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NewsBroadcasters snap up C4 Moscow doc
Channel 4's Terror in Moscow documentary about the Moscow theatre siege in October last year has been sold to six territories, writes Penny Hughes
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Gay parents focus of RDF series for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned a 2 x 60-minute series from RDF Media about gay couples who are trying or in the process of having children, writes Penny Hughes
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CBBC Scottish head takes on wizard project
Head of CBBC Scotland Claire Mundell is to step down from her role for 18 months in order to executive produce a new big-budget transatlantic co-production, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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Co-pro deal to bring back Belgian sleuth
LWT is to make a raft of new Agatha Christie thrillers as part of a co-production deal between Granada International and US broadcaster A&E Network, writes Paul Revoir
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Lyon's Den tempts Five
Five has completed a deal to buy Twentieth Century Fox Television's new drama The Lyon's Den at the LA Screenings, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsC4 sets date for Brookie demise
Channel 4 has confirmed that long-running soap Brookside, shunted out of its peak time slot in November last year, will finally finish at the end of the year, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsAirey looks for reality event
Sky is planning a two-week reality show due to be launched in the autumn and marketed as 'event television for Sky One', writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsGranada goes to Oz for Channel 4
Granada has secured its biggest ever one-off commission for Channel 4 with a 'reality-soap' series which traces the journey of eight British families who move to Australia, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsGlamour comes to Channel 4
Channel 4 has commissioned a spin-off series from the handbag-sized glossy magazine Glamour, writes Penny Hughes
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Bollywood Princess set for C4
Channel 4's latest foray into reality programming will see British Asian women flown to Bombay to compete to become a Bollywood Princess.
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NewsChannel 4 ditches Boys And Girls
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson today said that the broadcaster's expensive flop Boys And Girls would not be returning to the channel, write Penny Hughes and Conor Dignam
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NewsChase to kill off The Sopranos
The next series of HBO's mafia drama The Sopranos will definitely be the last, the show's creator David Chase has confirmed, writes Colin Robertson in Banff
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NewsFrench broadcasters snap up C4 docs
Channel 4 documentaries Virgin Soldiers - made by award-winning film-maker Dodge Billingsley - and Dying for Drugs, an investigation into the global pharmaceutical industry, have been sold to broadcasters in France, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsHillary Clinton gets biopic treatment
The British production team behind the recent biopic of Rudy Guiliani starring James Woods, is making a new film about another controversial US politician - Hillary Clinton, writes Colin Robertson
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DIVERSE GOES TO EXTREMES FOR C4.
Diverse is making a three-part series on extreme sports for Channel 4, which will spotlight a
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BBC3 gives The Bachelor another date.
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has recommissioned dating format The Bachelor despite the show playing a large part in the channel's worst ever ratings night, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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LLEWELYN-BOWEN HOSTS BBC2 LIFESTYLE HOUR.
Changing Rooms-star Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (left) is to front a new block of lifestyle shows on BBC2
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NewsYorke commissions first C4 drama
Channel 4's new head of drama, John Yorke, has made his first commission since joining the channel in March, with an eight-part series on a transatlantic love affair, writes Penny Hughes
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Living TV enters NBC co-pro deal
Living TV has made its most expensive programme investment to date, signing a format and co-production deal with US broadcaster NBC, writes Colin Robertson
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TWOFOUR SHOWS HOW TO CUT DIY COSTS.
Plymouth-based indie Twofour Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks commissioning editor, lifestyle Leonie Hutchinson to