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NewsBBC plans 'Sport Academy'
The BBC is to launch a new sports series along the lines of Fame Academy which will help ?nurture young British talent' although it will not have contestants kicked out by a public vote, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Crossing over to camp.
Crossroads is back and this time it's as camp as a bottle of coffee.Yvon Grace, the
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PROGRAMMING - NICHOLAS LYNDHURST JOINS MURDER IN MIND.
Only Fools and Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst is to star in the third run of BBC
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PROGRAMMING - WARK CLEMENTS AND ROD HULL.
Wark Clements' name was omitted as the producer for Channel 4's documentary on Rod Hull and
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PROGRAMMING - WISE BUDDAH WINS RAFT OF COMMISSIONS.
Indie Wise Buddah has been commissioned to make a string of programmes for the BBC and
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PROGRAMMING - THE BBC REMEMBERS THE HOLOCAUST.
The BBC is to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January with a series of programmes
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PROGRAMMING - SKY ONE PICKS UP TRANSFORMERS ARMADA.
Sky One has acquired animation Transformers Armada (left) - starring the Autobots and Decepticons - from
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PROGRAMMING - WALES' AVANTI TO MAKE ANOTHER CABLE TV.
Welsh indie Avanti Television has been recommissioned to make music show Cable TV for BBC 2
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Programming - Dambusters fly again on C4.
Channel 4 is marking the 60th anniversary of the Dambuster raids with a two-part recreation from
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PROGRAMMING - SOMETHIN' ELSE WINS SECOND R2 SOUL SERIES.
BBC Radio 2 controller Jim Moir has commissioned indie Somethin' Else to produce a further 12
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ITV pins hopes on new sitcoms.
ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam is hoping to improve the channel's flagging comedy reputation with
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Liddiment to produce Kay Mellor drama.
Former ITV director of channels David Liddiment has announced his first TV project since quitting the network last year, writes Steve Aston.
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Programming - Groovy looks at trend for overseas brides.
Newcastle-based indie Groovy Films is to shed light on the growing number of British men looking to other countries to find a wife, with a series jointly commissioned by Bravo and Tyne Tees, writes Steve Aston.
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Programming - BBC 3 launch offers 'radical' drama.
A 'radical and edgy' film about a man sucked into the Leeds underworld written by the winner of a BBC new writing initiative is to be one of the key dramas on digital youth channel BBC 3, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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TOTP SOLD TO FRANCE.
French terrestrial channel France 2 has signed a deal with BBC Worldwide to make its own
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SPOOKS SET TO HIT US SCREEN.
Spooks, Kudos' successful BBC 1 drama about the British security services, has been snapped up by
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Celador LE exec poached by BBC
BBC head of entertainment Wayne Garvie has poached a key development executive from Celador Productions to oversee some of the BBC's main light entertainment shows, including Weakest Link, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Carlton/PBS tie-up to make Olympics doc
Carlton is to produce a series on the Ancient Greeks' Olympics for Channel 4 as part of the next $9m (£5.6m) tranche of programmes to come from its development deal with the US network PBS, writes Steve Aston
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Ex-Fox Kids MD takes key job at Talent
Talent Group, formerly Talent Television, has expanded into children's programming with the appointment of former Fox Kids UK managing director Annie Miles as a director of the company, writes Jon Rogers
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NewsSpooks set to hit US screens
Spooks, Kudos' successful BBC 1 drama about the British security services, has been snapped up by US broadcaster A&E Networks, writes Colin Robertson