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C4 moves fast on Washington sniper film.
Ideal World Productions is working on a one-hour, fast-turnaround documentary for Channel 4 charting the recent reign of terror inflicted on the US by the Washington sniper, writes Penny Hughes
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MIDSOMER MURDERS WINS TWO MORE ORDERS.
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has ordered a further two series of Bentley Productions' crime
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Toon channel backs UK talent.
Cartoon Network has backed up its commitment to increase its level of original UK production with
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MEN & MOTORS TO SHOW A-Z OF SEX IN THE US.
Men & Motors channel manager Lesley Johnson has commissioned Leeds-based indie Daisybeck Productions to produce Emma's
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Little Britain to get TV airing.
BBC Radio 4 sketch show Little Britain is set to be the latest radio comedy show to transfer to television, after securing an 8 x 30-minute slot on both BBC 2 and BBC 3, writes Leigh Holmwood
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RADIO 4 DRAMA SNAPS UP SEX AND THE CITY STAR.
Sex and the City actor Kyle MacLachlan has been lined up to star in a radio
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FOYLE'S WAR GETS SECOND SERIES FROM ELLIOTT.
Greenlit Productions second world war crime drama Foyle's War has been commissioned for a second series
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HTV COMMISSIONS POP FACTORY MUSIC AWARDS.
Welsh indie Avanti Productions has been commissioned by HTV controller and director of programmes Elis Owen
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ITV 2 TO SHOW WARM-UP TO COMEDY AWARDS.
ITV 2 head of programmes Daniella Neumann has ordered a 60-minute special starring Jack Dee as
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BBC 1 TO AIR ELTON JOHN SPECIAL FOR XMAS.
Elton John is to perform some of his most memorable songs in a special one-off concert
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Race on TV still unrealistic, says report.
Broadcasters are still failing to provide a realistic representation of ethnic minorities in news and documentaries, according to a new survey backed by the BBC, writes Penny Hughes
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ITV BUYS CHRISTIE.
ITV has snatched the rights to the entire Agatha Christie collection after a 'titanic struggle' with
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C4 to move away from US.
Channel 4 director of television Tim Gardam pledged this week to shift the channel's focus away
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Flagship BBC 2 show to cover economics.
Award-winning documentary maker Adam Curtis has been commissioned to produce a major investigation into the world economy in the 1990s for a flagship new BBC 2 series, writes Leigh Holmwood
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A long-lost episode of Doctor Who, which has never been broadcast, is to be re-shot by the BBC and premiered online, writes Luke Satchell
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TX - Left out in the cold.
DOCTOR ZHIVAGOBroadcaster: ITV 1Producer: Granada Television/Evision/WGBH BostonStart: 21.00, 24 NovemberLength: 3 x 90-minutesCommissioning editor: Nick ElliottDuring
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Documentary - Documentary evidence.
Over the past few weeks a delegation of Canadian documentary makers from the Hot Docs Festival visited the UK to meet up with UK producers and commissioners for the first time. JUDY HOLM kept a diary
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Isis Media looks at showbiz on the edge.
Indie Isis Media is to produce a four-part series looking at local characters who exist on
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Granada puts life into flagging careers.
Granada has developed yet another talent show format, this time one aimed at reviving the careers
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BBC to launch multimedia fightbox game.
The BBC is launching a new multimedia entertainment format fusing gaming and technology to allow viewers