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Legal action halts TV show
Brighter Pictures this week defended its format There's Something about Miriam in which six men were stunned to discover that the beautiful woman they had been wooing was a transsexual.
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CD: UK plans live spin-offs
ITV has ordered three 30-minute spin-off editions of Blaze Television's Saturday morning pop show, CD:UK. The CD:UK - Spotlight Specials will run after the main CD:UKshow on Saturdays from 15 November and feature pop acts Pink, Christina Aguilera and Britney ...
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NewsBrucie is back on the Beeb
Veteran presenter Bruce Forsyth is to re-join the BBC eight years after leaving for ITV.
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Tiny planets to be seen in Scandinavia
Animation house Pepper's Ghost Productions is poised to sign deals with stations in Scandinavia to air its CGI pre-school series Tiny Planets, which screened on CITV in the UK, following sales to Fox Kids in Scandinavia, NRK in Norway and Disney and Canal+ in France. ...
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Visual Voodoo gets nod for Panto special
CHANNEL 4 is to uncover the 'secret world' of celebrities in pantomime as part of a brace of commissions for ITN production arm Visual Voodoo, which are due to air at Christmas, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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ITV lines up trio of new dramas
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a trio of dramas, including a topical two-part action thriller featuring a corrupt Special Operations investigator battling to save the UK from a major security threat, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Discovery wants Thunder races for US
Leopard Films has been commissioned by Discovery Channel US to produce a 60-minute special based on its Thunder Racesformat. The show, which sees teams turning broken-down cars into racing machines, will be shot this autumn in the Las Vegas desert. Executive producer for Discovery is ...
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Waking The Dead gets two more series
BBC1 crime drama Waking the Deadhas been commissioned for a further two series by controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter. The fourth and fifth series, which will comprise six two-parters, will again feature a crack team of police forensic experts looking into 'cold cases'. Filming ...
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Five plans Xmas Eubanks clip show
Five controller of youth and music Sham Sandhu has commissioned a one-off special from Carlton featuring the best bits of the channel's fly-on-the-wall series At Home with the Eubanks. In the 60-minute The Best of at Home with the Eubanks, ...
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Clear Channel says Capital is vulnerable
Roger Parry, chief executive of US media giant Clear Channel's international division, has described Capital, the UK's largest radio group, as vulnerable to takeover, writes Michael Rosser.
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Ex-Loaded ed James Brown moves into TV
Former Loadededitor James Brown, ex- Blue Peterpresenter Richard Bacon and Lord Bell's Chime Communications have formed an unlikely alliance to create a new television show.
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British series in global distributions
Distributor Minotaur International has made a raft of sales to broadcasters across the globe, including selling the last six episodes of long-running crime drama Taggart (pictured) to ABC in Australia, French channel FR3 and Denmark's Danmark Radio. Challenge format Travel Sick has been picked up by German music channel Viva ...
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BBC and HBO team up for epic Rome drama
The BBC and US network HBO are to undertake their first series co-production with an epic drama series chronicling the rise of the Roman empire through the eyes of two foot soldiers. The 12-episode Rome, which is due to air on BBC2 and HBO in ...
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TWI takes race to the altar to Europe
TWI Entertainment has sealed a brace of deals that will see dating format Race to the Altarscreened across Europe. Endemol Holland has licensed rights to produce the format in the Netherlands, where it is pitching to local networks, while Banana Productions has picked up local ...
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RDFI acquires ideal world programmes
RDF International has acquired the distribution rights to a trio of documentaries from Glasgow-based indie Ideal World. RDFI will distribute human-interest titles Siamese Survivorsand Surrogate Mother: The Baby Makeras well as current affairs documentary Hunting the Washington Sniper, which all ...
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ITV2 to screen comedy awards party
Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Mark Durden Smith have been lined up to present ITV2's post-awards show from The British Comedy Awards. The Fun Goes Onwill go behind the scenes to talk to the winners at the after-show party once the awards, hosted by Jonathan Ross, ...
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ITV1 wales tunes up pop award special
ITV1 Wales is to screen a 60-minute special based on The Coca Cola Pop Factory Music Awards 2003, which took place last week. Commissioned by HTV director of programmes Elis Owen, the Pop Factory production will feature acts such as Irish band The Revs and appearances from The Darkness and ...
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NewsIs this the cruellest reality TV show yet?
Sky One is set to spark controversy with a reality show that will see a group of men woo and kiss a gorgeous woman, only to be told at the end of the show that the object of their desire is actually a transsexual.
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NewsC4 unveils winter shows
Bob Geldof's indie Ten Alps Broadcasting is to make a nightly topical debate show for Channel 4 as one of the highlights of the channel's winter schedule.
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NewsBBC3 turns to orient for new comedy show
BBC3 is to launch the UK's first comedy show entirely written by and starring British oriental talent with a new show to be made by Steve Coogan's indie, Baby Cow.