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BBC nets Reef's Bargain Hunt gameshow
Indie Reef Television has been commissioned by BBC controller of daytime Alison Sharman to make a 5 x 60-minute series for BBC2 about buying antiques abroad . Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting , which will be presented by antiques dealer Chris Gower, will mix hunting ...
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BBC offers fresh take on history
Nick Knowles, the presenter of BBC1's long-running home improvement show DIY SOS , has written a six-part comedy history series for BBC1 in which he travels back in time to meet notorious figures such as Dick Turpin.
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The Lab unveils capital shows
The Lab has landed four commissions for LWT including a history series on the second world war.
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Tiger claws recommission for Teachers
Tiger Aspect has scored recommissions for Channel 4 high-school comedy drama Teachers and BBC crime drama Murphy's Law. Teachers will return for a fourth 9 x 60-minute series. Jane Fallon will executive produce while ...
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ITV dramatises life of Hurricane Higgins
Carlton is set to make a two-hour ITV drama based on the career of snooker wild man Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins. Producers are currently choosing a writer for the drama, which will be based on the Irishman's life as described in the unauthorised biography of him by Bill Borrows. Carlton's James ...
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Most Haunted spins off two
Living TV is set to build on the success of its ratings banker Most Haunted by launching a brace of spin-off shows.
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NewsBacon format to offer 'biggest TV prize'
TV presenter Richard Bacon is to offer 'one of the biggest prizes in television' as the front man of a new entertainment format from new Birmingham-based indie Your Slice of the Cake.
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NewsRose & Maloney extends to a full series
Company Pictures has been commissioned to make a full series of the ITV1 Sarah Lancashire drama Rose & Maloney.
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BBC2 TO MAKE THREE-PART DIET JUNKIES.
BBC2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a third instalment of its... Junkies strand with a look
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NewsFox orders Coogan ITV show
US broadcaster Fox has commissioned a stateside version of The Sketch Show, the ITV comedy show made by Steve Coogan's indie Baby Cow.
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NewsTeachers returns for fourth series
Tiger Aspect's high-school drama Teachershas be re-commissioned for a fourth series.
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RTE1 takes bulk order of the Bill
Fremantle has secured sales of a further 79 episodes of ITV1 police drama series The Billfor broadcast on Ireland's biggest broadcaster. RTE1 has renewed its commission of the long-running drama, produced by Thames Television, and will broadcast the new episodes throughout next year. RTE1 has ...
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BBC2 to make three-part diet junkies
BBC2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a third instalment of its ?Junkiesstrand with a look at dieting. The 3 x 60-minute in-house Diet Junkies, which was co-commissioned by head of current affairs Peter Horrocks, will look at the history of ...
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Discovery commissions five original pilots for 2004
DISCOVERY Channel UK director Katy Thorogood has commissioned five broadcast pilots for the first quarter of next year, including a genealogy investigation and a programme which looks at the world's luckiest people, writes Paul Revoir.
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C4 follows Iraqi Muslim festival
Channel 4 is to put coverage of an Iraqi Muslim festival - banned by Saddam Hussein for 30 years - at the heart of its religious output for 2004, writes Glen Mutel.
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C4 buys Family format from BVI
DISNEY distribution arm Buena Vista International (BVI) has sold its US reality format The Familyto Channel 4, writes Paul Revoir.
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Scottish six not on the BBC's agenda
The BBC has again ruled out a Scottish Six O'Clock Newsfollowing a six-month review of news and current affairs output north of the border. The review, which included a series of public meetings and a survey of more than 1,000 people, found that 45% of ...
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Ian Wright travel show sells to Asia
Pilot Productions has closed a clutch of deals for its travel comedy series Ian Wright Live. The 13 x 30-minute co-production between Canadian network CTV and Thomas Howe Associates has been taken by Discovery Asia, Voyage in France, Asia TV in Hong Kong and Arts ...
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BBC returns to NHS
The BBC is to revisit the subject of its first current affairs day - the National Health Service - for a special next year. Programmes on BBC1 and across the BBC's radio and television network will look at the changes that have occurred two years on from ...
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Diverse extends Britain BC with spin-off
Diverse is to make a spin-off of its formatted Channel 4 history series Britain BC, which featured sheep-farming archaeologist Francis Pryor, writes Glen Mutel.