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MTV to go big on video music awards in NYC
The MTV Video Music Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall on 28 August, presented by Hollywood star Chris Rock, will be broadcast in full on MTV UK & Ireland at 20.00 on 30 August. The 2003 awards mark the 20th anniversary of the ceremony and are the second ...
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Award-winning book to be filmed by CBBC
CBBC controller Dorothy Prior has commissioned an adaptation of Feather Boy, the debut novel by writer Nicky Singer which won the 2002 Blue Peterbook of the year award. The drama, which will star Sheila Hancock and Lindsey Coulson, will tell ...
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Hannah stars in ITV crime drama
Actor John Hannah is to make his return to mainstream television in a major new psychological thriller for ITV1, writes Jon Rogers.
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Two Dibnah orders for view from the north
Leeds-based indie The View From the North has been commissioned to make a six-part series and a one-off documentary based on steamroller driver Fred Dibnah for BBC2 controller Jane Root. The 6 x 30-minute Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam, to be delivered later this month, ...
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Dirty Laundry and Judgemental re-ordered
Tiger Aspect Productions has secured a second series of Channel 4 teen talk show Dirty Laundryas well as a recommission for its BBC daytime quiz Judgemental. The 10 x 30-minute second series of Dirty Laundry, ...
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Discovery goes for English traditions
Discovery Home & Leisure has commissioned a series on traditional English furniture making and the renovation of a historic cricket ground, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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C4 orders second Prejudice
Channel 4 has recommissioned 12 Yard's controversial hidden-camera gameshow Without Prejudice?, writes Penny Hughes.
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Doc to profile 'love rat' Hewitt
The producer of Channel 4's The Real Heather McCartneyhas gained no-holds-barred access to Princess Diana's former lover James Hewitt for its next C4 film, writes Penny Hughes.
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ITV1 puts Fergie assistant in doc
ITV1 has commissioned a docudrama on the story of Jane Andrews - the former assistant to the Duchess of York who was jailed for killing her lover in a jealous rage,
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R2 revisits the 1980s
Thatcherism, Live Aid and the mullet will all feature in a BBC Radio 2 series chronicling the music, sport and politics of the 1980s. Produced by Mark Goodier's indie, Wise Buddah, The Real 80s will combine archive material with new interviews over 4 x 60-minute weekly spots from 29 July. ...
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R2 doc investigates pirate radio's past
Leading lights of pirate radio will come under the spotlight in a new R2 documentary, writes Michael Rosser. The Radio Revolutionaries, produced by indie Heavy Entertainment, will trace the story of
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C4 looks at history of speed records
Thrill-seekers who risked their lives in a bid to break speed records are to be the focus of a new Channel 4 series, writes Michael Rosser.C4 commissioning editor, history Hamish Mykura
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BBC Communities project extended to Radio 4
A major BBC initiative aimed at forging closer ties with local communities is extending to Radio 4 and the Community Channel. Programmes created by the Voices project, handled by BBC Nations & Regions, have run on BBC TV since March but from 13 July a selection of 12 films will ...
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Leopard to soup up cars for Discovery and C4
Leopard Films has picked up a co-commission from Discovery Networks Europe and Channel 4 for a second 10-part series of Thunder Races. The 10 x 60-minute series, which will air first on Discovery and then later on C4, follows three teams of car enthusiasts as they transform an old banger ...
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Radio 4 reorders cross-dressing comedy
The comedy writing couple behind ITV's Faith in the Future and BBC1 series Next of Kin have been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 commissioning editor, drama and entertainment Caroline Raphael to pen a third series of cross-dressing comedy The Change. Scripted by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie, the series will ...
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Rolf Harris to receive Albert Hall tribute
BBC1 is to commemorate artist and singer Rolf Harris' 50-year TV career with a major event at the Royal Albert Hall. The Animal Hospital host will host Rolf at The Royal Albert Hall in which he will perform a variety of musical and artistic endeavours including 'a giant sing-along'. The ...
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Blow-by-blow look at high-speed wedding
September Films has scored a bizarre 60-minute programme order from US broadcaster Lifetime Television in which a prospective bride and groom must organise their wedding in the time it takes for the world's largest blow-up church to inflate. Marry Me Nowwill follow one partner's proposal ...
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Cicada to look at pre-roman civilisation
Indie Cicada Films is making a 50-minute programme about a new archaeological site in northern Italy that reveals how the Etruscans, a pre-Roman civilisation, funded their hedonistic life. The Etruscans, for Discovery Channel and Welsh language broadcaster S4C, is executive produced by Frances Berrigan and directed by Ian Denyer for ...
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Discovery health reorders Slimming Club
Discovery Health has ordered a second series of Slimming Club from Yorkshire TV's factual department. The 15 x 30-minute show, which follows the trials and tribulations of people in a diet support group, will air later this year.
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Courtney Pine's Jazz Crusade to return
BBC Radio 2 head of programmes Lesley Douglas has commissioned radio indie Wise Buddah to produce a fifth series of Courtney Pine's Jazz Crusade. Featuring new jazz releases, special guests and news, the 8 x 60-minute series is scheduled for broadcast in December and will be produced by Sarah Cropper.