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NewsMurphy hands Reich indie first major commission
New indie Brown Eyed Boy - set up by former Chrysalis executive producer Gary Reich in June - has scored its first major commission with a launch programme for BBC 3 featuring hidden cameras, writes Leigh Holmwood
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The Great War back on BBC 2
The BBC is hoping to answer criticisms that it is dumbing down by reshowing the full 26-part series of 1960s classic The Great War, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Cartoon Network in original content push
Cartoon Network UK is to move into original production after creating its first in-house series, writes Paul Revoir
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Lofts Tractor Tom motors to CITV
Former ITV 2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts has rekindled her relationship with the network centre after selling the first television project from her new employer, Contender Entertainment Group (CEG), to CITV, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsUKTV pursues deal with C4
UKTV is in discussions with Channel 4 about giving the terrestrial broadcaster a stake in its new UK History channel in exchange for a bulk programming deal, writes Paul Revoir
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Wright to spy on public for laughs
BBC 1 has commissioned a brand new hidden camera show from Endemol UK Productions which will feature former footballer Ian Wright as an agent provocateur, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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C4 charts top-selling singles
Channel 4 is to mark next month's 50th anniversary of the singles charts with a three-hour special from Chrysalis Television featuring the biggest selling singles of the past 50 years , writes David Wood
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Amber gets going with food and DIY formats
New indie Amber TV has snared four 15 x 30-minute commissions less than six months after setting up shop, writes Colin Robertson
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ITV joins sex survey orgy
ITV has jumped on the bedroom bandwagon with plans for its own sex survey, write Colin Robertson and Steve Aston
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Elmo's world gets UK premiere on Channel 5
Channel 5 has secured exclusive UK rights for Sesame Workshop's Elmo's World. Controller of children's programming Nick Wilson has asked for 39 x 15-minute episodes of the show, which follows the 'educational adventures' of the furry red former Sesame Street puppet. The show, which features puppets mixed with live action, ...
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Fireworks brings Australian drama to BBC
Distributor Fireworks Entertainment has presold a new 13-part children's drama series from Australia to the BBC. Ocean Star - the Quest, made by Australian broadcaster BBHTV, is set in the Australian outback. It is expected to air on one of the channels from January
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Green berets steal a march on discovery
The Discovery Channel has bought HTV West's 6 x 30-minute series Royal Marines - the Green Berets. The series, which featured members of Taunton-based 40 Commandos and ran in Carlton regions earlier this year, will go out on Discovery later this year. Following 52 raw ...
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Broadband outing for BBC interactive soap
The BBC is set to launch an interactive soap opera which will initially only be available to broadband users. Thunder Road, set in a local social club and featuring both established and local actors, will launch on Kingston Interactive Television's (KIT) broadband network in the ...
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Kielty back live on BBC 1 for two more runs
Irish comedian and Fame Academyhost Patrick Kielty has been signed up to present two more series of his late night chat show for BBC 1. The first 10 x 30-minute series of Patrick Kielty Almost Livewill air in January followed ...
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Thames TV to build furniture for Discovery
Thames TV has been commissioned by Discovery Home & Leisure to produce a 15 x 30-minute series on furniture-making. Smith and Sweetman Workshop, commissioned by DH&L channel director Paul Welling, features 30-year-old carpenter James Sweetman teaming up with 72-year-old former tutor Dennis Smith to design ...
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NewsBBC bags new Spielberg series
The BBC has secured the exclusive television rights to the new Steven Speilberg sci-fi series Taken, after finalising a deal with his DreamWorks SKG studio, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsC4 to chart pop history
Channel 4 is to mark next month's 50th anniversary of the singles charts with a three hour special from Chrysalis Television featuring the biggest selling singles of the last 50 years, writes David Wood
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TX - It's only rock 'n' roll.
If, as Romantic poet William Blake wrote, 'the road of excess leads to the palace of
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Trade Talk - Born survivor?
New Planet 24 chief Ed Forsdick will have to deliver a high-profile hit to revitalise the brand or risk being swept aside in ITV's rush to merge
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ITV to tell story of royal romance.
The relationship between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles is to be explored in a new