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Victoria wood makes slimming doc for BBC
Comedian Victoria Wood is to give her personal take on the slimming industry in a new two-part series for BBC1. Wood is to write and present the 2 x 60-minute Victoria Wood's Big Fat Documentary, to be made by indie Liberty Bell Productions, which will ...
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Boarding school European-style
That'll Teach 'Em , Twenty Twenty's reality format in which a class of pupils are put through a 1950s-style boarding school regime, has been optioned by four European producers, writes Michael Rosser.
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Jones stays on as BTDA chair
Granada International general manager Ian Jones has been voted in as chairman of the British Television Distributors' Association (BTDA) for the second year running.
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SMG TV develops two club reps spin-offs
SMG TV Productions is developing a spin-off to its Club Reps series (above) to accompany a third run of the ITV1 documentary series. Club Reps - Aftersunhas been commissioned by ITV2 head of programming Daniela Neumann. The 6 x 60-minute series will tell the stories ...
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Zeal to distribute don't get mad format
Zeal Television has secured the rights for the global distribution of new event format Don't Get Mad, Get Even! The live quiz series has been developed by Tailor-Made Films alongside The Chatterbox Partnership. A UK version will be screened as part of BBC1's winter season.
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Martin Shaw to star in PD James thriller
Martin Shaw is to star in a further PD James novel dramatisation for BBC1. The two-part The Murder Room, commissioned by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter, will again feature Shaw as Commander Adam Dalgliesh who has to investigate a ...
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Serbian TV takes swathe of kids shows
Fremantle International Distribution has sold 240 hours of children's programming to Serbian television. Kanal D has taken a raft of shows dedicated to younger viewers including Cosgrove Hall's 39 x 15-minute animated series Jamie and the Magic Torch. Other sales include Cockleshell Bay (104 x ...
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NewsWhiston's northern vision
John Whiston, the new drama chief of ITV's merged production businesses, has pledged to shore up network production in the north with a new fire-fighter series and plans for a medical drama to take on BBC1's Casualty.
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NewsSpin-offs to rule on ITV2
ITV2 has vastly reduced its commitment to unique original content by shifting£2m from its new commissions budget into ITV1 spin-off shows.
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NewsFive drops Flaunt to build music brand
BSkyB is set to lose a key terrestrial programme window after Five decided to drop its chart show Flauntin favour of a new homegrown brand.
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NewsC4 hands over breakfast slot to old Friends
Channel 4 has thrown in the towel in the breakfast show format battle and will now fill its morning slot with old episodes of The Salonand US repeats.
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Lygo orders Hat Trick animation for C4
Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo has reordered a show he originally commissioned for the channel two years ago but which was subsequently dumped.
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Five to stream new show
Five is planning to emulate Channel 4's Big Brother by offering live 24-hour streaming of its forthcoming£4.7m reality show, Back to Reality.
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Kids veteran to lead ITV's next SM:TV
ITV has coaxed former Live and Kickingeditor Chris Bellinger out of retirement to oversee its replacement for SM:TV Live.
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NewsHutton play headlines BBC4 winter
The BBC is to screen a reconstruction of the Hutton Inquiry into the death of scientist Dr David Kelly just days before the publication of its findings, in one of the highlights of its winter schedule.
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NewsTV clears schedules for rugby heroes
BBC1 and ITV1 are to clear their daytime schedules today in order to show full coverage of England's rugby world cup victory parade.
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NewsC4 orders sex slave drama
Channel 4 has commissioned one of its biggest ever drama piece, with a an 'epic' two-part drama on sexual slavery.
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NewsHawking forces BBC to rewrite biography
The BBC was forced to re-write its drama based on the early life of professor Stephen Hawking after he complained that the original scripts were like a 'soap opera'.
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BBC2 to kick off football weekly
BBC2 is to jump on the football bandwagon by launching its first magazine-style show dedicated to the sport as part of a range of factual commissions from indies.
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Autumn launch for CiTV channel
ITV will launch its dedicated CiTV multichannel offering by autumn next year.