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Are you tough enough - for the jungle?
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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Tiger Aspect factual scoops three orders
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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C5 youth commissions history of Penthouse
Channel 5 controller of youth, music and interactive Sham Sandhu has commissioned indie Vascha to produce a 60-minute documentary on Penthousemagazine. The Rise and Fall of Penthousecharts the magazine from its launch in 1965 by Bob Guccione, through its successful ...
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BBC buys rights to second series of 24
The BBC has snapped up the second series of cult US thriller 24, which has just been recommissioned by US broadcaster Fox. The show, in which Kiefer Sutherland stars as a government agent battling against a terrorist conspiracy, has won rave reviews and a loyal ...
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Patrick Kielty to get fourth series on BBC 1
Television presenter Patrick Kielty is set to return with a fourth series of his BBC 1 chatshow, but the programme - currently transmitted live will go back to being pre-recorded. BBC Northern Ireland head of entertainment and events Mike Edgar has commissioned the 10-part series ...
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Endemol's Initial to make Björk doc for C5
Endemol production arm Initial has been commissioned to produce a 60-minute profile of Icelandic pop pixie Björk for Channel 5. Inside Björk charts the rise of the artist from her days singing for indie band The Sugarcubes through to her international solo career. The singer will let Initial film into ...
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Just for Starters to come back on UK Food
Red Door Television has been commissioned by UK Food channel editor Nick Thorogood to produce Just for Starters 2. The 15 x 30-minute second series follows three sets of neighbours as each couple prepares one of the courses for an evening dinner party. Each attempts ...
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TWI unveils fresh look at Churchill
TWI and Carlton are to add their take on the story of wartime prime minister Winston Churchill with a three-part series for ITV, writes Steve Aston
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Classic buildings next for makeovers
The BBC is to give architecture its own interactive reality series in which viewers will be asked to vote for buildings they most want to see restored, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Evans returns to produce C5 show
Chris Evans is making his TV comeback with a new live weekday entertainment show for Channel 5 and a new independent production company, writes Jon Rogers
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C5s The Wright Stuff gets extra half-hour
Channel 5 morning debate show The Wright Stuff, produced by Princess Productions, will have its running time extended from 60 to 90 minutes for two weeks at the end of the current series. As part of the longer format there will be a new section ...
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Sunset & Vine replays Gillette World Sport
Television Corporation subsidiary Sunset & Vine is to make another 104 x 30-minute episodes of its advertiser-funded Gillette World Sportmagazine programme after securing a new two-year sponsorship deal. The deal takes effect from January
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NewsBBC bags new series of 24
The BBC has snapped up the second series of cult American thriller 24, which has just been recommissioned by its US broadcaster Fox, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsSky bags cut-price Nationwide League rights
Sky has clinched a£95 million television deal with the Football League to screen Nationwide League games and League Cup matches for the next four seasons, writes Paul Revoir
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Grace buoyed by CITV revamp
ITV is attempting to reinvigorate its children's output following a restructure of the department by controller Janie Grace, writes Steve Aston
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New comedy drama for C4
Channel 4 has commissioned a rare extended drama series, with a 10-part comedy from the team behind its hit series Teachers, writes Penny Hughes
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ITV throws cash at ailing drama
ITV's main shareholders Granada and Carlton have moved to put an end to the enforced inertia in the network's once prolific drama department by pouring an extra£100m into original production for 2003, writes Steve Aston
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BBC religion to work with sport
The BBC's religion and sports departments are to collaborate for the first time on a major project as part of a raft of new shows from BBC religion and ethics under its head, Alan Bookbinder, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Extreme Brits get ITV series
Oxford indie Landmark Films is to expose the viewing public to the sadder side of Britain with a new factual series for ITV, writes Steve Aston
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C5 taps Endemol for quiz and pop shows
Channel 5 is launching a reality gameshow that sees contestants having to become experts on their opponent's specialist subject, writes Georgina Lipscomb