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Granada to make psycho-thrillers
ITV has commissioned Granada to produce two psychological thrillers from its Manchester drama department. The Stepfather, a two-parter written by Simon Booker, stars Philip Glenister as a father whose 15-year-old daughter has gone missing amid suggestions that he has murdered her. The film, which goes ...
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ITV orders its first paranormal show
ITV has commissioned its first paranormal investigation with a one-off show from September Films in which a psychic attempts to drive out a spirit haunting a family home.
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Fat Friends returning for fourth series
ITV1 controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a fourth series of Kay Mellor's acclaimed drama Fat Friends , starring Alison Steadman and Lisa Riley. The series, which has already gone into production for a slot early next year, will be made by Mellor's indie, ...
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Diet Trials set for Germany
BBC Worldwide is to co-produce a new series of slimming reality series Diet Trials for German audiences.
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Format focus: TV diaries
Public voting adds interest to a show based around what at first resembles Big Brother audition tapes
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Lion to restage the Crusades
Lion Television has won a multimillion-pound commission from US broadcaster the History Channel to bring the wars of the Crusades back to life.
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Five looks at ?human computer'
Five has teamed up with four other broadcasters to make a programme about a boy dubbed the 'human computer'.
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Talkback comedy
Channel 4 is testing a topical comedy show from Talkback Thames. The show, entitled The News Never Sleeps , is a non-broadcast pilot, which is being overseen by C4 head of comedy Caroline Leddy. C4 is hoping that, if the trial is successful, the show ...
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Cineflix completes zero hour deals
Cineflix International's disaster documentary series Zero Hour has been licensed to Australia's Seven Network, the Holland Media Group, New Zealand's TVNZ and Germany's Vox. The 4 x 60-minute series was co-produced by 3BM Television and Cineflix's parent company, Cineflix Canada, and received additional funding from ...
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Ofcom scolds chef
Ofcom has upheld a complaint about a recent episode of BBC2's Trouble at the Top in which former two Michelin star chef Tom Aitken exclaimed
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Nickelodeon orders prism cartoons
Indie Prism Entertainment has won a commission from Nickelodeon Europe to make its planned Simpsons -style cartoon based on real families. Three families from Benelux, Scandinavia and Spain will be chosen to star in local versions of the show. They will feature in comedy-driven storylines ...
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John Lydon fronts discovery bug doc
North One Television has just begun production on a 10 x 30-minute series for Discovery Channel called John Lydon's Mega Bugs. Produced in the US, where the former Sex Pistols frontman and recent star of I'm a Celebrity? lives, ...
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Lynam rejoins BBC
Veteran sports broadcaster Des Lynam is to rejoin the BBC next month to present a new Saturday sports show, Des Meets , on Radio 5 Live. Lynam, who has been the face of ITV Sport for the past five years, will interview leading lights in ...
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Countdown safe for another five years
Channel 4 has recommissioned Yorkshire Television to make its long-running daytime quiz show Countdown for another five years. Under the new contract between C4 and Countdown producer Yorkshire Television, presenters Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman are tied in to the ...
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Bravo to air LA-Miami rally
Model Helena Christensen, actor Nick Moran and heiress Paris Hilton are among the celebrities taking part in a new car rally across America to be shown on Flextech's channel Bravo.
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C4I sales success in France and Germany
Channel 4 International has made several documentary sales into France and Germany. French broadcaster M6 has bought six titles, including The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart from Darlow Smithson Productions, Lock up Your Songs from Firecracker Films, ...
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C4 probes 9/11 terror attacks
Conspiracy theories surrounding the September 11 attacks will be put to the test in an investigative documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsFive and Paramount pair up for comedy
Five has teamed up with Paramount Comedy to launch a co-production initiative aimed at creating comedy hits like The Office.
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NewsBig Ron racism film kicks off his comeback
Ron Atkinson, the flamboyant ex football pundit who trashed his career after making an offensive remark towards a black player, is to work out if he really is a racist with a peaktime film for BBC1.
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Endemol handed Five reality brief
Five has enlisted Big Brother producer Endemol to help it take another shot at the reality genre.