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Channel 4 puts on style with Living TV
Channel 4 and Living TV have commissioned the first-ever British Style Awards, featuring the world's top supermodels and performances from Elton John and Kylie Minogue, writes Paul Revoir.
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Playboy shows picked
Flextech channel Living TV has picked up some more shows from Playboy TV International, including season two of Sexceteraand two new series, 7 Lives Xposedand Sex Court. Sexcetera takes a ...
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NewsABC pulls out of Boys and Girls deal
US network ABC has delivered a further blow to Chris Evans by axing plans to make his dating show flop Boys and Girls, less than a month after Channel 4 ruled out a second series, writes Penny Hughes
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Chris Smith to front Five show
Former media secretary Chris Smith is to present a 30-minute authored documentary for Five looking at Emily Brontes classic novel Wuthering Heights, as part of a handful of new arts orders, writes Penny Hughes.
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Men & Motors pays homage to little car
Granada Manchester is producing a 60-minute show paying tribute to the British classic the Mini to air on its joint-venture Men & Motors channel. Mini Magic, which follows on from previous shows on the Ford Cortina and Capri, looks at both the early Mini and ...
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Rejigged Fort Boyard returns to Challenge?
Flextech games and quiz channel Challenge? has ordered another series of gameshow Fort Boyard from Ronin TV with a new look and different presenters.
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Bikes to battle it out on Men & Motors
Men & Motors channel controller Lesley Johnson has commissioned The Creation Company to produce a 6 x 30-minute series comparing the 'the hottest sports bikes on the market to the best race bikes in the world'. Road v Race, to air in the winter, will ...
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Disney serves cheesy cartoon for autumn
Toon Disney Channel is unveiling a brand new 26 x 30-minute animated series, Ratz, from 1 September. The show will air at 08.25 in a weekly slot as part of its autumn schedule. The series, bought from French production company Xilam for the cartoon channel, ...
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Celador wins R4 comic arts order
Celador Productions has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to develop a new arts discussion show, with a comedy twist, writes Michael Rosser.
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Stand-up Bloom takes his problem to R4
Stand-up comedian Adam Bloom is making his first foray into radio with his own show on BBC Radio 4. The 6 x 15-minute series, The Problem with Adam Bloom, will mix stand-up with reconstructions of real events examining topics such as the origin of gossip ...
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BBC4 examines what if? scenarios
Comedian Clive Anderson is to present a BBC4 series which will look at how past events might have turned out if we had known what we know now. Each episode of the six-part What If?will see Anderson joined by three studio guests discussing a particular ...
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Somethin' Else gives R2 more soul solutions
Radio and TV indie Somethin' Else has been asked to make a third series of its Mica Paris-fronted soul music series Soul Solutionsfor BBC Radio 2. Commissioned by Radio 2 head of programmes Lesley Douglas, the 16 x 30-minute series, which will air from 6 ...
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ITV1 gives boot challenge another run
LNN Factuals has picked up another series order for Boot Sale Challenge, the ITV regional show in which two teams of bargain hunters battle to find bits of junk worth a small fortune. LWT deputy director of broadcasting Geraldine Woods has ordered the 12 x ...
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NewsSpooks producer to make C4 drama
Channel 4 has ordered a low-budget, feature-length drama from the producers of Spooks looking at the sexual exploits of a group of Liverpool teenagers, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsGreenlight for paranormal shows
Living TV is pushing ahead with its paranormal programming after the Independent Television Commission (ITC) agreed broadcasters could show such material as long as they billed it as entertainment, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsITV2 bags Real Madrid rights
ITV2 has snapped up the exclusive live UK TV rights to broadcast David Beckham's debut matches with Real Madrid in a deal to air all four games from the club's pre-season friendly tour of Asia, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsParadise Hotel gets extended run
Mentorn's prime-time reality show on America's Fox network, Paradise Hotel, has been extended by the broadcaster for an extra six weeks, writes Jon Rogers
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NewsITV and BBC clash over Fame Academy
The BBC has kicked off a furious row with rival ITV after confirming that it will run its Fame Academy talent search in direct competition with ITV1's Pop Idol on Saturday nights.
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NewsBBC1 to put Heat awards on air
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey is planning to turn Heat magazine's awards into a major TV event, writes Penny Hughes
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Steve-o set for Men & motors
Granada Sky Broadcasting's Men & Motors channel has signed an exclusive deal with distribution company Nigel Wood to screen previously unseen footage of pranks from Jackassstar Steve-0. The 3 x 30-minute series, Steve-O: Don't Try This at Home, will run ...