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Wise Buddah scores BBC radio orders
Wise Buddah has secured a clutch of music-themed commissions for BBC radio including a 60-minute documentary on Welsh rockers the Stereophonics for Radio 2 on 21 February. The indie is also making hour-long specials on Sex Pistols guitarist Sid Vicious and Dido for R2. In addition, four episodes of jazz ...
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BBC hosts Bafta tribute to Monkhouse
The BBC is to screen a Bafta tribute to comedian Bob Monkhouse, who lost his fight against prostate cancer earlier this month. The 60-minute show, which will be executive produced by BBC creative head of entertainment events Bea Ballard, will feature interviews with celebrities who knew Monkhouse. Commissioned by BBC1 ...
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FX acquires us sports drama for UK
FX, the new UK digital satellite channel from Fox, has acquired a new US drama series from Buena Vista International. Playmakers was screened on US sports channel ESPN last year and chronicles the corrupting influence of fame and fortune on a fictional American football ...
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Peter Cook inspires radio 4 homage
BBC Radio 4 is to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Peter Cook by airing a four-part series about the comedian. The project, produced by Tiger Aspect, will feature archive footage of Cook's key performances plus anecdotes about the man from the people who knew him best. The ...
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Channel 4 makes film of life of Princess
Channel 4 has ordered a feature-length dramatisation of the life of Princess Margaret. Filming on Margaret Rose will begin in spring. Indie Touchpaper will produce the piece, while playwright Craig Warner makes his screenwriting debut. C4 head of drama John Yorke said:
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BBC3 adds to output
BBC3 is to get an intellectual boost with a two-parter about maths, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Joly poised for BBC1 debut
Comedian Dom Joly is to appear in a BBC1 hidden camera show described as a 'grown-up Trigger Happy ' - the last project of his exclusive two-year deal with the corporation.
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ITV1 goes with second holiday showdown
ITV1 controller of factual programming Bridget Boseley has recommissioned RDF Media's reality programme Holiday Showdown. The second series will comprise eight hour-long episodes, plus a special edition, co-produced by Australian broadcaster Nine Network, in which an Australian family will holiday with a British one. Nine Network recently bought the Holiday ...
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Cash in the attic found again on BBC1
Leopard Films is making a fourth series of Cash in the Attic for BBC1. Head of daytime Alison Sharman has ordered 15 x 30-minute shows as well as 10 x 45-minutes. The programme, which sees a team of valuers go into people's homes to try ...
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NewsC4 to make comic fans into super heroes
Channel 4 is set to broadcast a bizarre new primetime game show in which comic book fans are invited to turn themselves into stunt-performing super heroes.
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Company brings Pete and Dud 'love story' to C4
Company Pictures, the indie behind hit drama series Shameless , is to make a film for Channel 4 about the iconic comedy team Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
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Eubank knocked out of Five format
Five has decided not to make a second series of reality show At Home with the Eubanks but is keeping the brand and is on the hunt for a new celebrity.
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All3media completes flurry of deals
All3Media International, formerly Chrysalis Distribution, has scored several new deals in France with its slate of documentaries and drama. France 3 is to screen series seven and eight of Bentley Productions' mystery drama Midsomer Murders and cable network Match TV has picked up docu-soap ...
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NewsBBC charts 2003 top TV moments
The BBC is set to air a programme setting out the top TV moments of 2003 and has drawn up a shortlist of 28 potential 'moments' two-thirds of which were on the BBC.
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NewsGranada unveils I'm a? celebrities
Granada has named the cast of 10 celebrities who are to be flown to the Australian jungle for the third series of I'm a Celebrity? Get Me Out of Here! - one of ITV's most profitable and highest rating shows.
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NewsBBC scraps pre-recorded Kilroy
The BBC is to dump 25 episodes of its Kilroy programme that have already been recorded following the deal to terminate Robert Kilroy-Silk's contract to front the show.
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NewsBBC Kelly Panorama to air before Hutton
A BBC Panorama special on the Hutton inquiry will not feature Lord Hutton's conclusions on the affair as the corporation has decided to screen the programme a week before he publishes his report.
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LIQUID ASSETS TO RUN TO ANOTHER SERIES
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a further run of Liquid Assets. The new 6 x
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Fox Sports Net to play Late Night Poker
Indie Presentable has sold its Channel 4 show Late Night Poker to US network Fox Sports, writes Glen Mutel.
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Early Doors to return for second series
Royle Family writer Craig Cash's acclaimed BBC2 comedy series Early Doors has been commissioned for a second run, writes Leigh Holmwood.