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C4 to air making of touching the void doc
Channel 4 is lining up a documentary about the making of Darlow Smithson's award-winning mountaineering film, Touching the Void. The broadcaster is in talks with the indie about the possibility of airing the show - Return to Siula Grande - later this year when ...
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Baby Cow to make radio 4 sci-fi sitcom
Steve Coogan's indie, Baby Cow, is to make a science fiction sitcom featuring The League of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss for BBC Radio 4. Set in 2099, Nebulous stars Gatiss as the head of an eco troubleshooting team whose nemesis is Dr Klench, played by David ...
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S4C to air mass for peace at easter
S4C is to broadcast a performance of The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace , by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins on Good Friday on 9 April. The channel has also commissioned production company Cwmni Sianco to make a 52-episode series for pre-school viewers called ...
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c4i renews output deal with finland
Channel 4 International has renewed its 59-hour output deal with YLE in Finland, with shows including factual documentaries, comedy and drama. The programmes include Talkback/HBO's Ali G in da USA!!!, The Regency House Party from Wall to Wall and Pioneer Productions documentary Sars: Killer Bug ...
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BBC2 orders fourth outing for Coupling
Hartswood Films' hit sitcom Coupling is to return to BBC2 for a fourth series. The show, which is written by Steven Moffat, has been recommissioned by BBC head of comedy Sophie Clarke-Jervoise and will feature a new character, Oliver, played by Richard Mylan. Mylan ...
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12 Yard devises psychological quiz for BBC
Indie 12 Yard Productions is developing a psychological quiz show pilot for BBC daytime which will test contestants' powers of persuasion.
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NewsITV parades army wives
The maker of ITV's flamboyant Footballers' Wives has been commissioned to make a new series for the network, this time looking at the lives of men and women in the army.
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NewsBBC to follow up The Secret Policeman
The BBC is to follow up its Secret Policeman documentary with a series of investigations - several of which are expected to again involve reporters gathering evidence undercover.
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Moffatt and Gatiss to pen Doctor Who
Stephen Moffatt, the creator of hit sitcom Coupling , and League of Gentlemen star Mark Gatiss have joined the writing team for the revival of Doctor Who.
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BBC plans Broadwater drama
The BBC is planning to follow up its controversial BBC2 documentary on the murder of PC Keith Blakelock with a docu-drama on the Broadwater Farm riots that led to the policeman's death.
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NewsC4 scales down Iraq festival coverage
Channel 4 has been forced to scale down its coverage of an Iraqi Muslim festival in Iraq, after fears for the safety of the crew following yesterday's bomb blasts in the country.
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NewsSetanta snares SPL footie
The BBC has lost the rights to screen live Scottish Premier League after the league handed the four-year contract to Irish broadcaster Setanta.
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Sixth prime suspect picked up in russia
The sixth instalment of ITV crime drama Prime Suspect has been picked up by Russia's Channel One. It is the latest in a series of sales of the Granada/WGBH Boston co-production, shown on ITV1 last year. Prime Suspect - the ...
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Shine picks Gwilliam
Indie Shine has appointed Sian Gwilliam as its deputy head of production. She will report to director of production Joe McLusky and be charged with helping to oversee the management of the production slate in features and entertainment and working with the creative directors to secure new business. Gwilliam was ...
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Granada sells wildlife shows to ZDF
Granada International has sold a package of wildlife shows to German public broadcaster ZDF. The slate of titles includes Wildlife Greats and Killer Squid as well as Built for the Kill, a Granada Wild Production for National Geographic Channel International. The deal follows the sale of a raft of factual ...
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Talkback turns inspectors' gaze on sex
Talkback has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a follow-up to Dinner Party Inspectors which will aim to transform people's sex lives, writes Michael Rosser.
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Pilgrim gains third order for redcoats
Canterbury-based Pilgrim Productions has been commissioned by ITV to make a third series of docu-soap Redcoats. The show, which follows the lives of Butlins redcoats, will start in April and run for 14 episodes. ITV controller of night-time Carol Groves has commissioned the series, which she will executive produce along ...
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Peppa pig snapped up by five and nick jr
Five and Nick Jr have snapped up Contender Entertainment children's animation show Peppa Pig. The first 14 episodes of the 52 x 5-minute series, which was debuted at MIP Junior in October, will be given their UK premiere on Five from the end of ...
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Granada's Jones exits international role
Granada International general manager Ian Jones is leaving ITV after his role was made redundant in the new structure, writes Paul Revoir.
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MacQuarrie takes control
BBC Scotland head of programmes Ken MacQuarrie is to become the national division's controller in April, taking over from John McCormick who is retiring, writes Glen Mutel.