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Peter Duncan takes son on trip for Five
Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan has been commissioned by Five to make a travel documentary starring his son. Five controller of children's programmes Nick Wilson has ordered the 30-minute documentary Arthur's Trip from indie Here's One I Made Earlier. ...
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First job for Total Eclipse
TOTAL Eclipse Television, the new indie set up by former Carlton controller of children's David Mercer, has won its first commission, with a Christmas show for the BBC.
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Frost to do occasional interview series
The BBC has commissioned an occasional interview series featuring Sir David Frost after confirming his long-running Sunday morning show Breakfast with Frost is to end. The Frost Interview - part of a new three-year deal signed by Frost with the ...
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High Point goes into production
Drama distributor High Point Films and Television is to move into original production for the first time with the creation of an in-house division.
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Talkback streets ahead with Beeny
Channel 4 will make over an entire street as part of an ambitious new series from Talkback.
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BBC1 buys new lesbian novel
The new lesbian-themed novel from the author of Tipping the Velvet , which was made into a controversial and top-rating BBC2 series, is to be adapted for BBC1.
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C4 tracks plight of wannabe mums
Channel 4 is to follow the attempts of 35 women to get pregnant in an ambitious documentary project about late motherhood.
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NewsITV knocks The Block off peak slot
ITV has decided to pull its ailing DIY reality show The Block out of peaktime.
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NewsC4 returns to River Cottage
Channel 4 is to revisit organic expert Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on his farm in rural Dorset with a new series of reality hit River Cottage.
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NewsFive bulks up makeover output
Five has commissioned a new series from indie RDF Media, in which a series of Brits are sent to Los Angeles for the mother of all makeovers.
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NewsKath and Kim come to BBC2
Cult Australian sitcom Kath and Kim is to make its long-awaited debut on UK terrestrial TV after the BBC snapped up the rights.
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Russia takes C4 clean-up format
Russian audiences will be offered a peek into the messy homes of their neighbours in a local adaptation of Channel 4's How Clean is Your House?.
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Sci-Fi appoints UK acquisitions chief
The Sci-Fi Channel UK has created a new role to oversee programme acquisitions.
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CBBC orders dog adventure
The company behind cult children's drama Press Gang has been commissioned to make a kids comedy drama for the BBC.
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Granada sells dramas to Albania
Granada International has made its first package sale into Albania with a deal that includes more than 100 titles. The package has been sold to Viziontrade for free terrestrial network distribution and comprises 300 hours of programming such as The Forsyte Saga, Island at War ...
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BBC America takes fifth my family series
BBC America has picked up the fifth series of sitcom My Family from indie DLT Entertainment after buying the first four seasons earlier this year. The deal includes 13 episodes, a one-off flashback episode and a Christmas special. The show, which stars Robert Lindsay as ...
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Tiger Aspect makes CBBC animation
Tiger Aspect is to produce a new 26-part animated series for the BBC. Charlie and Lola is based on Lauren Child's children's books of the same name. Aimed at four to six-year-olds, the series, which is voiced by children, focuses on the adventures of seven-year-old ...
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Format focus: the one that got away
A bachelor is holed up in a mansion for 10 days with seven ex-girlfriends. The 'winner' gets another shot at romance with the guy who dumped her, writes Michael Rosser
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Baxendale in return to ITV
Actress Helen Baxendale is to star in her first role on ITV since the end of hit series Cold Feet , with a romantic comedy about a single mum.
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BBC recommissions Prism's The Stables
Prism Entertainment has been commissioned by the BBC to produce a second series of children's docu-soap The Stables. CBBC controller Dorothy Prior and head of factual programmes Roy Milani have ordered a 10 x 27-minute follow-up to the first series to be shown on ...