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NewsC4 orders film version of Dr Kelly scandal
It has filled newspapers and news bulletins for months - now the Iraq dossier row and subsequent death of government scientist Dr David Kelly is to be made into a docu-drama for Channel 4, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Discovery holds a torch for barbecues
Discovery Home & Leisure channel director Paul Welling has ordered a 10 x 30-minute series from TwoFour Productions in which garden designer Mark Selwood builds 'revolutionary' outdoor kitchens. Flaming Barbecues, set to air from spring next year, is executive produced by Jonathan Fairweather, Jill Lourie ...
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NewsFlextech buys up US shows
Flextech Television has boosted the line-up on its LivingTV, Trouble, Challenge and Ftn channels by signing up a raft of US imports, writes Gavin Stamp.
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NewsE4 Reality Show is a spoof
'Lapdance Island: 10 male contestants. 40 lapdancers. You can look - but you can't touch.' These catchphrases can be heard on almost every ad break on E4 - gearing viewers up to believe that this is the next reality TV series, ' writes Sam Matthews.
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NewsPop Idol goes west
BBC Northern Ireland has lined up a country and western version of Pop Idol, with a new contest offering wannabe singers a recording contract with a major Nashville-based record company, writes Leigh Holmwood
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ITV greenlights learners
ITV1 has has given the greenlight to a 'hair-raising' six-part series looking at why it is that some people cannot pass their driving tests, writes Colin Robertson.
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Open mike wins fifth series with Ross
Open Mike Productions has been recommissioned by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey to make a fifth series of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. The longer 28 x 50-minute run, co-commissioned by controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush and senior commissioning executive Jon Beazley, will be stripped ...
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Rapture jumps on Ibiza bandwagon
Youth channel Rapture TV is making its first piece of original programming since relaunching on Sky on 12 May, with 4 x 30-minute series Ibiza as it Happens. Shot on location and produced in-house, the series will look at the island's famous music and club ...
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John Hurt in frame to play Alan Clark
The BBC has commissioned a drama series adapting the famous diaries written by the late Tory MP and womaniser Alan Clark. Although the production is in the early stages of development a spokeswoman confirmed the commission by BBC4 controller Roly Keating. It is likely to air on the digital channel ...
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NewsSky sticks to tried and tested formula
Sex and soccer dominate Sky One's autumn schedule, unveiled this week, with new controller Sara Ramsden sticking close to a formula of US acquisitions and risque UK commissions, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsBrighter Pictures to make Fashion film
Endemol-owned Brighter Pictures has teamed up with legendary West End impresario Michael White, who also produced Monty Python and The Holy Grail, for a 'scripted reality' feature film that will be shown in three-minute chunks on Fashion TV, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsRapture makes its first show
Youth channel Rapture TV is making its first piece of original programming since relaunching on Sky on 12 May, with a 4 x 30-minute series, Ibiza as it Happens, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsGranada books 18-30 holiday
Granada Television has commissioned a one-off documentary for ITV1 - 18-30 Stoners- which will see 10 people weighing between 18 and 30 stone sent on holiday to Faliraki to improve their self-image, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsArnie loses first popularity test
Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger may have decided to run for the post of governor of Calilfornia but he lost out in his first popularity test with only 1.7 million (8.6%) watching Channel 4's profile last night (7 August), writes Jon Rogers.
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NewsPop diva J-Lo to feature on Five
Music channel VH1 has struck its first-ever UK co-production deal after winning a commission from Five to make a documentary on pop diva Jennifer Lopez, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsBBC reinvents variety with Parkie special
The variety show - the traditional home of old-school comics and jobbing magicians - is to be resurrected and refreshed by the BBC as part of a raft of big budget entertainment events, writes Leigh Holwmood
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Men & Motors goes for military vehicles
Men & Motors commissioning editor Lesley Johnson has ordered a trio of new shows for November. Military Vehicles, from Chilli Pepper Films, is a 12 x 30-minute series uncovering military treasures hidden away in barns and garages across the country. Produced by Clive Simmons it ...
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Morgan takes second look at the famous
Piers Morgan, the ubiquitous editor of the Daily Mirror, has snared another TV gig, with a series on the cult of celebrity for Channel 4, writes Colin Robertson.
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Collins to play the Illustrated Mum
Granada Kids has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make an adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's award-winning children's book The Illustrated Mum, and has lined up Michelle Collins to star in it, writes Paul Revoir.
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Worst celebrity drivers on Five
A host of celebrities are to be put to the test to find out which one of them is the country's worst driver in one of the highlights of Five's autumn line-up, writes Leigh Holmwood.