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NewsIngram agrees to find out if Jade is 'minging'
Major Charles Ingram and his wife Diana have signed up to take part in the first Celebrity Wife Swap for Channel 4, writes Leigh Holmwood in Montreux
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NewsITV comedy output bolstered
ITV is to take its comedy output upmarket with a raft of new edgier shows, including a series of three one-off comedy plays, writes Leigh Holmwood in Montreux
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Mentorn signs Canadian co-pro deal
Indie Mentorn has signed a production and distribution deal with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) that will see it co-produce four landmark documentary series over the next four years, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Five to explore what made Myra Hindley a killer
Five has commissioned a 90-minute film that will attempt to explain why the notorious Moors murderer Myra Hindley, who died last November, became one of the most powerful icons of evil
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NewsBig Brother house stays open till 2008
Big Brother is set to stay on British screens until at least 2008, even if ratings fall for the main Channel 4 show, according to the C4 executive in charge of it, write Leigh Holmwood and Paul Revoir
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BBC4 to look at the greatest historians
BBC4 has ordered a major 3 x 50-minute series that aims to bring the world's greatest historians to life. Great Historians, to be executive produced in-house by Jonathan Gili, will use actors to explore the work of Edward Gibbon, author of ...
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Mile high flies again for Sky One
Sky One commissioning editor for drama Sara Johnson has asked indie Hewland International to make a second 26 x 60-minute series of drama series Mile High. Filming will kick off in London and mainland Europe in September to air on Sunday nights from January next ...
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Five to look at celebs who've bared all
TV and radio indie Somethin' Else is making a 60-minute show for Five, examining how celebrities use their naked bodies to get ahead, writes Penny Hughes.
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UK Style sends out design ambulance
UK Style head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned indie MadMac Productions to make a second series of interior makeover programme Design+ER. Each of the 15 x 23-minute episodes will see a team of experts arrive at a viewer's home in a design 'ambulance' to ...
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Anneka fronts family food series
Former Treasure Hunt presenter Anneka Rice is to make her TV comeback with a new advertiser-funded daytime cookery series on Five, writes Penny Hughes.
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Nat Geo showcases Asian directing talent
The National Geographic Channel's executive vice-president of programming and production, Bryan Smith, has commissioned four young Asian directors to each shoot a documentary for a new series, Reel Talent, covering a range of topics across Asia. The 30-minute films, funded by Nat Geo, include: ...
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Edinburgh to host MTV Europe music awards
This year's MTV Europe Music Awards will be broadcast live from Edinburgh on 6 November, the first time the ceremony has been held in Scotland in its 10-year history. The event, held in Barcelona last year, will take place at a specially built 6,000-capacity venue in Leith and will be ...
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Earl Spencer to talk on Burrell
Carlton-owned production arm Planet Wild has secured an exclusive interview with Earl Spencer, in which he talks for the first time about why his family stood as witnesses for the prosecution in the Paul Burrell trial, writes Paul Revoir.
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Jerry Hall to present celebs and gurus show
Jerry Hall has been lined up to present a BBC3 series looking at the world of gurus and the celebrities who listen to their message, writes Jon Rogers.
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Turner classic movies plans crime wave
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has put together a Crime Wave Season from 14 to 20 July which will feature classic crime films and some original material. The season, which ties in with TCM's sponsorship of the National Film Theatre's annual festival of crime films between 10 and 12 July, will ...
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Five commissions El Greco documentary
Michael Attwell, former senior programme controller at Five, is making a 60-minute film on the forthcoming El Greco exhibition at the National Gallery for his old employer. Hanging El Grecowill follow curators and staff at the National Gallery as they choose and negotiate the loan ...
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MTV's Mandela tribute
MTV is producing a 60-minute special on the life of human rights campaigner and former South African president Nelson Mandela, and is offering second rights to the programme for nothing. Set to be premiered globally on MTV's channels in July, the programme will launch this year's Staying Alive HIV/Aids awareness ...
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NewsC4 plans Mary Archer doc
Mary Archer, the famously 'fragrant' wife of disgraced Tory peer Jeffrey, is to give her side of the story on the couple's marriage in a documentary for Channel 4, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsUK History makes first commission
UK History has ordered its first ever commission - a one-off documentary arguing that the first manned flight was made nearly half a century before history books would have people believe, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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BBC religion puts Noah to the test
The BBC is to recreate Noah's Ark in a major new one-off programme that will mix state-of-the-art computer graphics with dramatic reconstruction, writes Leigh Holmwood.