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Radio 4 show to mark the Queen's ascension
The mammoth task of broadcasting the Queen's coronation to the nation will form the basis of a new BBC Radio 4 documentary. Still Room in the Tower will combine BBC archive with freshly gathered material and will air at 20.00 on 31 May, just a few days before the 50th ...
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Living TV organises more ghost chases
Living TV commissioning editor Jane Millichip has ordered two new event specials from indie Hanrahan Media. The World's Biggest Ghost Hunt Ever on 1 July will search for ghouls at Derbyshire's Tutbury Castle. A further Most Haunted Live event will also be screened on the summer solstice, 21 June. Both ...
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William and Mary to return as ratings soar
ITV drama controller Nick Elliott has ordered a second series of romantic ratings hit William and Mary (left), starring Martin Clunes and Julie Graham. The Granada show finished its six-part run with 9 million viewers on Sunday night and has averaged 8.1 million viewers during its stint. It will go ...
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President Putin to front BBC Russian show
Russian president Vladimir Putin is to host one of a season of BBC programmes celebrating the 300th anniversary of St Petersburg. Putin will be joined by over 40 world leaders at a gala performance, featuring performances from opera star Placido Domingo and the Kirov Ballet, which will air on BBC2 ...
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Gardening shows in season at UK Style
UK Style is marking the arrival of summer next month with a raft of gardening shows, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Raft of orders for Prospect
Prospect Pictures has secured a series of new commissions, including a 20-part ITV daytime show in which people who have problems living together are offered advice from a co-habitation trouble-shooter, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Winton set for daytime return
Presenter Dale Winton is poised to make a return to daytime TV with a show that reunites celebrities who used to work with each other, as part of a series of new commissions from BBC controller of daytime Alison Sharman.
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NewsNew C-list celeb show for ITV
They have been stranded in the jungle, locked in a house of two-way mirrors and had their vocal skills tested for Comic Relief - and now C-list celebrities are to be chucked from a moving aeroplane as part of new show for ITV, writes Paul ...
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NewsBBC bags Putin
The BBC has secured the services of Russian President Vladimir Putin as host for one of a season of programmes set to celebrate the 300 thanniversary of St Petersburg, writes Michael Rosser
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NewsSurvivor creator reclaims rights
Charlie Parsons, creator of Survivor, has taken back the UK format rights to the extreme reality show but has admitted that the show will need to be overhauled if it is to get a third outing, writes Colin Robertson
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Living to bring back Miss Universe contest
Beauty pageant Miss Universe is returning to British television screens for the first time in what is believed to be a decade after Living TV picked up the UK rights to the event, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsPeople's Book Of Records loses slot
Endemol's bid to move into comedy has been dealt a significant blow after Channel 4 decided to move its ailing stunt-based series The People's Book of Records out of its primetime Friday night slot because of poor ratings, writes Penny Hughes
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Dimmock branches out for BBC1
Ground Force star Charlie Dimmock is set to be one of the new faces of BBC1's Garden Invadersseries, write Leigh Holmwood and Paul Revoir.
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ITV2 goes in pursuit of liberty x on tour
LNN Factuals is making a 60-minute special for ITV2 which follows Popstars rejects Liberty X on their latest tour. The show, working titled The Making of Liberty X,is set to air in July as a prelude to the next series ...
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Radio 2 has another bad week from Celador
Celador has been commissioned to develop the ninth series of tragi-comedy show It's Been a Bad Weekfor BBC Radio 2. Presented by comedy duo Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, the first of the 10 x 60-minute show will be broadcast from 13.00 to 14.00 on ...
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Radio 4 examines Damilola witness
The teenage girl who brought the trial of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor to its knees is to be the focus of a new documentary for BBC Radio 4, writes Michael Rosser.
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C4 follows Misteeq on Japanese tour
Channel 4 editor, music Jo Wallace has commissioned At It Productions to make a 30-minute film following British R&B band Misteeq on a promotional tour of Japan. Far East Misteeqfollows the three girl band members from breakfast until bedtime, giving a behind-the-scenes view of the ...
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BBC4 special focuses on Indira Gandhi
Former Indian leader Indira Gandhi is to be the subject of BBC4 special. The 90-minute The Death of Indira Gandhi, commissioned by BBC4 controller Roly Keating and commissioning executive Richard Klein, will look at the events leading up to her assassination in 1984 as well ...
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BBC6 music covers The Smiths in depth
Digital radio station BBC6 Music has put together a week-long series of programmes about 1980s band The Smiths which will feature upcoming talent performing cover versions of some of the group's hits. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of the band's first single Hand ...
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Men & Motors to celebrate the Ford Capri
Men & Motors has commissioned Granada to make a 60-minute show on the life of Ford's design classic, the Capri. Capri 4 Mewill be presented by Capital Gold DJ Mike Sweeney and will track the car from its conception to downfall and a possible 21st ...