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BBC3 sets self-help goals
BBC3 is giving its viewers a dose of therapy with a series of new commissions around the theme of self-improvement.
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Diverse packs off rude Brits to India
Indie producer Diverse is giving ill-mannered Brits the chance to brush up their behaviour at an Indian finishing school, in a new series for Channel 4.
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BBC2 marks Beslan siege one year on
The BBC is to make a documentary on the Beslan school siege, to be screened on the first anniversary of the tragedy in September.
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C4 combines fitness with surgery in makeover show
Channel 4 is combining fitness regimes, pioneering technology and surgical procedures in an eight-part makeover series which aims to change people both inside and out..
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Producer defends BBC village reality series
The producer behind The Week the Women Wenthas defended the BBC programme's public service credentials after it came under fire from an indie producer who lives in one of the villages first considered for the show.
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Sky One co-funds series of serial killer profiles
Sky One has poured funding into a new series that explores the psychology behind six of the worst serial killers of the 20th century.
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NewsShed in talks over ITV drama Bombshell
Shed Productions' new high-profile drama Bombshell, starring Footballers' Wivesactress Zoe Lucker, could be launched on ITV2 rather than on ITV1 as had been expected.
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C4 unveils comedy slate
Channel 4 is bringing a sketch show to Friday nights as part of a slate of four new comedy and entertainment series.
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Darlow Smithson rebuilds Stonehenge for Five
Five has commissioned indie Darlow Smithson to build an exact replica of Stonehenge, where it will conduct a live broadcast of this year's summer solstice.
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NewsC4 set for another coach trip
Channel 4 is sending British tourists on another holiday round Europe after recommissioning daytime reality series Coach Trip.
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NewsFive bags Vaughan's Top Buzzer
Five has bagged exclusive terrestrial rights to MTV's comedy drama series, Top Buzzer, written by Johnny Vaughan.
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Ginger gets Jack Osbourne fit for ITV2
Rockstar offspring and notorious bon viveur Jack Osbourne is embarking on a six-month mission to get fit in a challenge series for ITV2.
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C4 makes doc on Arquette sex change
Channel 4 is continuing the trend for extreme make-over with a documentary about Hollywood actor Alexis Arquette's sex change.
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Boat drama back on
ITV1 factual drama The Marchioness, made by Chameleon Television and Granada Yorkshire, is now in production after resolving funding problems. The two-hour film, which tells the story of the collision between dredger Bowbelle and pleasure cruiser The Marchionessin 1989, was on hold ...
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BBC examines first black superstar
A documentary based on the life of 1920s cabaret dancer and singer Josephine Baker has been commissioned for BBC2 and BBC4. The 60-minute Josephine Baker - The First Black Superstarwill explore Baker's influence on the cultural history of the 20th century and is being produced by Forget ...
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Ragdoll latest is Blurrfect
Teletubbies indie Ragdoll has unveiled its latest series, Blurrfect, to launch on CiTV in the autumn.
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Liverpool St wins castle commission
TV presenter Tris Payne's new independent Liverpool Street Productions has won its first commission, with a six-part documentary series about the restoration of Allerton Castle for ITV Yorkshire. Allerton Castle will follow the attempts to renovate the 19th-century Gothic castle after much of the building was destroyed by fire. The ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Ralph Lee
Channel 4 commissioning editor, history is on the lookout for event television for next year and some presenters who can be the faces of it
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Mirsky profiles female cons
THE executive producer who cleared a village of women for a BBC3 documentary is to probe the lives of two high-profile, white-collar female criminals.