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BBC1 recommissions traffic cops from folio
Television Corporation subsidiary Folio has been commissioned to make a second run of police documentary series Traffic Cops. The 10 x 30-minute series, ordered by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and senior commissioning executive, factual Richard Klein, follows the South Yorkshire police. It will be series ...
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R2 mulls fate of UK music
The fragile state of the British music industry will come under scrutiny in a dedicated evening of programming from BBC Radio 2, writes Michael Rosser.
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Blur to get two-hour profile on Radio 2
Britpop stalwarts Blur are to be the subject of a BBC Radio 2 documentary written by the band's official biographer, Stuart Maconie. The 2 x 60-minute profile, Parklife: The Blur Story, will air at 21.00 on 14 June. Integrating interviews and music, the programmes will ...
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Donovan simply the best for C4
Talkback Productions is making a Faking It-style series for Channel 4, in which former 11 O'Clock Show presenter Daisy Donovan undertakes a series of professional challenges, writes Penny Hughes.
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Hip-hop poetry gets late slot on Radio 4
Burgeoning talent from the hip-hop poetry scene will showcase fresh material on new BBC Radio 4 series Bespoken Word. The 6 x 15-minute programmes will air weekly at 23.00 from 11 June, presented by poet and actor Dr Stewart. Blaxploitation movie star Melvin van Peebles ...
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Radio 4 to air sitcom about pathologist
Forensic pathology is the unlikely subject of a new BBC Radio 4 sitcom starring Peter Davison. The 6 x 30-minute series, which will air weekly at 23.00 from 12 June, is the first sitcom to be written by Dead Ringerscontributor Laurence Howarth. The show follows ...
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Ann Summers shows all in Carlton doc
Ann Summers, the erotic shop chain that recently went to the high court to get the right to advertise in job centres, is to be the subject of a series for Carlton's London region, writes Jon Rogers.
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Blue Peter's Bacon to front Five gameshow
Five has ordered a raft of entertainment commissions from Objective Productions including a gameshow hosted by former Blue Peterpresenter Richard Bacon, writes Penny Hughes.
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UK Gold to host Blackadder weekend
UK Gold is to commemorate 20 years of the BBC's classic historical comedy Blackadderwith a weekend of programmes. The channel will screen shows from all four series over the weekend of 14 to 15 June from 21.00. The tribute weekend will also include links by ...
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Graef to look at coma survivors
Broadcaster Sheena Macdonald, who fell into a coma for 72 hours after being hit by a police van, is to look at how people's personalities change after such traumatic experiences for a major new BBC film, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITV Kay Mellor drama starts filming
Between the Sheets , the ITV1 drama being executive produced by the network's former director of channels David Liddiment, has gone into production in Yorkshire. The 6 x 60-minute series, written and created by Kay Mellor and made through her indie, Rollem Productions, explores the ...
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Twofour shows how to cut DIY costs
Plymouth-based indie Twofour Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks commissioning editor, lifestyle Leonie Hutchinson to make a new DIY show for its Home and Leisure channel. The 15 x 30-minute Mates Ratessees designer Ben Huggins form a DIY co-operative with three friends where they ...
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NewsBBC Parliament goes 24/7
The BBC's digital political channel BBC Parliament is set go round the clock from 7 June, with a new overnight schedule running from 00.00 to 06.00, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsLoose Lips moved to prime time
Living TV's first original chat show Loose Lips, fronted by Melinda Messenger and Richard Arnold, is being moved to a prime time slot, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsWatercolour Challenge crosses the pond
Channel 4's surprise daytime hit Watercolour Change is heading stateside later this year, following a co-production deal between Carlton's US production arm and American broadcaster WGBH, writes Luke Satchell
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RAOUL THE DINOSAUR RETURNS ON DISNEY.
Disney Channel is producing a second series of Raoul, about a Mexican dinosaur puppet, which was
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Third Rolf on Art
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has commissioned a third series of Rolf on Art to air later
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BBC3's Taylor makes case for 'meaty' shows
Celia Taylor, BBC3 commissioning editor for factual, has bit back at suggestions that BBC3 is just a 'youth' channel, focussing on 'frothy' programmes, writes Nick Radlo
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NewsITV1's Millionaire takes on Neighbours
ITV1 is poised to repackage old episodes of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in daytime, complete with new footage of how contestants spent their winnings, in a bid to fend off competition from BBC1's soap Neighbours, writes Michael Rosser
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Brighter puts new bent on dating show for ITV1
ITV1 has commissioned a controversial new dating show format in which contestants have to guess the sexual orientation and status of potential partners with a view to bagging a date, writes Penny Hughes.