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BBC2 looks at Brit-Asian crossover
BBC2 has ordered a season of programmes looking at the impact of the Asian community on Britain as part of its£97m spring/summer line-up. Big Dreamsexamines the crossover between British
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Granada wild makes second killer show
National Geographic Channel has commissioned a second series of Built for the Kill, which looks at the complex way animals kill their prey, from Granada Wild. The 6 x 60-minute show, Built for the Kill 2, will be transmitted in ...
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Men found to strip for Living
Living TV has commissioned a reality TV show dubbed as ' Pop Idolmeets The Full Monty' in which producers scour the country to set up a team of male strippers, writes Paul Revoir.
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Five plans live telepathy special
Five is jumping on the pyschic TV bandwagon with a 90-minute live show, working titled Are you Telepathic?writes Penny Hughes.
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Garfield joins cartoon network
Turner Broadcasting has snapped up 85 hours of primetime animation acquisitions and co-productions for Cartoon Network and Boomerang, including the classic Garfieldseries. Cartoon Network has also pre-bought 26 x 30-minute episodes of Canadian/ French co-production Atomic Betty - Galactic Guardianand ...
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Davison and Cusack star in Carlton drama
Peter Davison and Niamh Cusack have been lined up to star in a Carlton psychological thriller about jealousy and sexual obsession. Ordered by ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott , Too Good to Be True, features Davison and Cusack as a happily divorced couple with ...
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Mirren back in Prime Suspect for sixth time
The sixth instalment of Prime Suspectwill begin filming next month with Helen Mirren reprising her role as detective Jane Tennison. A Granada TV and WGBH co-production in association with CBC in Canada, Prime Suspect 6is produced by David Boulter, directed ...
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CBBC to look at reality of animals' lives
Real-life animal dramas in Northern Ireland will be put under the spotlight in a new CBBC show looking at the work of the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The 13 x 15-minute Animal Arc, commissioned by former CBBC controller Nigel Pickard, ...
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C4 counts down our scariest moments
Channel 4 has ordered a 210-minute Halloween special called the 100 Greatest Scary Moments. The film, which will air this autumn, will count down the nation's best-loved chilling clips from movies and television shows, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chitty ...
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BBC3 invests again in Celeb money series
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy and current affairs editor Colin Savage has commissioned a further run of celebrity finance series Liquid Assets, which will look at the wealth of stars such as Robbie Williams, Prince and Oasis. The 6 x 60-part series, to be made by ...
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BBC1 strives to find innovation
The team behind the BBC's axed Tomorrow's Worldscience show is to launch a Great Britons-style search for a new working invention to be voted on by the public as part of BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey's£270m spring season, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsBBC2 unveils spring/summer season
BBC2 aims to save one of 30 historic landmarks from across the UK in a new programme, Restoration, which will be the centrepiece of its spring and summer season, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsHeggessey unveils BBC1 spring season
The team behind the BBC's axed Tomorrow's World science show are to launch a Great Britons-style search for a new working invention to be voted on by the public as part of BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey's new£270m spring season, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsITV to increase news hours
ITV will devote up to 12 hours a day to coverage of any war with Iraq in what is expected to be the biggest commitment of its kind by a single terrestrial broadcaster, writes John Plunkett
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NewsStars booked for ITV1 thriller
Peter Davison and Niamh Cusack have been lined-up to star in a forthcoming ITV1 psychological thriller about jealousy and sexual obsession, writes Jon Rogers
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Life's still a beach for baywatch babes.
The trials and tribulations of the Baywatch babes, the pneumatic Los Angeles lifeguards who set pulses
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Brighter to make feel-good footage for US networks
Brighter Pictures has signed a deal to produce 30 hours of content for a new US show set to be syndicated on major US networks including ABC, writes Penny Hughes
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ITV joint-venture wins daytime BBC1 order
London News Network (LNN), the news and features joint-venture owned by Carlton and Granada, has scored its first commission for the BBC, with a daytime series, writes Colin Robertson
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BBC3 plans its angle on war
BBC3 is to give its viewers its own particular take on the expected war with Iraq by launching a weekly war review programme that will replace its regular current affairs strand in the event of hostilities breaking out, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Foundation's kids shows get thumbs up
Foundation TV, the producer of The Basil Brush Show, has secured a series of recommissions for ITV1 and the BBC. CITV's now departed head Janie Grace ordered a third 20 x 15-minute series of make-and-do show Finger Tips. Grace also ...