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Trisha to front outrageous TV clips on Five
Five is to extend its Greatest TV Momentsstrand and has secured new daytime signing Trisha Goddard to present the first of the new batch.
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Commissioner's Q & A
br>Extreme Sports Channel managing director Europe Phil Jones is looking for broader lifestyle coverage for existing viewers and thinks that Gumball 3000 opened the way to bringing in new audiences
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Double order for September
Indie September Films has landed two new commissions, including a primetime special for ITV1 about nightmare nannies.
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Van Outen in drama
Former Big Breakfastpresenter and West End musical star Denise Van Outen is to join the cast of ITV1's drama Where the Heart Is. Van Outen will play district nurse and single mum Kim Blakeney, who moves to rural Yorkshire to start a ...
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NewsITV pulls the plug on Steel River Blues
Steel River Blues, ITV's high profile fire-fighting drama that replaced London's Burning, has had the plug pulled by the network after just one series.
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Five looks for UK's own Desperate Housewives
Five has jumped on the Desperate Housewivesbandwagon by commissioning a documentary looking at what goes on behind the twitching net curtains of Britain.
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ITV2 to air Branson reality show
ITV2 is set to secure the exclusive rights to Richard Branson's US reality show after outbidding rivals Living TV and F/X.
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BBC/Five tie up for tsunami gig
The BBC and Five have struck an unprecedented deal to share live coverage of this weekend's fundraising concert for victims of the Asian tsunami.
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ITV lines up all-night news
ITV viewers in London are to be given the chance to watch its flagship regional news programme, London Tonight, round the clock on a new on-demand channel.
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NewsITV axes Scream from Saturday
ITV1's Saturday night adventure series Scream! If You Want To Get Offis to be pulled from the schedules after just three episodes following poor ratings.
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NewsVan Outen gets ITV1 drama role
Former Big Breakfast host and West End musical star Denise Van Outen is to join the cast of ITV1's drama Where the Heart Is.
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NewsBBC to air tsunami relief concert
The BBC is to broadcast the tsunami relief concert in Cardiff, which will feature stars such as Eric Clapton and Charlotte Church performing to raise money for the Asian disaster.
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NewsC4 reject Frost project
Channel 4 has passed over the latest television project from actress and fashion designer Sadie Frost and her Blueflower Production company.
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T4 to televise 2004 ?honours'
Channel 4's youth strand T4 plans to celebrate the best of music, film and TV in 2004 with its own honours list show.
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C4 looks at orgasms on the NHS
Channel 4 offers an insight into female sexual dysfunction in a documentary by Leopard Films. Orgasms on the NHSfollows patients as they have treatment for sexual problems. The 50-minute film, commissioned by C4 editor of documentaries Danny Cohen, will be directed by Amanda Blue and James ...
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Sky One to act out Jacko trial
Courtroom reconstructions of Michael Jackson's forthcoming trial are to be shown on Sky One and Sky News as part of a deal between BSkyB and US network E! Entertainment Television.
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Interactive auction
Channel 4 is planning to provide live interactivity during a pre-recorded show for the first time. C4 division 4 Interactive has teamed up with Lion-produced auction show Name Your Priceto give viewers the chance to win£500 by guessing the correct value of items up for auction. ...
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Diesel makes Botham fly-fishing films
Indie Diesel Films has won four commissions from Discovery Home & Leisure. The 5 x 30-minute Botham on the Fly, due to air in summer, follows ex-England cricketer Ian Botham as he goes fly fishing with celebrity pals. The 5 x 30-minute ...
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TWI takes ITV cookery brief
TWI has landed its first daytime commission for a terrestrial channel in the UK after ITV commissioned it to make a cookery series that pits members of the public against a celebrity chef.
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ITV lines up pop families in peak
ITV1 is to give two families the chance to become popstars for a night in a Saturday primetime entertainment series.