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NewsParadise Hotel gets extended run
Mentorn's prime-time reality show on America's Fox network, Paradise Hotel, has been extended by the broadcaster for an extra six weeks, writes Jon Rogers
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NewsITV and BBC clash over Fame Academy
The BBC has kicked off a furious row with rival ITV after confirming that it will run its Fame Academy talent search in direct competition with ITV1's Pop Idol on Saturday nights.
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NewsBBC1 to put Heat awards on air
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey is planning to turn Heat magazine's awards into a major TV event, writes Penny Hughes
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Living orders 100 Loose Lips
Living TV's first original talkshow, Loose Lips, has been recommissioned, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NME to launch TV chart show with MTV2
MTV2 is teaming up with music newspaper NMEto launch a daily alternative chart show, which will be compiled by viewers voting for their favourite tunes. Kicking off on 3 August in a 19.00 slot - which will see it go head to head with both ...
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C4 to air Manchester finale of Kay's tour
Channel 4 is to air a recording of award-winning comedian Peter Kay's stand-up show at the Manchester News Arena. The final gig of his 180-date tour on Tuesday 1 July - the eve of Kay's 30th birthday - took place in the arena where Kay once worked as a steward. ...
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LWT ups current affairs output
LWT is beefing up its current affairs coverage this autumn by turning The London Programmeinto a series and ordering 40 editions of political show The Week, writes Paul Revoir.
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Angus Deayton to star in baby cow comedy
Indie Baby Cow has lined up Angus Deayton to star in its new Julia Davies-scripted comedy, Nighty Night, for BBC3 and BBC2. Deayton, who was sacked from BBC1's Have I Got News for Youfollowing sex and drugs revelations, will play ...
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BBC starts on another Anthony Trollope
The BBC has gone into production on its new 4 x 90-minute Andrew Davies-scripted adaptation of Anthony Trollope's He Knew He Was Right. The 12-week shoot will take place in London, Italy and the west country with Nigel Stafford-Clark producing. Made by BBC Wales in ...
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Five pays visit to V&A gothic art exhibition
Five has ordered a 30-minute programme for the autumn about the forthcoming gothic exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in South Kensington, London. The film from indie Illuminations, producer of last year's Five arts series The Aztecsand Art Now, ...
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BB housemate is hook for extreme fishing on H&L
Former Big Brothercontestant Spencer Smith has become the latest ex-housemate to land a presenting role with an 'extreme' fishing series for Discovery Home & Leisure, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Branson fronts show for Five
Colourful tycoon Richard Branson is set to augment his already considerable media presence by taking on a TV presenting role in a new series for Five about ill-fated adventures, writes Paul Revoir.
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Glasshead's magic grandad wins reorder
Indie Glasshead has won a commission for a second 4 x 15-minute series of BBC educational show Adventures with Magic Grandad. The company has produced the series, which has been running for 10 years and is aimed at five to seven-year-olds and their teachers, since ...
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Steve-o set for Men & motors
Granada Sky Broadcasting's Men & Motors channel has signed an exclusive deal with distribution company Nigel Wood to screen previously unseen footage of pranks from Jackassstar Steve-0. The 3 x 30-minute series, Steve-O: Don't Try This at Home, will run ...
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NewsMTV2 to launch daily chart show
MTV2 is teaming up with music newspaper NME to launch a daily alternative chart show, which will be compiled by viewers voting for their favourite tunes, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsLiving's Loose Lips gets second series
Living TV's first ever original talkshow, Loose Lips, has been given a vote of confidence after being recommissioned for a second series, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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ITV stacks up autumn dramas.
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has ordered a raft of commissions for the autumn and
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NewsBBC to finally air crime series
A major new BBC1 crime documentary series is finally ready to air after four years in the making, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Live autopsy inspires C4 strand
Channel 4 has created a science strand called Body Shock, which will feature a variety of gruesome scenarios including the autopsy of a twin boy who was removed from his brother's stomach after seven years, writes Penny Hughes.
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Church leaders discuss gay bishops on ITV1
CTVC has received a quick-turnaround commission from ITV1 with a 45-minute discussion programme examining the issue of gay bishops within the Church of England. Fiona Foster has been lined up to