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    GREEN INC WINS NOSTALGIA RECOMMISSIONS.

    2002-08-08T16:52:00Z

    BBC Northern Ireland head of broadcast Tim Cook and head of entertainment Mike Edgar have recommissioned

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    Speer to lead in debt drama.

    2002-08-08T16:52:00Z

    The Full Monty star Hugo Speer has been signed up to star in a new BBC 1 drama, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    OSF SENDS FAST SHOW'S WILLIAMS OUT ON BOAT.

    2002-08-08T16:52:00Z

    Fast Show star Mark Williams is set to front a new history and science series by

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    BBCI TO CLEAN UP WITH NEW WEB-BASED SITCOM.

    2002-08-08T16:52:00Z

    The BBC is to launch a new sitcom written for and aired exclusively on its BBCi

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    MUSIC BOX PRODUCES KERRANG AWARDS SHOW.

    2002-08-08T16:52:00Z

    Television Corporation subsidiary Music Box has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a 60-minute special

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    4LEARNING MAKES MODERN-DAY TWELFTH NIGHT.

    2002-08-08T16:52:00Z

    4Learning, Channel 4's education arm, has commissioned a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which presents

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    C4 brings to life 'mad, bad' poet.

    2002-08-08T16:52:00Z

    The team behind Channel 4's acclaimed Shackleton and Longitude dramas is developing a multimillion pound two-part

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    BBC NAMES SCOTS SOAP.

    2002-08-08T16:51:59Z

    The name of the new Scottish soap set in urban Glasgow has been revealed by its

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    ITV revives Loose Women.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    ITV is to resurrect its popular daytime discussion show Loose Women two years after it was unceremoniously dumped by former daytime controller Maureen Duffy, writes Steve Aston

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    US WILL WITNESS MESSIAH'S SECOND COMING.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    Paramount Pictures, the US production company that co-produced hit BBC 1 thriller Messiah, plans to take the drama to the US, where it believes it could match the ratings and critical acclaim of Prime Suspect, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Dead Ringers takes to both TV and radio.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    BBC impression show Dead Ringers has been commissioned for new radio and television series - one of the first times the same show has been concurrently ordered across the two mediums, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    C4 TO LAY LOVELACE BARE.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    The life of celebrated porn star Linda Lovelace, who shot to fame in the cult 1972 movie Deep Throat (right) but who died tragically in a car crash in April, is to be brought to the small screen in a new Channel 4 documentary, writes Penny Hughes

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    Dead Ringers takes to both TV and radio

    2002-08-08T11:30:25Z

    BBC impression show Dead Ringers has been commissioned for new radio and television series - one of the first times...

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    BBC loves up daytime with films

    2002-08-08T09:31:46Z

    TV movies - the traditional genre of schmaltzy tales of triumph over tragedy from the American mid-West - are to be given a UK spin as part of a new BBC drive led by controller of daytime Alison Sharman to bring stories of 'love and self-fulfilment' to its daytime schedule, ...

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    C4 to lay Lovelace bare

    2002-08-08T09:13:35Z

    The life of celebrated porn star Linda Lovelace, who shot to fame in the cult 1972 movie Deep Throat but who died tragically in a car crash in April, is to be brought to the small screen in a new Channel 4 documentary, writes Penny ...

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    C4 brings to life 'mad, bad' poet

    2002-08-07T15:59:24Z

    The team behind Channel 4s acclaimed Shackletonand Longitude dramas is developing a multimillion pound two-part drama for the channel based on the life of Romantic poet Lord Byron, writes Penny Hughes

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    Speer to lead in debt drama

    2002-08-07T15:57:15Z

    The Full Monty star Hugo Speer has been signed up to star in a new BBC 1 drama, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Carlton lines up celebrities

    2002-08-07T15:56:09Z

    Carlton Westcountry is drafting in celebrities to give a boost to its autumn schedule, writes Steve Aston

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    Scooby Doo dives into lap of 'Toon Network

    2002-08-07T15:55:07Z

    Cartoon Network has struck its biggest ever programme acquisition deal, securing 300 hours of content from Warner Bros International Television Distribution including the next series of Scooby Doo, writes Georgina Lipscomb. The 13 x 30-minute series, set to air on ...

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    4learning makes modern-day Twelfth Night

    2002-08-07T15:53:59Z

    4Learning, Channel 4's education arm, has commissioned a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which presents its main characters - Viola (played by Bend It Like Beckham actress Parminder Nagra - pictured) and Sebastian (Ronny Jhutti) - as asylum seekers. The 100-minute piece ordered by ...