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TV corp sends mother-in-law to Germany
The Television Corporation has sold its ITV1 reality format Take my Mother-in-Law to German broadcaster RTL2. Constantin Entertainment GmbH is producing an initial six episodes to be aired by the network in February. The completed UK series is also set to be screened in TVNZ ...
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Kitchen detective on way to discovery
Discovery Health channel director Clare Laycock has ordered Kitchen Detective , a 10 x 30-minutes series from Twofour Productions, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation. The show sees a top nutritionist giving advice about diets. Katie Taylor is producer and Steve Grizell is executive producer.
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Discovery US goes to Extreme for doc
Extreme Entertainment has been commissioned by Discovery USA to make a one-hour documentary exploring how humans can affect electronic circuitry. Electric Children will co-produce with UK indie Illumina TV. Extreme will retain the international rights, with the exception of the US and Asia which ...
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Early Doors to return for second series
Royle Family writer Craig Cash's acclaimed BBC2 comedy series Early Doors has been commissioned for a second run, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Fox Sports Net to play Late Night Poker
Indie Presentable has sold its Channel 4 show Late Night Poker to US network Fox Sports, writes Glen Mutel.
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Celebrities enter Hell's Kitchen
ITV has signed highly-strung chef Gordon Ramsay to star in a new live entertainment show in which he hires a group of celebrities to help him run a restaurant, writes Paul Revoir.
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BBC3 gives Vaughan another shot
Johnny Vaughan, whose BBC3 chat show was dropped last year, is to return to the digital channel with a new live entertainment show.
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Secret Policeman reassessed
Films of Record is to revisit seminal comedy event The Secret Policeman's Ball for a 25th anniversary special, writes Michael Rosser.
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Betty looks at Brit penchant for camp
Channel 4 has commissioned Betty to make a two-part documentary series which examines the UK's love affair with gay entertainers, writes Glen Mutel.
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BBC orders terror simulation series
BBC2 has commissioned a topical entertainment series in which members of the public will take on the role of government ministers and react to simulated major national disasters such as a bomb on the tube, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsC4 recommissions Peep Show
Peep Show , the acclaimed Channel 4 comedy from Objective Productions, has been re-commissioned for a second series.
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NewsCelebdaq put on critical list
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has given his channel's high profile celebrity stock-trading show Celebdaq two weeks to prove itself or face the axe.
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Trevor's World of Sport set for revival
BBC2 controller Jane Root could revive Hat Trick's BBC1 sitcom Trevor's World of Sport if a forthcoming repeat of the series performs well. The comedy has been greenlit for a repeat on BBC2 and a new series has been pitched to Root. Writer Andy Hamilton ...
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Jimmy's key to ITV1 religion
Yorkshire Television (YTV) is reviving its hospital docu-soap Jimmy' s as a key part of ITV1's religious output.
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NewsSky close to deal with men to air Miriam
Sky One is making plans to show its controversial reality show, in which a transsexual man 'tricks' a group of single men into thinking he is female.
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Channel 4 picks up Britney
Fremantle International Distribution has scored 25 sales for ABC's behind-the-scenes special on popstar Britney Spears. Channel 4 is among those which will screen Britney Spears: In the Zone , after Fremantle picked up the rights to distribute the 60-minute programme in November. Other European broadcasters ...
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S4C to screen second Fireman Sam series
Animated children's show Fireman Sam is set to return to S4C for another Welsh-language series in 2005. The channel is currently screening the first series of the programme - its first new series since 1994. In addition, the BBC will screen English-language versions of both ...
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BBC takes on US' Arrested Development
The BBC has secured the exclusive UK television rights to the acclaimed US comedy Arrested Development from 20th Century Fox TV.
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Avalon brings up third TV burp with Hill
Off-the-wall comic Harry Hill has been lined up by ITV1 to present a third series of his television review show. Avalon Television has been recommissioned to make an 8 x 30-minute series of Harry Hill's TV Burp, which is due to be screened from mid-February. Richard Allen-Turner and Jon Thoday ...
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Lion builds on successful Bad Behaviour
Lion Television is to revisit the subject of badly behaved children for a Channel 4 series.