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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 ...
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Down to Earth goes in-house for fourth run
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have commissioned a fourth series of the Pauline Quirke-fronted Sunday evening drama Down to Earth. The 8 x 60-minute series, which tells the story of a family as they move from city ...
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Westlife take a Country & Western turn
Ubiquitous boy band Westlife are to turn their hand to country and western music in a new BBC1 series that aims to turn conventional music perceptions on their head.
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La Plante back with trial and retribution
Lynda La Plante is going into production on a new two-part Trial and Retributionfor ITV in the autumn with Victoria Smurfit and Ben Cross added to the cast. The new episodes, the seventh outing in the Trial and Retribution series, will boast a guest cast ...
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Virgin adds second show for gulf troops
Virgin Radio has added an extra request show for members of the armed forces serving in the Gulf and their families after the success of its original Backing Our Boysprogramme. A spokesman said the response to the original show, which airs on Saturdays between 10.00 ...
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C4 to give over Rise time for war reports
Channel 4 is poised to cut back its ailing breakfast show Riseto make room for a special daily breakfast news programme that will cover the expected war in the Gulf. The early-morning C4 News War Report, produced by ITN, will ...