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Dead ringers team in new R4 comic venture
BBC Radio 4 controller Helen Boaden has greenlit a new six-part comedy series from the team behind Dead Ringers. Elephants to Catch Eels, written by Nev Fountain and Tom Jamieson, is set in 18th century Cornwall and features ...
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R4 to dish dirt on 1982 rebel cricketers
A 60-minute documentary recounting the 1982 rebel England cricket tour of apartheid South Africa has been ordered by BBC Radio 4 commissioning executive Andrew Caspari. Rebel Hell, to be presented by BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew, will explore the political in-fighting and backroom dealings that ...
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NewsDiscovery wins access to BBC stock footage
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with Discovery Channel owner Discovery Communications (DCI) to provide full access for the company's network of channels to the BBC's moving image stock, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsDiscovery Health doubles commissions
Discovery Health Channel has doubled its commissioning hours as part of a major increase in investment for the channel, writes Paul Revoir
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TX - Television's visionary.
During its 75 minutes, this documentary about the British inventor John Logie Baird only uses eight
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PROGRAMMING - BBC 1 DAYTIME TO FIND MORE HIDDEN TREASURE.
BBC head of daytime Alison Sharman and BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey have commissioned Leopard Films
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PROGRAMMING - TOP SOPRANO LEADS BBC 4 OPERA MASTERCLASS.
BBC 4 is to screen a live opera masterclass featuring leading lyric soprano Barbara Bonney giving
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PROGRAMMING - FAME ACADEMY SPAWNS BBC SPORT IMITATOR.
The BBC is to launch a new sports series along the lines of Fame Academy which
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PROGRAMMING - CARLTON'S WATERWORLD BACK FOR FOURTH DIP.
Carlton is to screen a fourth series of Waterworld, its factual series about the canals of
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PROGRAMMING - BBC WORLD SERVICE UNVEILS FEBRUARY LINE-UP.
BBC World Service has unveiled a number of new series to air at the end of
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Programming - Thames back inside for Channel 4 lifers update.
Thames TV is making a two-part follow-up to its Channel 4 Lifers series, which charted the lives of a group of prisoners serving life sentences, writes Penny Hughes.
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Programming - 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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PROGRAMMING - BIG BROTHER'S ADELE RETURNS WITH ATTITUDE.
Former Big Brother 3 housemate Adele Roberts has been asked to front a second series of
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Programming - 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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PROGRAMMING - BRITISH EUROSPORT TAKES OVER ITALIAN FOOTIE.
Italian football will be broadcast exclusively in the UK on British Eurosport from next month, following
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Programming - Thomas takes on allies' guns.
Mark Thomas, the self-styled scourge of the British establishment, is making a one-off special for Channel
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I'M A CELEB UP FOR SALE.
Granada has paved the way to sell I'm a Celebrity ... Get me out of Here!
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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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Louis Theroux comes back 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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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.