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Superbike star gets his own documentary
Granada Men & Motors has commissioned a 10 x 30-minute fly-on-the-wall series from indie Octagon following the UK's top superbike rider Neil Hodgson as he attempts to win the 2003 Superbike World Championship. Airing from 21 August, Superbiker goes behind the scenes from the paddock to the testing grounds to ...
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NewsITV lines up mother-in-law reality show
ITV's new controller of factual Bridget Boseley has marked ITV's new push into edgier factual programming with her first commission - a show which forces people to take their mother-in-law into their homes for a week, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsRolf gets one-off special
Rolf Harris - who before the advent of Kylie Minogue was arguably the country's favourite Australian - is to celebrate fifty years in television with a one-off special for BBC1, writes Luke Satchell
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C4 journeys into daytime
Channel 4 has commissioned indie At It Productions to produce its first ever daytime travel series, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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BBC1 drama delves into unknown
A major new BBC1 drama will feature the work of a team of parapsychologists - people who study mental phenomena beyond the scope of normal physical explanation - who investigate cases of voodoo, psychic abilities and past life experiences, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Canada checks out Paradise Hotel
The Television Corporation has struck a simulcast deal with a Canadian broadcaster for its US reality show Paradise Hotel, despite the fact that the most viewers in Canada can already see the show on Fox, writes Colin Robertson
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NewsC4 orders series on NI marching season
Channel 4 has ordered a fast-turnaround event directed by Bafta award winning director David Modell, that will document the marching season in Northern Ireland this summer, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsThe Bill goes live to mark 20th birthday
ITV is to celebrate the 20th anni-versary of its cop soap The Bill this autumn with a live extravaganza, writes Jane Marlow
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NewsRacy French films to spice up BBC4
Digital culture channel BBC4 is to spice up its schedule with a week of programmes devoted to the French and sex, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsBroadcasters snap up C4 Moscow doc
Channel 4's Terror in Moscow documentary about the Moscow theatre siege in October last year has been sold to six territories, writes Penny Hughes
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Gay parents focus of RDF series for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned a 2 x 60-minute series from RDF Media about gay couples who are trying or in the process of having children, writes Penny Hughes
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CBBC Scottish head takes on wizard project
Head of CBBC Scotland Claire Mundell is to step down from her role for 18 months in order to executive produce a new big-budget transatlantic co-production, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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Co-pro deal to bring back Belgian sleuth
LWT is to make a raft of new Agatha Christie thrillers as part of a co-production deal between Granada International and US broadcaster A&E Network, writes Paul Revoir
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Lyon's Den tempts Five
Five has completed a deal to buy Twentieth Century Fox Television's new drama The Lyon's Den at the LA Screenings, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsC4 sets date for Brookie demise
Channel 4 has confirmed that long-running soap Brookside, shunted out of its peak time slot in November last year, will finally finish at the end of the year, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsAirey looks for reality event
Sky is planning a two-week reality show due to be launched in the autumn and marketed as 'event television for Sky One', writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsGranada goes to Oz for Channel 4
Granada has secured its biggest ever one-off commission for Channel 4 with a 'reality-soap' series which traces the journey of eight British families who move to Australia, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsGlamour comes to Channel 4
Channel 4 has commissioned a spin-off series from the handbag-sized glossy magazine Glamour, writes Penny Hughes
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Bollywood Princess set for C4
Channel 4's latest foray into reality programming will see British Asian women flown to Bombay to compete to become a Bollywood Princess.
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NewsChannel 4 ditches Boys And Girls
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson today said that the broadcaster's expensive flop Boys And Girls would not be returning to the channel, write Penny Hughes and Conor Dignam