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C4 sells Sex Traffic around the globe
Channel 4 thriller Sex Traffic looks set to become an international hit after selling to six countries around the world.
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Five psychic talks to babies
Mentorn is to begin work on a factual series for Five in which a psychic communicates with children to help solve their problems.
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BBC focuses on missing persons
Leopard Films is to make a real-life version of US drama Without a Trace for the BBC, which will focus on the biggest missing persons unit in the country.
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Five lets out secrets of the Beatles
Five controller of history Alex Sutherland has commissioned 90-minute documentary The Beatles' Biggest Secrets from indie Fulcrum TV for later this year. Friends, colleagues and relatives lift the lid on incidents such as Paul McCartney's split with Jane Asher. The executive producer is Richard Belfield.
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Wall to Wall builds on A Life in? series
Wall to Wall is to follow up its Emmy award-winning arts programme George Orwell - A Life in Pictures with a special on James Bond author Ian Fleming.
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Celebrities line up for Xmas Millionaire
Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Alex Ferguson will be sitting in the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? hot seat as part of two special episodes of the ITV1 hit quiz this Christmas. The specials form part of ITV1's festive schedule, which includes a ...
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Paul Merton looks at the Comedy store
Comedian Paul Merton is to make his directorial debut in a BBC1 documentary charting 25 years of the Comedy Store. The 60-minute 25 Years of the Comedy Store - A Personal Historyby Paul Merton is written, presented and directed by the ...
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Entertainment Tonight comes to UK
Sky One has signed a deal with US producer Paramount to make a UK version of its syndicated show Entertainment Tonight.
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Tern TV scores a commissions Hat-trick
Scottish indie Tern Television has picked up three commissions including a documentary series that tracks a year in the lives of a group of trainee teachers. BBC Scotland has ordered 6 x 30-minute Teacher Teacher , which will be produced by Pamela Drynan. Discovery Home ...
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Connie the cow picked up by Disney
Animation house TV-Loonland has sold the German TV rights for pre-school series Connie the Cow to the Disney Channel. The show, which follows the adventures of a curious cow and her friends, attracts a share of nearly 25% on ITV. Produced by Neptuno Films, it ...
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Five focuses on weird pets and owners
Landmark Films has been commissioned by Five controller of science Justine Kershaw to produce a 60-minute film on weird pets and their owners in the US. Strange Pets USA will feature a man with three tigers, another with two alligators and a woman searching for ...
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Love gets Sky One order
Former Maverick TV managing director Richard Mckerrow is close to bagging his first commission for his newly formed indie, Love Productions.
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DJ Jezza in the frame to replace Trisha
Capital FM DJ 'Jezza' is being courted by Granada to be the successor to ITV talkshow host Trisha following her defection to Five.
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Vice grips BBC mornings
Daytime television audiences used to a staple fare of cheap talk shows and Australian soaps had better brace themselves - BBC1 has commissioned a hard-hitting morning show featuring pornography, prostitution and hard drugs.
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NewsSky One launches doc strand
Julie Burchill and Peaches Geldof are to kick start a new Wednesday night documentary strand on Sky One next year as part of the broadcaster's winter season.
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NewsMacca takes Millionaire hotseat
Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Alex Ferguson will be sitting in the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? hot seat as part of two special episodes of the ITV1 hit quiz this Christmas.
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ITV1 looks at ?changing' stars
ITV has commissioned RDF Media to make a series that will attempt to uncover which celebrities have had cosmetic surgery.
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BBC2 follows house-building couple
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has commissioned an 8 x 30-minute series that will follow a couple as they attempt to build their own home. The House that Dick Built will feature Dick Strawbridge and his wife as they construct a self-sufficient and environmentally friendly house. ...
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Map Man gets a second series on BBC2
Indie Tern Television is to make a second series of BBC2 factual series Map Man. BBC2 commissioner Nicola Moody has ordered an 8 x 30-minute series, presented by cartography expert Nicolas Crane. Each episode explores 'ingenious and revolutionary' British maps. A delivery date has ...
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C4 to air more one-off drama
Channel 4 plans to increase its single drama output by screening one feature-length special each month.