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ITV's The vault returns for third series
ITV has recommissioned Carlton gameshow The Vaultafter it recovered from a shaky start as a Saturday night show. The show is set to return for a third series next spring - although it is likely to be given a midweek berth. Meanwhile, ITV controller of ...
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TWI shows struggles of 'superman'
Former Superman star Christopher Reeve's continuing struggle to walk again is to be chronicled in a second film for BBC1 by indie TWI. The first film pulled in 5.1 million viewers, and TWI is now also working on a separate show about Reeve for US network ABC.
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ITV gets in quick with rugby specials
ITV is cashing in on the mania surrounding Rugby World Cup star Jonny Wilkinson. A 60-minute special Jonny Wilkinson - The Real Story, from indie 3DD and Wilkinson's management company, SFX Sports Group, will feature exclusive footage of the fly-half as well as interviews with ...
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ITV plans latest daytime drama
ITV1 is set to take another chance with original drama in daytime despite the high-profile flops of Crossroadsand Night and Day.
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Bennett backs Restoration's second series
The BBC is pushing ahead with a second series of Endemol UK's interactive series Restoration.
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NewsFive's big spend on reality show
Five has made its biggest single investment in programming by putting£4.7 million into a new reality show.
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NewsBBC plans sing-along-a-Christmas
The Sound Of Music and The Wizard Of Ozare to be given on-screen lyrics by the BBC to allow digital viewers to sing along this Christmas.
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NewsC4 premieres Amelie
The network premiere of Oscar-winning French comedy-drama Ameliewill head Channel 4's film schedule this Christmas.
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BLAST! TO ANALYSE COMPATIBILITY ISSUES.
Blast! Films has been commissioned by BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy to make a factual entertainment series
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NewsC4 plumps for Mandela gig
Channel 4 has picked up the terrestrial rights to the gala Aids and HIV awareness pop concert supported by Nelson Mandela.
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Wise buddah wins radio 1 hip-hop order
Mark Goodier's indie, Wise Buddah, has won its first commission for BBC Radio 1 since it ceased production of the station's line-up of specialist music shows last year. R1 DJ Zane Lowe will front Caught by the Fuzz, looking at the career of British-born New ...
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Action Time quiz shows to middle east
Action Time has sold a number of quiz show formats to indies across Europe and the Middle East. Spain's Boca Boca picked up the rights to The Trapwhile Emite Productions will develop a series of 3Play. Medyapim will produce music quiz ...
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Asquith back with teen drama
Channel 4 is to take another hard-hitting look at teenage sex and bullying with a new factually based drama from film-maker Daisy Asquith, hot on the heels of Sunday's (16 November) controversial Pleasureland.
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EC awards chatsworth cartoon subsidy
The European Commission has granted television company Chatsworth a subsidy of more than£240,000 for a£1.9m children's animation series. Space Luniesis a
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ITV hunts for real Basil Fawlty
A light-hearted look at people who claim to be real-life Basil Fawltys working in Torquay's hotel industry is one of the highlights of ITV Westcountry's schedule for winter, writes Paul Revoir.
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US looks to BBC library for JFK footage
BBC Library Sales has clinched several new licensing deals as broadcasters prepare to commemorate the 40th anniversary of JFK's assassination. Footage from its CBS news archive will be used for a BBC3 documentary on the Kennedy dynasty as well as a BBC News production, JFK: ...
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Sky one tell full story of Blaine fast
American illusionist David Blaine's recovery from his 44-day fast in which he was suspended in a Perspex box near Tower Bridge in London is to be documented in a one-off film for Channel 4 and Sky One. Blaine's friend film director Harmony Korine has made the 60-minute David Blaine: Above ...
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Macca rocks in ITV Christmas
ITV has snapped up a documentary charting Paul McCartney's recent trip to Russia where he performed to more than 100,000 people as part of his Back in the World tour. The one-hour programme, Paul McCartney: The Journey to Red Square, includes the story of the ...
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Dutch reformat Granada shows
Former Granada controller of factual sales and acquisitions Malcolm Allsop, who recently joined Amsterdam-based TeVe Media Group, is to adapt a range of Granada formats for the Dutch and Belgian markets.