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BBC2 to look at Britain's railway heritage
Leeds-based factual indie True North has secured two commissions from the BBC looking at the nation's railway heritage. The first is a 30-minute documentary for BBC2's England on Filmstrand using archive and testimony to assess the golden age of the train. The second is another ...
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BBC3 gives parents reality check
The craze for reality shows exploring the family dynamic has reached BBC3, which has commissioned a series in which working parents and grandparents have to stay at home and look after kids, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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TCM gets close to award-winning stuntman
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is producing a five-part close-up interview series with Oscar and Bafta-winning stuntman Vic Armstrong to introduce its Fall Guysseries of action films. Armstrong, who has worked on around 250 films, including Gangs of New York and ...
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Five Live goes backstage at British grand prix
BBC Radio Five Live is to offer listeners exclusive behind-the-scenes commentary from the British Grand Prix later this month after gaining access to the Williams team. Chief engineer Sam Michael will give a blow-by-blow account of each pit-stop during the race on 20 July and listeners will also be able ...
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Brighter sends contestants on cruel holiday
Brighter Pictures has created another version of its Cruel?format for Flextech channel Trouble. Cruel Holiday, a 20 x 30-minute series, will run over four weeks with 10 contestants battling to stay in the camp by undertaking a series of bizarre ...
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UKTV finds dream homes for house hunters
UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned Two Four Productions to make a 15 x 30-minute property series, Saw This and Thought of You, hosted by Kathryn Rayward. Set to air on UK Style from late next month, the show sees Rayward find house ...
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NewsITV1 axes the Vice
ITV1 has axed police drama The Vice after five series following plummeting ratings during its latest run, writes Sam Matthews
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UK style to add value to people's homes.
UK Style head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned indie Reef Television to produce a 15
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NewsITV's Elliott puts faith in Clunes
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has ordered a raft of new commissions for the autumn schedule including a new comedy drama for William and Mary star Martin Clunes, who he reckons will be the next David Jason, writes Paul Revoir
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CNX taken off in favour of Toonami
Turner is scrapping its lads' channel, CNX, after less than a year to focus on the kids market with a new channel targeting 10 to 15-year-old boys, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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Wildlife returns to peaktime ITV
ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard is bringing natural history programming back into primetime with the network's biggest wildlife show since the demise of Survival, writes Paul Revoir
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Bennett puts£10m into 'big ideas' fund
BBC director of television Jana Bennett has created a£10m fund to bankroll more 'bold and surprising' event programming across the BBC's channels, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsCilla takes her story to Carlton
Cilla Black, the former star of ITV Saturday night entertainment, has snubbed her former employer by granting exclusive access to a Carlton company for a fly-on-the-wall Channel 4 film, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsFuller wins raft of BBC commissions
19TV, the indie owned by pop mogul Simon Fuller, is moving away from its reliance on its global smash hit show, Pop Idol, with a batch of new orders in-cluding an animation series for BBC1, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsITV to screen Princess Anne kidnap drama
ITV is set to retell the story of the attempted abduction of Princess Anne nearly 30 years ago in a new drama documentary from Granada, writes Paul Revoir
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MUTV to air all of 1999 Champions' League
Football club Manchester United has reached an exclusive agreement with the European Commission and Uefa to show the full archive of the 1999 Champions' League season on its own channel, MUTV. Celebrating the team's winning of the treble that year, the final match of the 13-game run will be the ...
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ITV2 places order for party in the parks
ITV2 has commissioned Daisybeck Productions to produce a 60-minute music special on the broadcaster's own Party in the Parks concerts. The show will feature star-studded gigs in Leeds and Swansea and will include artists such as Busted, Sugarbabes, Atomic Kitten, Liberty X, Darius and Girls Aloud. ITV2's ...
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BBC3 commissions more Grease Monkeys
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has recommissioned comedy drama Grease Monkeys, about an Asian family who own a garage in Birmingham. The 10 x 30-minute run is expected to keep many of the original series' cast, such as Bend it Like ...
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UK Style to add value to people's homes
UK Style head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned indie Reef Television to produce a 15 x 30-minute property series, Put Your Money Where Your House Is. The series, which will be repeated on sister channel UK Bright Ideas next year, will see property developer ...
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Rosencrantz digs into archives
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has ordered two hour-long archive-based shows in the Best Everstrand from Yorkshire TV (YTV), writes Paul Revoir.