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Top-class athletics returns to C4
Channel 4 has landed the rights to show the highlights of this year's International Association of Athletics Federations Golden League meetings - the first time the sport has appeared on C4 since 1998. VTV will produce six half-hour highlights shows to be aired on selected Saturday mornings between June and ...
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ITV1 doc boasts abba exclusives
Reclusive Abba star Agnetha Faltskog has given her first major interview since the break-up of the band in 1981 in a major ITV1 documentary. The 90-minute Super Troupers - 30 Years of Abba, made by indie Iambic, will also feature fellow band member Frida Lyngstad singing Dancing Queen for the ...
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NewsFive to dig for WWII hero's fighter plane
Five will bring central London to a standstill with a live event, in which a team of archaeologists attempt to dig up a second world war Hurricane fighter plane from underneath a main road by Buckingham Palace.
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C4 follows Operatunity with ?ballet idol'
Channel 4 is to follow up its 'opera idol' series Operatunity with another minority arts talent trawl - this time set in the world of ballet.
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NewsKlinghoffer composer starts new C4 opera
John Adams, the composer behind Channel 4's award-winning The Death Of Klinghoffer , is making another opera for the channel.
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NewsC4 plans Shameless Xmas special
Channel 4 has commissioned a 90-minute Christmas special of its Manchester-based hit drama Shameless , following on from the successful run of its first series.
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AT IT MAKES CUT-PRICE PLASTIC SURGERY DOC.
At It Productions has produced Sun, Sea & Silicone, a two-part series for Sky One, following
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FOOTIE WIVES BACK.
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has greenlit a fourth series of Shed Productions' drama Footballers'
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Producers wanted
BBC Scotland is investing£185,000 in the third year of its executive producer scheme in a bid to develop the next generation of senior production talent in the nations and regions. The year-long scheme, which is operated by the BBC in partnership with the Research Centre for Television and Interactivity and ...
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Ofcom set to relax PSB requirements
Ofcom is set to scrap the 'box ticking' rules that force public service broadcasters to show specific amounts of religious or arts programming.
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Mobile Millionaire
Celador has launched a mobile phone game for its Who Wants to be a Millionaire? quiz, offering users the chance to win up to£50,000. The voice-based interactive game is produced in association with Eckoh Technologies.
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loos ratings-puller
Sky One's interview with Rebecca Loos reached a peak of 2 million (17.4%) when it aired last Thursday (15 April). The 60-minute programme at 22.00 conducted by the Sky News Today strand anchor Kay Burley averaged a strong 1.65 million viewers (14.3%).
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ITV signs up loos for weekend show
ITV1 has signed up Rebecca Loos, the woman who claims to have had an affair with David Beckham, as the first guest on Granada dating show Love on a Saturday Night this Saturday. Loos will be paid around£15,000 for a short appearance, in which ...
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Ofcom trails future of PSB
Ofcom this week outlined some of the challenges public service broadcasting in the UK faces in the future - and the reforms that may be required to ensure the quality and range of PSB in a digital ages.
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Indies form a 'Pact' for radio
Fifty key radio indies have come together to create an industry body to fight for programme rights and an increased indie quota from the BBC, writes Michael Rosser.
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Dog trainers to help wives tame hubbies
Five controller of features and entertainment Ben Frow has ordered a lifestyle series from Talkback that will see dog trainers help women tame their husbands, writes Michael Rosser.
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Slowdown leads to London Studios cuts
THE LONDON Studios, home to programmes such as Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, has axed 23 people following a slowdown in business, writes Paul Revoir.
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At It makes cut-price plastic surgery doc
At It Productions has produced Sun, Sea & Silicone, a two-part series for Sky One, following four girls who journey to the Malaysian island of Penang for cut-price plastic surgery. Ordered by Sky commissioning editor Jamie Roberts and produced and directed by Graciela Watson, it will air on Sky One ...
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Gail porter to contact dead for Living TV
Living TV has ordered a second series of paranormal show Dead Famous, which features Gail Porter enlisting the help of an American medium to speak to dead Hollywood legends, in advance of the screening of the first series in June. Indie Twofour Productions has made the 6 x 60-minute first ...
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Teen channel extends its reach
Flextech teen channel Trouble has commissioned reality series High School Project USA from Ginger TV as part of a new drive into factual programming, writes Naomi Rovnick.