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BBC scores with hit film deal
Bend it Like Beckham, last summer's hit British movie featuring a wannabe female football star, has been snapped up by the BBC as part of a deal involving a string of movies, writes Leigh Holmwood
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?Sassy' women to front live Sky News show
Sky News is understood to be planning a new talk show fronted by three ?sassy and brassy' women as a companion offering to the channel's new Littlejohn show, writes Paul Revoir
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Louis Theroux returns with US-set series
Irreverent celebrity interviewer Louis Theroux is set for a comeback with a series set in America as part of an exclusive new deal with the BBC, writes Leigh Holmwood
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OU gains first peaktime slot
The Open University (OU) has secured its first primetime slot on BBC 1 with a one-off special on the art deco movement, writes Leigh Holmwood
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C4 Toby Young movie revived
Journalist and author Toby Young has finally started work on a film version of his book How to Lose Friends and Alienate People after the project was moved from the defunct Film Four to Channel 4's new in-house film operation, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Granada sells Touching Evil to Cheyenne
Granada is set for a cash windfall after selling its crime thriller Touching Evil to Bruce Willis' production company, Cheyenne Productions, writes Steve Aston
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NewsDiscovery scoops C4 factual output
Discovery Networks Europe has sealed a multimillion pound co-production and output deal with Channel 4, giving it first-look rights to all the broadcaster's factual programming, including shows such as Jamie's Kitchen and Location, Location, Location, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsTV director turns to begging
Channel 4 has ordered a documentary in which a Granada TV director tries to earn more money begging on the street than he does making TV, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsHBO and Shine to make male Sex & the City
US broadcaster HBO has turned to a British independent in a bid to develop a male version of its award-winning, but ending, New York-based sitcom Sex and the City, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC 1 tackles traffic chaos
BBC 1 is to follow up its critically acclaimed Your NHSand Cracking Crimethemed programming days with another event - this time examining the state of Britain's transport system, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsOriginal programme commissions down
Broadcasters are 'playing it safe' and commissioning far fewer original programmes than they were 10 years ago, according to new ITV research, writes David Wood
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Thomas takes on allies' guns
Mark Thomas, the self-styled scourge of the British establishment, is making a one-off special for Channel 4 in which he will assume the role of a weapons inspector and attempt to uncover Britain and America's own weapons of mass destruction, writes Paul Revoir.
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Thames back inside for Channel 4 lifers update
Thames TV is making a two-part follow-up to its Channel 4 Lifersseries, which charted the lives of a group of prisoners serving life sentences, writes Penny Hughes.
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Talkback piles up C4 lifestyle shows
Channel 4 head of features group Ben Frow has ordered a brace of expert-driven lifestyle series from Talkback Productions, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC Wales to find best 'biz'
A new business reality show in which viewers get the chance to vote for a start-up company they think has performed the best is being launched by BBC Wales, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Big Brother's Adele returns with attitude
Former Big Brother 3housemate Adele Roberts has been asked to front a second series of her youth TV show, Attitude, for Yorkshire TV. The 5 x 30-minute series will again be produced by Leeds-based indie Daisybeck Productions. It features reports ...
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BBC World Service unveils February line-up
BBC World Service has unveiled a number of new series to air at the end of February, including a 4 x 30-minute landmark series exploring the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The Giving Game, to be presented by former World Service correspondent Tim Whewell, will ...
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BBC1 daytime to find more hidden treasure
BBC head of daytime Alison Sharman and BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey have commissioned Leopard Films to make a second 25 x 30-minute series of Cash in the Attic. Presented by Alistair Appleton, each 30-minute episode sends a team of valuers into people's homes looking ...
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Fame Academy spawns BBC Sport imitator
The BBC is to launch a new sports series along the lines of Fame Academywhich will help 'nurture young British talent'. The series, dubbed Sports Academy, due to air later in the year, is being made as a co-production between ...
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Top soprano leads BBC 4 opera masterclass
BBC 4 is to screen a live opera masterclass featuring leading lyric soprano Barbara Bonney giving advice to amateur singers. The BBC Wales 90-minute special, which will be filmed in Bath, will give singers the chance to take on board Bonney's advice and sing in front of a live audience. ...