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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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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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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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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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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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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
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John Hurt in frame to play Alan Clark
The BBC has commissioned a drama series adapting the famous diaries written by the late Tory MP and womaniser Alan Clark. Although the production is in the early stages of development a spokeswoman confirmed the commission by BBC4 controller Roly Keating. It is likely to air on the digital channel ...
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Rapture jumps on Ibiza bandwagon
Youth channel Rapture TV is making its first piece of original programming since relaunching on Sky on 12 May, with 4 x 30-minute series Ibiza as it Happens. Shot on location and produced in-house, the series will look at the island's famous music and club ...
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Open mike wins fifth series with Ross
Open Mike Productions has been recommissioned by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey to make a fifth series of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. The longer 28 x 50-minute run, co-commissioned by controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush and senior commissioning executive Jon Beazley, will be stripped ...
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ITV greenlights learners
ITV1 has has given the greenlight to a 'hair-raising' six-part series looking at why it is that some people cannot pass their driving tests, writes Colin Robertson.
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NewsSky sticks to tried and tested formula
Sex and soccer dominate Sky One's autumn schedule, unveiled this week, with new controller Sara Ramsden sticking close to a formula of US acquisitions and risque UK commissions, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsBrighter Pictures to make Fashion film
Endemol-owned Brighter Pictures has teamed up with legendary West End impresario Michael White, who also produced Monty Python and The Holy Grail, for a 'scripted reality' feature film that will be shown in three-minute chunks on Fashion TV, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsRapture makes its first show
Youth channel Rapture TV is making its first piece of original programming since relaunching on Sky on 12 May, with a 4 x 30-minute series, Ibiza as it Happens, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsGranada books 18-30 holiday
Granada Television has commissioned a one-off documentary for ITV1 - 18-30 Stoners- which will see 10 people weighing between 18 and 30 stone sent on holiday to Faliraki to improve their self-image, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsArnie loses first popularity test
Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger may have decided to run for the post of governor of Calilfornia but he lost out in his first popularity test with only 1.7 million (8.6%) watching Channel 4's profile last night (7 August), writes Jon Rogers.
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NewsPop diva J-Lo to feature on Five
Music channel VH1 has struck its first-ever UK co-production deal after winning a commission from Five to make a documentary on pop diva Jennifer Lopez, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsBBC reinvents variety with Parkie special
The variety show - the traditional home of old-school comics and jobbing magicians - is to be resurrected and refreshed by the BBC as part of a raft of big budget entertainment events, writes Leigh Holwmood