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BBC airs stem cell drama-doc
The BBC is to join the controversial debate on stem cell research by screening a drama-documentary in which viewers will be asked to decide the outcome, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Screentime agrees crime format sales
Screentime Partners has made six new format sales of Lion TV's crime makeover reality show To Catch a Thief. Series commissions have been signed with New Zealand's TVNZ, Nederland 1/KRO in the Netherlands, Belgium's VTM and Russia's NTV. Further options have been signed with ...
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Target sells footballers' wives to M6
Target Entertainment has sold Shed Productions' sex and soccer drama Footballers' Wives to French broadcaster M6. The terrestrial channel has picked up the first two series of the drama, screened in the UK on ITV. In addition, Target has sold all four series of ...
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C4 to test relevance of Ten Commandments
Channel 4 is to test the relevance of the Ten Commandments to British society in a Saturday night special from Optomen Television.
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R4 show starts chain reaction
BBC Radio 4 is to launch an ever-changing talk show in which the guest chooses who to invite on next and then turns interviewer.
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BBC1 series to help divorced dads
Divorced dads will be given tips on what to do with their kids on access days in a new BBC1 series.
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Miss World to air on ITV1 and Sky Travel
ITV1 and Sky Travel have secured the rights to air the Miss World 2004 selection show and final. The interactive show Miss World: You Decide will first air on Sky Travel on 26 November and on ITV1 in a late-night slot the next day. The ...
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CGI costs delay ITV Marchioness film
A signature ITV film about the Marchioness disaster - feted in Edinburgh by chief executive Charles Allen - is under threat because producers are short of more than£300,000.
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BBC shelves plan for public to pick favourite EastEnder
A BBC entertainment show inviting the public to pick their favourite EastEnders character has been shelved because of a string of negative tabloid headlines about the show's stars.
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BBC sets up Gina Ford school
The BBC has commissioned an ambitious reality show in which stressed mums and dads will be sent to a parenting academy to learn tips from baby expert Gina Ford.
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NewsJuniper bags BBC politics slot
Indie Juniper TV has won the pitch to make BBC London's regional politics programme after it was tendered out in a bid to boost the corporation's indie quota.
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NewsInitial produces Band Aid video
Initial, the indie behind the recent UK Music Hall of Fame , is producing the music video and a BBC1 documentary about the new Band Aid charity single recorded yesterday.
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NewsRebecca Loos joins Sky's Dream Team
Rebecca Loos has landed her first acting role after securing a part in Sky One's football drama Dream Team.
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NewsPeaches Geldof fronts Sky One show
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 to front a new documentary for Sky One.
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Living to hunt for UK's top model
Flextech lifestyle channel Living TV is to make another UK version of one its US acquisitions.
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Prospect wins orders for Gay Mates
Indie Prospect Pictures's dating show Straight Dates by Gay Mates has been commissioned for a second series in both Israel and Italy. Production on the shows - which features two gay men choosing dates for single girls - is due to begin in January. The ...
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Jordan goes undercover on Five
Glamour model Jordan is to discover what her family and friends really think of her, as part of a celebrity makeover programme commissioned by Five.
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Ex-Blue Peter host goes to Hollywood
Former Blue Peter presenter Tim Vincent is to host the highest rated entertainment programme in the US - Access Hollywood. The£5m-a-year deal will see Vincent host the NBC show six nights a week and follows his presenting duties on the ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Jay Hunt
The BBC's senior commissioning executive, daytime wants ideas for returnable factual strands for mornings on BBC1 and wants pitches for any genre to fill the 6pm to 7pm slot on BBC2
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Creature Comforts heads to Japan
Granada International has sold Aardman Animations' award-winning animated series Creature Comforts to Japanese distributor Gaga Communications. The company has acquired all 26 x 10-minute episodes, plus a five-minute special and a 30-minute documentary, Creating Creature Comforts.