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New Talkback gameshow to trade on looks.
E4 head of programming Murray Boland has commissioned a 20 x 30-minute gameshow from Talkback Productions that challenges contestants to predict how attractive they are, writes Penny Hughes
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HOTBED WINS ITV DAYTIME COMMISSION.
Birmingham-based indie Hotbed Media has been commissioned to produce a 15 x 30-minute series, Everything Must
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CARLTON COMMISSIONS STUDY INTO CONMEN.
Carlton Central managing director Ian Squires has ordered a new regional programme examining conmen. The 8
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Online auction site opens for media kit bids.
Media-bid, an online auction site along the lines of eBay, has been set up for buyers and sellers of broadcast equipment, writes Barbara Marshall
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Season of BFI rarities to air on Artsworld.
Artsworld has signed an exclusive contract for a season of British Film Institute (BFI) treasures to celebrate 50 years of the National Film Theatre, writes Paul Revoir
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5 NEWS SATURDAY RELAUNCH UNDER NEW NAME.
Channel 5 is revamping 5 News Saturday, its lunchtime entertainment news show for 16 to 24-year-olds,
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BLOOD WILL FLOW IN NEW C4 DOCUMENTARY.
Channel 4 is set to air a 3 x 50-minute documentary series exploring the science and
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RDF wins novel C4 commission.
RDF MEDIA'S new head of history, Martin Davidson, has scooped his first commissions for the indie,
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ITV 1 persists with Crossroads.
ITV 1 has ended months of speculation over the future of its Carlton-produced daytime soap Crossroads by commissioning a further 240 episodes of the embattled show, writes Luke Satchell
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DISCOVERY TO GET FURTHER INSIGHT INTO MEN.
Discovery Channel has commissioned Insight Films to make two documentaries looking at men and their family
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PROSPECT TO SERVE UP DAILY GOOD FOOD LIVE.
UK Food channel editor Nick Thorogood has commissioned a second series of Good Food Live from
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SPOOKS AND CUTTING IT GIVEN SECOND RUNS.
BBC 1 dramas Spooks and Cutting It have been recommissioned for second series by controller of
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DOCUMENTARY WILL RECREATE COOK'S JOURNEY.
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned film maker Chris Terrill to make a new documentary
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BBC gears up for Commonwealth games spectacular.
The BBC is to undertake its largest ever outside broadcast operation when it acts as host broadcaster to this summer's Commonwealth Games, which open in Manchester on 25 July, writes Leigh Holmwood
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DAN BACK ON TV.
Channel 5 has picked up the rights to the first terrestrial broadcast of the new #15m Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future series, writes Penny Hughes
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PRESS GANG REUNITED.
Press Gang, the Bafta-winning cult kids show that launched the careers of Julia Sawalha and Dexter Fletcher, could soon return to screens as a special one-off epilogue, writes Colin Robertson
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Cosgrove Hall up for grabs.
Granada is seeking international investors for animation house Cosgrove Hall in a bid to water down
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Press gang reunited
Press Gang, the Bafta-winning cult kids show that launched the careers of Julia Sawalha and Dexter Fletcher, could soon return to screens as a special one-off epilogue, writes Colin Robertson
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September Films bags first BBC series order
September Films has expanded its trademark programming on the world of showbiz, bagging its first series for the BBC, writes Steve Aston
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NewsBBC drama investigates Hatfield train disaster
The events surrounding the train crashes at Paddington and Hatfield which left 35 people dead and brought the railway industry to its knees are to be recreated in a hard-hitting new BBC docu-drama that is expected to heap further pressure on the government over the state of Britain's railways, ...