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NewsBBC looks serious for winter
The launch of new current affairs strands will be the focus of BBC2's winter slate while BBC1 will prop up its season with a controversial and hard-hitting drama about the far right.
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NewsBBC lines up Widdecombe for boat race
A group of 18 celebrity Oxbridge alumni are to recreate the famous university boat race for a BBC reality show.
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LWT puts The Good Life to test
LWT factual has been commissioned to make an eight-part series for ITV1, in which families give up their day jobs and live self-sufficient lives in suburbia like Tom and Barbara from classic sitcom The Good Life.
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Optimistic goes to World's End
Johnny Vaughan's indie, World's End, has secured a deal to be a key contributor to the portfolio of new digital channels being launched by David Brook's Optimistic Network.
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US dramas at heart of Sky One Winter
Sky One's winter schedule will feature a range of new US drama including Nip/Tuck, Jake 2.0, Cold Caseand Las Vegas. The channel has also created an entertainment slot for Friday ...
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NewsBBC unveils winter slate
A hard hitting and controversial new drama charting how the demonisation of asylum seekers and Islam is feeding the far right in Britain is one of the highlights of BBC1's£177m winter season.
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NewsBeckhams head ITV1 Xmas
ITV1 has unveiled its Christmas line-up headed by an entertainment special based on England's rugby world cup winning team and a documentary about David and Victoria Beckham.
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NewsC4 to give animal sex tips
Channel 4 has unveiled a series of science documentaries for 2004, covering topics such as the unanswered mysteries of the universe and the sex life of the animal kingdom.
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TWI shows struggles of 'superman'
Former Superman star Christopher Reeve's continuing struggle to walk again is to be chronicled in a second film for BBC1 by indie TWI. The first film pulled in 5.1 million viewers, and TWI is now also working on a separate show about Reeve for US network ABC.
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ITV's The vault returns for third series
ITV has recommissioned Carlton gameshow The Vaultafter it recovered from a shaky start as a Saturday night show. The show is set to return for a third series next spring - although it is likely to be given a midweek berth. Meanwhile, ITV controller of ...
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RDF wins more orders from ITV
RDF Media has tightened its grip on ITV1 with a batch of commissions including a six-part factual entertainment show and a one-off documentary.
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Discovery orders model town from oval
Discovery Home & Leisure channel director Paul Welling has commissioned indie Oval to make a 15 x 30-minute series reconstructing a coastal town in miniature. Model Town, to be aired from July, is being executive produced for Oval by Dave Hatter and for Discovery by ...
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Granada takes a look at extreme dieters
Discovery Health channel director Clare Laycock has commissioned Granada to make a show about extreme dieting techniques and asked GMTV to make a series on life coaching. Desperate Dietersis a 15 x 30-minute series which looks at people who turn to radical approaches like jaw ...
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Touchdown sells property to denmark
Touchdown Television has sold celebrity lifestyle format Whose House is it Anyway?to Danish state broadcaster Danmarks Radio. Devised by Julie Christie, the show features three celebrities who all claim to
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Via Digital's Queer coup
Indie Via Digital has won a lucrative commission to produce US 'pink' dating show Queer Eye for the Straight Guyfor Living TV, writes Michael Rosser.
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Tinopolis wins pot of EU cash
Welsh indie Tinopolis has been granted a subsidy of over£125,000 from the European Union to develop several drama and animation projects.
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Sixth sense to test kids' business sense
A reality show testing the business acumen of a group of schoolchildren has been commissioned by Five. Make It Bigis being made by indie Sixth Sense Productions and will feature 12 children aged 11 to 14 as they attempt to organise a profit-making charity event ...
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Bird to become Disney president
Andy bird, former president of Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) International, has resurfaced as president of rival US media giant Walt Disney's international division, writes Michael Rosser.
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BBC creates two factual strands
The BBC's documentary and contemporary factual department has created two factual brands for BBC2 and BBC3, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC to look at kids in care
The BBC is launching a season of programmes about children in care. The season - to air in February - will be headlined by a BBC2 drama from film-maker Brian Hill, director of the 'docu-musical' Feltham Sings.