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Bravo orders to probe bad Brits
Bravo has stocked up on factual content with three series looking at the rougher side of Britain's provincial towns.
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Benny Hill show set for BBC America
BBC America has picked up classic slapstick comedy The Benny Hill Show following a deal with Fremantle International Distribution. The popular Thames Television series made in the 1960s and 1970s will join the channel's schedule from October. In addition, Fremantle has sold the home entertainment ...
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Adrian Chiles to front MOTD spin-off
Working Lunch presenter Adrian Chiles is to front a new Match of the Day spin-off to air on Sunday evenings on BBC2. Match of the Day 2, which will air at 10pm from 15 August, will include highlights from that day's games as well as ...
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Format focus: Studio 7
Studio 7, which debuted in the US last week on The WB, is a none-too-subtle mixture of Weakest Link-style grilling ...
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Zeppotron lands C4 smut show
Endemol UK subsidiary Zeppotron is to help Channel 4 sex up its late evening slot with a new show chronicling the smuttiest moments from TV and cinema.
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Trainspotting actor to star in C4 drama
IWC Media has recruited Trainspotting star Ewan Bremner (above) for a one-off drama about an ME sufferer and a wheelchair-bound war film fanatic with multiple sclerosis who get together to perform a terrorist act. The Baader Meinhoff Gang Show , ...
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C4 ties up Ramsay
Channel 4 has locked Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay into an exclusive three-year UK deal. The deal, which will run until July 2007, gives C4 exclusive rights for all of Ramsay's UK television output. Over the next three years, Ramsay will star in a range of shows produced by indie Optomen ...
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BBC3 to air Graham Norton's US show
BBC3 has acquired Graham Norton's US chat show in a move that will keep the camp comic exclusively on the BBC.
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BBC2 series to organise lives
Personal time management could be the hot new lifestyle genre after BBC2 controller Roly Keating ordered a series that aims to help streamline people's lives.
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BBC1 lines up fourth series of spooks
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have ordered a fourth run of hit spy drama Spooks. The series, about a group of MI5 agents, will be made by indie Kudos. The third series, due to air on BBC1 in ...
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NewsFive show puts celebs in 19th-century farm
Five's new reality show from Big Brother producer Endemol will challenge celebrities to fend for themselves on a 19th-century farm.
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BBC to send soap stars to Africa
Characters from BBC1 soaps such as EastEnders could find themselves in Africa next summer as part of plans to relocate the channel to the continent for a week of special programming.
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A tale of two controllers
Although BBC1 and BBC2's controllers have unveiled two very different autumn schedules, both are relying heavily on popular factual programming to draw peaktime audiences
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NewsFamily tree show heads BBC2 line-up
New BBC2 controller Roly Keating this morning (Wednesday) unveiled his first autumn schedule since replacing Jane Root last month - although he admitted he couldn't take any of the credit for the programming.
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NewsDirty Bomb leads BBC1 autumn push
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey yesterday (Tuesday) unveiled her£221m autumn schedule with one of its highlights - a dramatisation of a dirty bomb exploding in London - immediately courting controversy.
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NewsNorton US show sets up camp on BBC3
BBC3 has acquired Graham Norton's US chat show in a move that will keep the camp comic exclusively on the BBC.
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RDFI picks up rights to Ricochet shows
RDF International has bolstered its programming portfolio after snapping up a package of shows from lifestyle specialist Ricochet.
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Music therapy to fill gap left by Simpsons
BBC controller of daytime Alison Sharman has begun the task of replacing The Simpsons , by ordering a 20-part series featuring Fame Academy judges Carrie and David Grant.
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Evolutions' reign of terror
Evolutions Television has worked with Scream Films on docu-drama Terror Alert - Could You Survive?. Ex-SAS hard man Chris Ryan looks at what civilians should do if disaster strikes. Reconstruction, archive footage and expert analysis were used to create a fast-paced documentary series. Graeme ...
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Mirren in frame to play queen in Diana film
Prime Suspect star Helen Mirren is being lined up by Granada to play the Queen in an ambitious new cinema film charting the death of Princess Diana from the view of the royal family and Tony Blair. The film is due to go into ...