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    BBC poaches ITV pop pundit

    2002-07-17T15:36:04Z

    Pop plugger turned TV face Nikki Chapman is to front three new BBC daytime shows after signing a deal with the corporation, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Evans returns to Channel 4 on new terms

    2002-07-17T15:34:35Z

    Channel 4 has cut a deal with Chris Evans for two weekly entertainment strands believed to be worth£500,000 an hour. The former Virgin

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    BBC recommissions reliable drama series

    2002-07-17T15:33:29Z

    BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have ordered new runs of a raft of popular series. Merseybeat, starring Jonathan Kerrigan, returns for a third series in the autumn, while Waking the Deadand ...

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    Spire Tells flower market story for Style

    2002-07-17T15:32:26Z

    Oxford-based Spire Films has been commissioned by UK Style channel editor Nick Thorogood to produce a 15 x 30-minute series on London's Columbia Road flower and plant market. Presented by Sven Wombwell, the series, Columbia Road Gardens, will look at the history of the market ...

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    Pacific profiles feuding lap-dancers for Sky

    2002-07-17T15:31:22Z

    Sky One has commissioned a documentary from indie Pacific about the intense rivalry between lap-dancing clubs in Blackpool. The 8 x 60-minute series, Naked in Blackpool, which follows previous order Naked in Westminister, will headline Sky One's autumn schedule. The ...

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    Principal makes short about doll affair

    2002-07-17T15:30:17Z

    Principal Media Group is making a five-minute short for Channel 4 about a man's affair with an inflatable doll as part of a series of new orders. Blowing Itis set to air next month and is produced by Sarah Boote with Geoff Povey as director. ...

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    Living TV keeps faith with paranormal zone

    2002-07-17T15:28:59Z

    Living TV has ordered a tranche of new shows for its paranormal zone. Commissioning editor Jane Millichip has ordered Psychic in the Street, a 60-minute piece from indie IPM. The show will launch in August with clairvoyant Tony Stockwell taking to the streets to offer ...

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    Evans strikes C4 deal

    2002-07-15T11:48:58Z

    Channel 4 has cut a deal with Chris Evans for two weekly entertainment strands, writes Penny Hughes

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    TX - Games without frontiers.

    2002-07-15T09:52:57Z

    The evening of Sport Relief programming planned for BBC 1 on Saturday 13 July is the

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    Programming - Are you tough enough - for the jungle?

    2002-07-15T09:52:55Z

    One of BBC 2's most popular shows this year, SAS - Are You Tough Enough?, in which contestants are put through the rigours of the elite division's training regime, has been recommissioned for a second series, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Programming - Oscar-winner to grace Discovery.

    2002-07-15T09:52:55Z

    Oscar-winning director Jon Blair has teamed up with indie 3BM to produce a series charting the

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    Programming - Wark Clements wins drama order.

    2002-07-15T09:52:55Z

    Wark Clements Monogram, the drama division of Wark Clements, is producing a two-part drama pilot for ITV from Fragile Heart writer Paula Milne, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Programming - More babies for Living.

    2002-07-15T09:52:55Z

    Living TV is boosting its morning strand of baby programming with three reality series, writes Paul Revoir

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    Programming - Tiger Aspect factual scoops three orders.

    2002-07-15T09:52:55Z

    Tiger Aspect has won a trio of commissions for its factual department, including its first commission for BBC 4, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    Star to make millionaire kids

    2002-07-11T09:46:30Z

    Children will be given the chance to become 'millionaires' in a new show stemming from a deal between Celador Productions and the News Corporation-owned Asian channel Star Plus, writes Penny Hughes

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    Revamp for Sunday Grandstand

    2002-07-11T09:39:00Z

    One of the BBC's longest running programme brands, Sunday Grandstand, is to undergo a major revamp, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    ITV lines up pilots for daytime

    2002-07-11T09:21:09Z

    ITV is attempting to draw more viewers to its troubled daytime schedule by launching a newLorraine Kelly-fronted dating show for single mums, writes Steve Aston

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    Oscar-winner to grace Discovery

    2002-07-10T17:28:52Z

    Oscar-winning director Jon Blair has teamed up with indie 3BM to produce a series charting the history of terrorism for Discovery Channel, which features interviews with over 30 terrorists, writes Paul Revoir

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    More babies for Living

    2002-07-10T17:27:05Z

    Living TV is boosting its morning strand of baby programming with three reality series, writes Paul Revoir

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    Wark Clements wins drama order

    2002-07-10T17:25:33Z

    Wark Clements Monogram, the drama division of Wark Clements, is producing a two-part drama pilot for ITV from Fragile Heartwriter Paula Milne, writes Georgina Lipscomb