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BBC 1 tackles traffic chaos.
BBC 1 is to follow up its critically acclaimed Your NHS and Cracking Crime themed programming days with another event - this time examining the state of Britain's transport system, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsArchers off to Sunny Spain
They've got their fish and chips and their copies of The Sun - now British ex-pats on Spain's Costas will be able to catch up with the goings-on in Ambridge after the BBC completed a deal to sell The Archers to a Spanish radio station, ...
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NewsFive renews Sky News contract
Five has renewed its contract with Sky News to continue broadcasting the satellite broadcaster's morning show Sunrise for another year, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsTonight to look at Michael Jackson
ITV1's Tonightprogramme is to screen a warts n' all documentary about Michael Jackson next month after landing exclusive access to the reclusive star , writes Steve Aston.
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NewsBBC to screen Bee Gees special
The BBC is planning to commemorate the life of Bee Gees star Maurice Gibb, who died on Sunday (12 January), with a 30-minute special, writes Colin Robertson
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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.