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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.
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Sky's Baker orders teen horror show
Sky One controller James Baker has greenlit his first drama since taking over in October with a major new teen horror series from Elisabeth Murdoch's indie, Shine Entertainment.
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BBC radio dramatises Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is to be adapted for radio for the first time as part of BBC Radio 4's winter line-up. Juliet Stevenson will star as Mary Poppins in the dramatisation of PL Travers' classic story which will air on 3 January in the Saturday play ...
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BBC gospel show
BBC head of religion and ethics Alan Bookbinder has commissioned a 60-minute reality television-style show in which amateur gospel singers audition for a showcase concert. Gospel Heaven, which will air as a one-off special in BBC1's Sunday morning Heaven and ...
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Boat special for ITV
New Plymouth-based indie Televisionary has been commissioned by ITV controller of daytime Liam Hamilton to make a 60-minute special on the Schroders London Boat Show. The programme, which has been fully funded by the boat show's organiser, the British Marine Federation, is due to air in a Sunday slot in ...
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Living boosts daytime menu with dramas
Living TV has signed off more cash for its daytime schedule and has acquired a trio of dramas from Sony Pictures Television and Fireworks International.
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Five looks into dysfunctional Christmas
A Five documentary is to explore the dark side of the Christmas spirit as part of its forthcoming festive schedule. Chrysalis Television has been commissioned to produce Christmas Ruined My Life. Subjects include a man who celebrates Christmas every day by devouring a full turkey ...
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Kylie tops Five musical line-up
Five is to screen a new documentary on pint-sized pop princess Kylie Minogue as part of a series of one-off music shows.
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Latest home front
Norwich-based indie Imago is making a broadcast pilot for a property makeover show for ITV1. Front of Housewill feature British householders who get the chance to nominate a neighbouring property, which they believe is letting their local area down. They then join the ...
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Monarch kept on
BBC Scotland has commissioned indie Ecosse Films to produce a sixth series of BBC1's Scottish drama Monarch of the Glen, which stars Susan Hampshire and Alastair Mackenzie and is set on the fictional estate of Glenbogle. Shooting on the 10-part series will begin in Scotland ...
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Waddell scores two
Northern irish indie Brian Waddell Productions has been commissioned to make two one-hour documentaries for BBC1 Northern Ireland.
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NewsBBC looks serious for winter
The launch of new current affairs strands will be the focus of BBC2's winter slate while BBC1 will prop up its season with a controversial and hard-hitting drama about the far right.
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NewsBBC lines up Widdecombe for boat race
A group of 18 celebrity Oxbridge alumni are to recreate the famous university boat race for a BBC reality show.
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LWT puts The Good Life to test
LWT factual has been commissioned to make an eight-part series for ITV1, in which families give up their day jobs and live self-sufficient lives in suburbia like Tom and Barbara from classic sitcom The Good Life.
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Optimistic goes to World's End
Johnny Vaughan's indie, World's End, has secured a deal to be a key contributor to the portfolio of new digital channels being launched by David Brook's Optimistic Network.
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US dramas at heart of Sky One Winter
Sky One's winter schedule will feature a range of new US drama including Nip/Tuck, Jake 2.0, Cold Caseand Las Vegas. The channel has also created an entertainment slot for Friday ...