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TWI and Carlton work on Japanese history
TWI and Carlton have started production on their Japan at War in Colourseries for Japanese broadcaster NHK. There will be 2 x 60-minute instalments, which will chart the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire from 1931 to 1945. The production team is based in ...
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SMG TV wins new ITV and CiTV commissions
SMG TV, producer of ITV's Club Repsis returning to the Mediterranean to make a 10 x 30-minute series about British twentysomethings in Greece. The Workerswill look at Brits who give up their careers at home to make a new life ...
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Somethin' Else profiles legends for Jazz FM
Somethin' Else has been commissioned to make a 10-part series on the greats of jazz for Jazz FM. The programmes, called Behind the Mask, will be fronted by singer Alison Moyet and produced by Sarah Cropper and Jez Nelson. Herbie Hancock is the subject ...
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Granada unearths saucy secrets of locals
Granada Television is planning an 8 x 30-minute series revealing the raunchy secrets of Cheshire residents. Cheshire Sexwill expose the hidden side of Greater Manchester suburbia and feature interviews with everyone from 'naughty northern novelists' to sexy sales staff. Set to air in the Granada ...
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NewsCelebrity Gladiators comes to Five
First there was Celebrity Boxing - now Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn will renew their legendary rivalry in Celebrity Gladiators on Five, writes John Plunkett
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NewsLiving TV to show Diana séance
Living TV has fought off terrestrial bids to secure UK rights to a controversial Princess Diana televised séance, which will feature some of her close friends and aides, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsSadie Frost opens her heart to BBC3
BBC3 will next week air an exclusive interview with actress Sadie Frost given in November last year in which she complains about the state of her marriage to Hollywood hearthrob Jude Law, writes Hayley Treacy
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NewsTaggart gets another run
ITV1's longest-running crime drama, Taggart, has been commissioned for yet another run after its latest incarnation proved a ratings hit, writes John Plunkett
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MMA TO MAKE HIDDEN CAMERA COOKERY SHOW.
Multi Media Arts (MMA) is producing a new daytime cookery show for ITV, described as
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ITV1 rides on speed dating phenomenon
ITV1 has commissioned a Friday night entertainment series based on the phenomenon of ?speed dating', where people spend a few minutes with a number of potential partners at specially held events, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsMurphy orders BBC3 alien night
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has greenlit the channel's first theme night, based around UFOs as his channel posted promising ratings in its launch week, write Jon Rogers & Leigh Holmwood
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Britain's Worst?returns to Five
Five is to expand its Britain's Worst... strand following the success of its original Britain's Worst Driver series last year, which picked up one of the channel's highest ratings for a wholly commissioned show.
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NewsC4 viewers to vote on 100 worst Britons
Channel 4 is hitting back at the BBC's Great Britons extravaganza with an irreverent two-hour special on the 100 worst Britons, writes Penny Hughes
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Coogan to play Samuel Pepys in BBC2 film
The BBC's drama, arts and entertainment departments are set to come together for the first time in order to dramatise the life of diarist Samuel Pepys for a major new BBC film. Steve Coogan will star as Pepys in the landmark BBC2 film, working titled ...
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C4 capitalises on The Salon hit
Channel 4 has extended the run of its weekday reality series The Salonby six weeks after strong ratings, writes Penny Hughes.
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NewsBBC brings back 70s Superstars
Superstars , the show that made a household name of judo master Brian Jacks and saw Kevin Keegan knocked off his bicycle, is returning to BBC1 for a full series, writes Colin Robertson.
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Brian Waddell chasing time once again
National Geographic Channel has commissioned a second series of fast-moving travel-adventure show Chasing Timefrom Northern Ireland indie Brian Waddell Productions Limited. The 13 x 30-minute series follows contestants as they try to navigate various cities. Trey Farley will once again present the show. Two production ...
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Aussie wildlife next for NHU
The BBC is to turn its wildlife focus to Australasia in a major series from the Natural History Unit (NHU), writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Five hopes pig will bring home the bacon
Production has begun on new Five and Nick Jr pre-school animation Peppa Pig, following a finance and co-production deal between Contender Entertainment Group (CEG) and Astley Baker Davies, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Kids go loco in Banzai-style CITV gameshow
Foundation is making a 10 x 30-minute gameshow for CITV featuring Banzai-style challenges such as three elderly women competing to spit their false teeth the furthest. Globo Loco, to be presented by Stephen Mulhern, will feature rival teams aged from 11 to 13 competing in ...