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NewsRapture makes its first show
Youth channel Rapture TV is making its first piece of original programming since relaunching on Sky on 12 May, with a 4 x 30-minute series, Ibiza as it Happens, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsGranada books 18-30 holiday
Granada Television has commissioned a one-off documentary for ITV1 - 18-30 Stoners- which will see 10 people weighing between 18 and 30 stone sent on holiday to Faliraki to improve their self-image, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsArnie loses first popularity test
Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger may have decided to run for the post of governor of Calilfornia but he lost out in his first popularity test with only 1.7 million (8.6%) watching Channel 4's profile last night (7 August), writes Jon Rogers.
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NewsPop diva J-Lo to feature on Five
Music channel VH1 has struck its first-ever UK co-production deal after winning a commission from Five to make a documentary on pop diva Jennifer Lopez, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsBBC reinvents variety with Parkie special
The variety show - the traditional home of old-school comics and jobbing magicians - is to be resurrected and refreshed by the BBC as part of a raft of big budget entertainment events, writes Leigh Holwmood
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Second helping of just for laughs on BBC1
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush have ordered a second run of slapstick hidden camera show Just for Laughs. The 6 x 30-minute series, to be made by Belfast-based indie Wild Rover for BBC Northern Ireland, will be produced by ...
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BBC2 Arena honours Attenborough at 80
BBC2 controller Jane Root has commissioned an Arena documentary to celebrate the 80th birthday of actor Lord Attenborough. The two-part The Many Lives of Richard Attenboroughhas been granted unprecedented access to Lord Attenborough as he undertakes his public duties. Directed by Adam Low with Anthony Wall as series editor, it ...
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BBC2 goes behind the scenes at the theatre
BBC2 controller Jane Root and head of arts commissioning Franny Moyle have commissioned an observational documentary about a local theatre in Lincoln. The six-part Theatre Royal, to be produced in-house by Pippa Robinson and executive produced by Nick Mirsky, will feature a different character in ...
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Sky One buys US action star reality show
Sky One has acquired a reality show from the producer of The Matrix, in which a group of people compete to become action movie stars. The 10-part Next Action Star, created by Joel Silver, will see 16 contestants put through ...
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BBC NI to give party advice
BBC Northern Ireland is hoping to repeat the success of lifestyle programmes such as Dinner Party Inspectors with a series focusing on surprise parties, writes Michael Rosser.
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Granada marches ahead with WWII drama
Granada has gone into production with its second world war ITV blockbuster drama , Island At War. The six-part drama, starring James Wilby, Clare Holman and Philip Glenister, focuses on the German invasion and occupation of the Channel Islands in 1940. Production takes place in ...
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Another dream holiday home for Five
Indie RDF Media has been commissioned to make a second series of Carole Smillie's Dream Holiday Homefor Five. The 20 x 30-minute series, to air in a first block of 10 episodes in October with the rest following early next year, will again allow viewers ...
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ITV looks at UK's best gardens
ITV controller of daytime Liam Hamilton has ordered a 15 x 30-minutes series, Britain's Best Back Gardens, from Anglia looking at the UK's most interesting gardens, writes Paul Revoir.
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Worst celebrity drivers on Five
A host of celebrities are to be put to the test to find out which one of them is the country's worst driver in one of the highlights of Five's autumn line-up, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Collins to play the Illustrated Mum
Granada Kids has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make an adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's award-winning children's book The Illustrated Mum, and has lined up Michelle Collins to star in it, writes Paul Revoir.
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Morgan takes second look at the famous
Piers Morgan, the ubiquitous editor of the Daily Mirror, has snared another TV gig, with a series on the cult of celebrity for Channel 4, writes Colin Robertson.
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Men & Motors goes for military vehicles
Men & Motors commissioning editor Lesley Johnson has ordered a trio of new shows for November. Military Vehicles, from Chilli Pepper Films, is a 12 x 30-minute series uncovering military treasures hidden away in barns and garages across the country. Produced by Clive Simmons it ...
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NewsBBC1 gets The Office for Christmas
Hit BBC2 comedy The Office has been given the ultimate compliment by BBC bosses, and will switch to BBC1 when it returns for two Christmas specials later this year, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsBBC NI jumps on lifestyle bandwagon
BBC Northern Ireland is hoping to capture the success of lifestyle programmes such as the Dinner Party Inspectors with a new series focussing on surprise parties, writes Michael Rosser
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NewsSky bags Hollywood reality show
The reality format has hit Hollywood, with Sky One picking up a new US show in which a group of people train to be action movie stars, writes Leigh Holmwood