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CNN presents recalls Warsaw uprising
CNN International has lined up 60-minute documentary Warsaw Rising: the Forgotten Soldiers of World War II. The film, which tells the story of the 63-day Warsaw uprising during the city's occupation by the Nazis, is being made by the channel's CNN Presents team, with ...
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Indies chalk up daytime orders
Two indies have secured footholds in ITV1 and BBC1's daytime schedules.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Hilary Bell
The Channel 4 commissioning editor - documentaries is looking for ratings winners for the primetime 21.00 slot, possibly along the lines of the programme she is most proud of during her tenure at the channel: Faking It
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ITV2 lines up Bad Girls special
ITV2 has commissioned a 60-minute Bad Girls spin-off from Shed Productions to air this autumn. The behind-the-scenes special has been commissioned by Daniela Neumann and will be produced by Jodie Reynolds with Brian Park as executive producer. The order follows a ...
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NewsGilligan makes TV debut with C4 doc
Andrew Gilligan, whose controversial Today report plunged the BBC into the worst crisis in its history, is to return to broadcasting with a programme for Channel 4 on Britain's intelligence services.
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NewsLiving TV calls in psychic sleuths
Psychics are to help track down murderers in a paranormal version of Crimewatch for Living TV.
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NewsITV1 to entertain with blank screen
Critics often moan there is nothing on television - now ITV1 has taken them at their word and commissioned a quiz show featuring a totally empty screen.
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Geldof indie plans Live Aid event doc
High-end documentary specialist Brook Lapping Productions is to make a one-off BBC2 documentary on Live Aid to mark the concert's 20th anniversary.
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Princess and the playboys
Princess Productions, the indie behind Five's Back to Reality , is having another crack at the reality genre with a show for Sky One.
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NewsDee handed primetime BBC1 slot
Jack Dee is to return to BBC1 as the host of a new primetime comedy entertainment show from indie Open Mike.
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NewsFive to uncover worst celebrity ads
Five is to spotlight some of the most diabolical and embarrassing celebrity endorsements, with a new shows looking at the history of celebrity-based advertising.
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NewsITV orders Marchioness drama
ITV1 has commissioned a new factual drama about the Marchioness disaster, which 15 years ago claimed the lives of 51 people on the River Thames.
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Scandinavians in for Miriam show
Controversial reality show There's Something About Miriam has notched up its first foreign sale after being picked up by a pan-Scandinavian broadcaster.
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Hustle set to be 'a huge international hit'
The BBC is predicting its glossy con-artist drama Hustle will become a worldwide hit after it completed deals with a number of European broadcasters, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Talent TV to make my teen genie
Indie Talent TV is to begin making a live-action show for children with Canadian producer Amberwood Entertainment. My Teen Genie features the antics of a teenage girl and a young genie that lives in her mobile phone. The 26 x 30-minute series is being financed ...
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North one gets five gadget show order
North One Television Midlands has been commissioned by Five to produce a 10 x 30-minute series working-titled The Gadget Show. The programme, which will road test gadgets, was commissioned by Five controller of science Justine Kershaw and has been pre-sold to Discovery UK. The ...
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Extreme sports makes two originals
Extreme Sports Channel managing director Phil Jones has commissioned two series for the broadcaster: the 6 x 30-minute Stacked , from Cardiff indie Boomerang, which examines extreme sports injuries and the 6 x 30-minute Hanging with?, which will take amateur extreme sports fans to met ...
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Screentime to represent lone eagle
Format sales house Screentime Partners is to represent a brace of reality formats from Toronto-based Lone Eagle Entertainment. Screentime will hold several territorial rights to dating format Hooked Up and The Call , which explores the competitive world of casting.
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RDF sells pair of ideal world docs
RDF International has sold two factual programmes from indie Ideal World to networks around the world. Siamese Survivors , about conjoined twins Hassan and Hussain Salih, has been picked up by VMM in Belgium, TVNZ in New Zealand and an unnamed broadcaster in Denmark. In ...
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ITV commissions charity walk drama
ITV has commissioned Granada to make a two-hour drama charting the roller-coaster journey of a group of people who take part in a walk across the Sahara to raise money for a cancer charity, writes Paul Revoir.