality in the driving seat
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C4 takes third look at Peep Show
Channel 4 head of comedy Caroline Leddy has commissioned a third series of sitcom Peep Showfrom indie Objective Productions. The series, which follows a pair of socially dysfunctional flat-sharers (David Mitchell and Robert Webb) in south London, will be written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, ...