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E4 devises dating show with a twist
E4 is to run a six-part dating show called The Great Love Swindle later this month. The programme, produced by Ealing Studios, features four bachelors whose aim is to get a girl to say 'I love you' within five dates. The first one to do ...
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BBC3 series charts ?Harvey Nichols of the north-east'
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a documentary series set in a department store from the director behind the channel's recent film trilogy on model Jordan.
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Lulu and O'Leary sign up for R2
BBC radio 2 has revamped its weekend line-up, commissioning shows fronted by Lulu and Dermot O'Leary.
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This Life indie airs law drama
World Productions, Tony Garnett's indie that made the iconic twentysomething drama This Life , is to once again turn its sights on lawyers for a new BBC series.
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C4's channel surfing show
Channel 4 has commissioned a show from its former director of strategy David Brook in which a series of familiar faces are filmed flipping between TV channels and discussing what's on.
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NewsShiny floor shows dominate ITV autumn
ITV is banking on 'event dramas' and shiny-floor entertainment shows to claw back its declining audience share.
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Living TV orders more Queer Eye
Living TV has commissioned a second series of the British version of hit US gay makeover show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy - and has also succeeded in selling the show back to America.
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Five Saturday slot for duel masters
Five has acquired the latest animé series from the maker of Pokémon after signing a deal with distributor Entertainment Rights. Duel Masters will air in Five's Saturday morning action slot, targeting boys aged seven to 11, from the autumn. The 26 x 30-minute series, spawned by a Japanese comic and ...
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Web premiere for new WB drama series
The WB, Warner Bros' youth channel in the US, is to become the first network to premiere a new drama series online. The first episode of Jack and Bobby will be available to AOL's 3.5 million broadband subscribers for a week later in the summer. ...
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India's star TV in gameshow format deal
Distraction Formats has sold the rights of gameshow Dirty Rotten Cheater to Star TV in India. The format, in which contestants must guess who has been given all the answers, will go into production this autumn. An Italian version, produced by Magnolia, recently premiered on ...
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Tara P-T to chart posh rockers
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson is to front a new BBC Radio 1 documentary examining the power of the class system in the music business.
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NBC takes chance on double or nothing
US network NBC has begun pre-production on a reality special, based on a Sky One show, in which a man bets everything he owns on one spin of the roulette wheel. Double or Nothing , made by Target Entertainment in the UK, will follow one ...
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Televideo to film celebrity poker match
Outside broadcast specialist Televideo has been commissioned by Granada Sky Broadcasting director of programmes Gary Shoefield to cover the first ever Celebrity Poker UK Challenge. The event, held at Brighton's Rendezvous Casino at the end of August, features celebrities playing alongside members of the public for a prize fund of£120,000. ...
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IWC media bags BBC piping hot order
BBC Scotland has ordered a one-off documentary for later this year centred around Glasgow's international bagpipe festival in August. The programme, provisionally titled Piping Hot , will be made by IWC Media. IWC's Hamish Barbour will executive produce and Jill Cumberbatch and Tim Maguire will ...
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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.