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Radio 4 to explore why history is funny
Radio indie Testbed Productions has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to create a 2 x 30-minute investigation into how comedy plumbs history for laughs. Ha Ha Historywill explore how writers have used the past for humorous material such as ...
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All Out wins three orders from Radio 4
Olympic athlete Diane Modahl will present a 5 x 15-minute series for BBC Radio 4 discussing the experiences of Olympians. Olympic Stories, from indie All Out Productions, will air during the next Olympic games in 2004 and is produced by Rebecca Sandles. R4 has also ...
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Tern wins£1.5m of factual orders
Scottish indie Tern Television Productions has picked up a raft of orders worth£1.5m, writes Michael Rosser.
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UK Style to make house out of straw
UK Style has commissioned indie ACP TV to produce a 15 x 30-minute property series, Home Wasn't Built in a Day. Ordered by head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood, each episode tracks attempts to build a home in 24 hours with unusual materials like soil and ...
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Lewis-Smith tops BBC4 line-up
Victor Lewis-Smith, the man behind trash television series TV Offal, is to produce a programme for BBC4, as part of raft of new shows for the station.
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BBC3 aims for laughs with autumn season
Comedy is to spearhead BBC3's assault on the key autumn schedule battleground with a second spin-off from cult sketch show The Fast Show headlining the slate, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Third time lucky for faith & music
ITV controller of news, current affairs, arts and religion Steve Anderson has ordered a third series of Faith & Music, the Sunday evening show from indie Chameleon which looks at the religious and spiritual inspiration behind music acts. The 8 x 45-minute series will air ...
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Shine series to stop men eating junk food
UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned indie Shine Entertainment to produce a 15 x 30-minute series, Beauty and the Feast, for UK Food. Executive produced by Sally-Ann Howard and series produced by Jezz Wright, the show, which kicks off on 13 October in ...
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Discovery gets more image-conscious
Discovery Health is widening its slate of serious health shows with a range of image and lifestyle series due to air later this year, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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ITV commissions double helping of drama series from Granada
ITV has commissioned a 6 x 60-minute drama series from Granada starring Peter Davison as a top plastic surgeon who abandons London to live in a remote island off the north coast of England, writes Paul Revoir.
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One-off extreme sports specials to come
The Extreme Sports Channel has commissioned indies Friday and Chilli Media to produce one-off specials for its Legends of the Extremestrand. Friday is producing a 30-minute piece on five-time world champion snowboarder Terje Haakonsen to be broadcast on 30 September. Meanwhile, Chilli is making the ...
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Rolf Harris series paints celebrities
Rolf Harris will put four mystery celebrities in front of a team of artists for a new BBC1 challenge show from indie Hotbed Media, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsITV hands Carlton Saturday kids slot
ITV has axed Saturday morning kids show SM:TV Liveand handed Carlton a year-long commission for a replacement show, writes Paul Revoir.
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BBC's Vine to front rock interview show
Political pundit Jeremy Vine will host a new series of BBC1 rock star interviews as part of a batch of commissions for indie Ten Alps, writes Michael Rosser.
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Five looks for the truth about youth
Five is to investigate boarding schools and girl gangs as part of a new factual strand aimed at young adults. The Truth about Boarding Schoolfrom Granada interviews celebrity 'survivors' of the public school system. Sarah Caplin is executive producer and Katy Ferguson is producer/director. ...
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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