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NewsMentorn wins Fox commission
Robot Wars producer Mentorn, a subsidiary of The Television Corporation, has won a commission from Rupert Murdoch's US broadcaster Fox to make a new prime-time reality show, Paradise Hotel, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsUK Gold to stage Fawlty vs Brent
John Cleese's classic comic creation Basil Fawlty and The Office's David Brent will go head to head on UK Gold in a new event, Battle of? the Monstrous Bosses, next month.
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Home & Leisure goes on a fishing safari
Discovery Home & Leisure has unveiled a batch of commissions including another John Wilson's Fishing Safari. The 10 x 12-minute Granada show kicks off towards the end of the year and
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Endemol launches Jamie-style show
Endemol UK is hoping to cash in on the success of Channel 4's Jamie's Kitchenwith a new regional series offering students from the same catering college the chance to work in an expensive London restaurant, writes Penny Hughes.
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More directing for David Jason
ITV has given David Jason a further vote of confidence in his decision to take up TV production by commissioning a sequel to his directorial debut, The Quest , writes Paul Revoir.
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Five plans reality dating series
Five has ordered a reality-based formatted dating show called Meet the Parents, just a month after BBC1 announced it planned to air an entertainment series called Meet My Folks, writes Penny Hughes.
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CNX buys in comic strip and kung fu heroes
CNX, Turner Broadcasting's channel for 16 to 34-year-old men, has unveiled a series of acquisitions for its new season starting next month. New programmes include the UK premiere of Batmanspin-off Birds of Preyfrom Warner Brothers, in which Batgirl is confined ...
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Lion doc looks at babes on the make
ITV2 has commissioned Lion TV to make an 8 x 30-minute documentary following young women who are trying to make their millions in the world of clubbing and leisure, writes Paul Revoir.
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Carlton Central answers history queries
Carlton Central has lined up a six-part factual entertainment series called History Detectives which will investigate historical queries sent in by viewers. Each 30-minute episode, made in-house, will feature a team of three history detectives including an archaeological consultant, a university lecturer in medieval history ...
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Five orders oz animals pre-school series
Five controller of children's programming Nick Wilson has ordered a 40 x 5-minute pre-school wildlife series from indie Two Sides TV, producer of Five's Insect Antics. Aussie Animal Antics(working title) will be shot on location in Melbourne, Australia over the ...
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Jordan's world comes to BBC3
Busty glamour model Jordan is to be profiled in a third BBC3 documentary which will chart her attempts to launch a pop career. Film-maker Richard Macer will complete his trilogy of
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BBC Radio 2 to offer more live music
BBC Radio 2 is to shake up its schedule by increasing the amount of live music and album tracks it airs. Live music will be extended to the mid-morning schedule with a new strand in Ken Bruce's show, while Richard Allinson's Saturday afternoon programme will change its live music focus ...
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BBC1 to mark Potters Bar rail tragedy
Documentary-maker Roger Graef's indie Films of Record has been commissioned to make a fast turnaround documentary for BBC1, marking the first anniversary of the Potters Bar rail crash, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC1 looks for 50 Things to Do Before You Die
ITV Sport presenter Gaby Logan is to front a one-off for BBC1 looking at the kind of things everyone should do at least once in their lives. The 60-minute 50 Things to Do Before You Dieis a follow-up to 50 ...
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C4 turns spotlight on fashion legend
The inner workings of fashion bible Vogueare to be exposed in a new Channel 4 documentary series, writes Penny Hughes.
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Life after Baywatch indie signs global deal
Indie Brian Waddell Productions has signed a deal with Fremantle International to distribute its Life After
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Doc to probe the Osmonds
The lives of former chart-toppers The Osmonds will be probed in a fly-on-the-wall documentary by Granada
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NewsMorris to return to Channel 4
Chris Morris, the TV satirist whose Brass Eye special on paedophilia two years ago became the most complained about programme in history, is working on a new series for Channel 4, writes Colin Robertson
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C4 hunts for perfect man and woman
Channel 4 is to test the limits of human capability with a Krypton Factor-style 'extreme reality contest' designed to uncover eight 'super humans', writes Penny Hughes
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Carlton sitcom to air on BBC1
ITV broadcaster Carlton is to make a rare foray into comedy production for rival channel BBC1 with a new sitcom starring Adrian Edmondson, writes Leigh Holmwood