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Big Brother's Adele fronts YTV youth show.
Leeds-based indie Daisybeck Productions has been commissioned by Yorkshire TV (YTV) to produce a 4 x
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Puppets Ripley and Scuff get 40 episodes.
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has ordered a second series of Children's Company's
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Brown eyed boy given C4 comedy lab slot.
Indie Brown Eyed Boy, set up by former Chrysalis executive producer Gary Reich in June, has
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VC cash to boost Mersey's coffers.
Brookside producer Mersey Television has secured a multimillion pound investment from venture capital company LDC in
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Channel 5 in hot pursuit of reality hit.
A member of the public will be given the chance to become a Formula 1 racing
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BBC 'books' Sunday slot for drama until 2004.
The BBC has thrown down the gauntlet to ITV over the scheduling of major dramas by
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Joe Public to live like royals in ITV show
Television viewers are to be offered the chance of living like royalty in a new gameshow being developed by Granada for ITV 1, writes Steve Aston
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Paice takes on Trouble
Flextech has announced a new programming team structure which will see Bravo controller Matthew Paice take additional control of sister offering Trouble, writes Paul Revoir
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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 two animated projects, including a piece from the director of the award-winning Gorillaz music videos, writes Paul Revoir
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Little Britain to get TV airing
BBC Radio 4 sketch show Little Britainis 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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MTV and Tiger Aspect plan kids series
Indie Tiger Aspect has teamed up with MTV to produce a 13-part, live-action series for CITV, writes Penny Hughes
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Nigella indie to look at the Great British bottom
Channel 4 has commissioned Nigella Lawson's indie, Pabulum Productions, to produce a 60-minute special on the history of the backside, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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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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Foyle's War gets second series from Elliott
Greenlit Productions second world war crime drama Foyle's Warhas been commissioned for a second series before its first series has even finished its run. ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has ordered 4 x 120-minutes of the series. Executive producer is Greenlit Productions head Jill ...
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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 to produce a 60-minute awards show spin-off from its regular music strand The Pop Factory. The Pop Factory Awardstakes place in a disused lemonade ...
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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 a warm-up show for this year's British Comedy Awards. Countdown to the British Comedy Awards will be produced by Michael Hurll Television, which also produces the main awards ceremony ...
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The Bridge plans doc about Brighton music
Brighton-based indie The Bridge is to make a 6 x 30-minute series on the rise of the Brighton music scene for Meridian. The series, Brighton Beats, which will include the story of Fatboy Slim's notorious free beach parties and cover regional bands such as Electric ...
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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 for BBC 1. Elton John at the Royal Opera House, which will be recorded early next month to air around Christmas, will feature a 90-piece orchestra made up of ...
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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 drama Midsomer Murders. The seventh series will be a 6 x 120-minute run with filming beginning in mid-May next year. A minimum of four other programmes have also been ...
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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 A to Z of American Sex. The 13 x 30-minute series as been shot on location in the US will be broadcast early next year. The series will be ...