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Three hours for royal wedding coverage
The BBC is committing only three hours to the forthcoming Royal Wedding - half the time it dedicated to Prince Charles' first wedding to Princess Diana. The corporation will hand over a block of its daytime schedule to Friday's ceremony (8 April) covering Charles and Camilla's journey to the Guildhall ...
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ITV spends a year at historic school
Life behind the doors of Britain's oldest school is being caught on film for an ITV documentary. ...
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Survival adds to BBC1 medical file
Patients battling life-threatening conditions are to be filmed as part of a major new series for BBC1 to be recorded over two years.
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Ransley does crime for ITV1
The scriptwriter behind the BBC's forthcoming costume drama Fingersmithhas been signed up by ITV to write an original crime drama.
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BBC1 goes to Egypt
The lives of the ancient Egyptians and the archaeologists who uncovered them are being portrayed in a landmark BBC1 series. Discovering Ancient Egyptwill dramatise the tales of explorers who searched for artefacts from the ancient civilization, and recreate the lives of the pharaohs. The 6 x ...
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BBC2 doc will recreate 17th-century farm
A team of academics has been challenged to run a farm in the way it would have worked in the 17th century for a BBC2 documentary series.
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BBC3 to show life in a fashion store
Richard Macer, the film-maker behind Shaun Ryder: The Ecstasy and the Agony, has trained his camera on a Middlesbrough fashion store for a new BBC3 documentary. Working-titled Psycheafter the Middlesbrough shop where he has been filming, the 4 x ...
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Wartime reunion for VE anniversary
Wavelength Films is making a 30-minute BBC1 documentary about wartime friends who have lost touch for the broadcaster's season of programmes marking the 60th anniversary of VE Day. The as yet untitled film is currently in pre-production to air as part of the BBC's People's War strand in May. The ...
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Free@last to make Batman documentary
Indie Free@Last TV is to make a 48-minute documentary, The Batman Story, for Five, exploring the Marvel comic's character from 2-D drawing to cinematic icon. The piece follows its The Spiderman Storyfor Five in 2002, and is in production with Katie Kinnaird ...
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Rugby star for BBC
Rugby star Jonny Wilkinson is to follow in the footsteps of David Beckham and appear in BBC kids show Hotshots. The England player will front Wilkinson's Hotshots, a rugby version of the show which will see kids honing their sports skills under ...
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Five to find out what Brits think of their bodies
Five is to launch a nationwide poll to uncover the attitudes of the British to their bodies for a series from Endemol.
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NGTI draws up co-pro for dinosaur doc
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has signed co-production deals with Five, France 5 and ZDF in Germany for a new prehistoric documentary. Sky Monsterswill tell the story of Pterosaurs, the first large animals with the ability to fly. The two-hour documentary will use CGI to illustrate ...
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Joey gets second series in US and UK
Joey, the Friends spin-off dogged by plunging ratings, has been commissioned for a second season in the US and will again be screened by Five in the UK. US network NBC said the sitcom will return for a new run later this year, claiming it to be the 'best new ...
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Zig Zag goes to real-life Wacky Races
ZIG Zag Productionshas won the contract to produce coverage of this year's Gumball 3000 rally for the Extreme Sports Channel.
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NewsFive moves Trisha to morning slot
Five is planning to steal a march on ITV by moving Trisha Goddard's new show into the 9.25am berth where ITV1's Trisha has been airing for more than six years.
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Sky One probes politicians' affairs
Sky News anchor Kay Burley is fronting a documentary for Sky One spotlighting the seedy world of Westminster affairs.
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NewsBBC4 charts post-war 'lost decade'
Britain's 'lost decade' in the post-war years is being uncovered as part of a major season for BBC4.
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NewsBBC unveils Strictly Come Dancing for kids
The BBC has made a kids version of its massively successful Strictly Come Dancingformat.
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NewsO'Grady set for third ITV1 series
Paul O'Grady is to be given a third series for his ITV1 daytime show after making a strong return to the channel's afternoon slot this week.