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ITV orders two shows from SMG TV
ITV controller of children's programming Steven Andrew has commissioned SMG TV Productions to make a comedy drama series and a factual show for its CiTV block. Butterfingers , which tells the story of a goalkeeper and his magic gloves, is a 7 x 30-minute drama ...
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Maverick move
Maverick Television has appointed former Channel 4 Interactive head of telephony development Jo Rosenfelder as its new head of commercial affairs. She will be charged with negotiating deals and running business affairs at the company, which has just moved to new premises in Birmingham. At the same time Maverick executive ...
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Morning to return
Granada has received an early recommission from ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard for its This Morning daytime show. The 17th run will start in September and run through until summer next year. The series editor will again be Shu Richmond and it will have ...
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NewsBBC to spend£6m on amateurs' movie
The BBC is to produce a£6m big-screen movie using entirely amateur on-screen talent and production staff.
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Initial stages The Match for Sky
Initial is to put 18 celebrities through their paces in training with Newcastle United football club for a reality show for Sky One.
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Sky to lock star couples in penthouse
Sky One is to launch its own Big Brother-style reality show in which two celebrities are holed up together for a day in a£2m luxury penthouse.
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Two pints next to put plot to viewers' vote
BBC comedy Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps is to place the outcome of the series' cliffhanger in the hands of its audience.
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NewsRantzen signs up for BBC2's lonely hearts
Veteran presenter Esther Rantzen is to take part in BBC2's dating show Would Like to Meet in one of the highlights of the channel's 40 thanniversary spring and summer season.
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NewsBBC1 experiments with entertainment
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has said she is still 'experimenting' with entertainment on her channel in a bid to get things right, and has stacked up at least six new formats to try and revitalise Saturday nights.
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NewsGuardian cartoonist secures TV deal
Indie Kids, the production company set up by former Granada director of children's Dan Maddicott, has signed a deal with Guardian cartoonist Steven Appleby to develop a new animated series.
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NewsCampbell lands Five show
Alastair Campbell is to host a new show on Five which will see the former Downing Street director of communications interview senior figures from the world of politics, business and sport.
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NewsMoD backs BBC reality show
The team behind BBC2's SAS - Are You Tough Enough? have teamed up with the Ministry of Defence to put a group of young men through the rigours of the D-Day landings.
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BBC4 cash earmarked for science and ethics.
BBC4 controller Roly Keating - who was given a£10m budget increase last month - has commissioned a range of science and ethics series in a bid to create more
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It's all in the worst possible taste.
Sky One head of factual Matthew Paice has commissioned three independents to make 4 x 60-minute
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NewsAnglia stacks up US orders
Granada's Anglia factual network has bolstered overseas programming output with a series of new commissions from US networks.
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Lux picks up C4 order for Celador
Celador Productions' decision to hire former Channel 4 head of entertainment group Danielle Lux as its new managing director appears to have paid off after the company landed its first commission from the channel in nearly 20 years, writes Paul Revoir.
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C4 child sex doc sells to Europe and USA
Channel 4 International has secured a raft of sales for Cutting Edge documentary The Child Sex Trade. The 50-minute co-production between Hardcash Productions and Arte France has been picked up by nearly a dozen broadcasters including CNN in the US, SRC in Canada and ...
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BBC4 cash earmarked for science and ethics
BBC4 controller Roly Keating - who was given a£10m budget increase last month - has commissioned a range of science and ethics series in a bid to create more 'appointment to view' slots on the channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C4 pays tribute to influence of friends
Channel 4 is to mark the final episodes of Friends by airing a 90-minute documentary about the series. What Friends Did for Us , produced by indie Shine, looks at the effect the hugely popular sitcom has had both on ...
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DGP invests in Symphony V5
DGP has bought eight of Avid's latest version of Symphony, writes Farah Jifri.