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ITV turns to short-run drama to lift ratings.
ITV is looking to order more shorter-run mainstream drama series to reclaim its dominance in peaktime, writes Steve Aston
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COUNTDOWN SECURE.
Channel 4 has confirmed the future of its daily quizshow Countdown by giving it a permanent
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Choice gives drama a boost.
BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has ordered two dramas, described as his 'most ambitious' yet, which will form the centrepiece of BBC 3 if it is approved by the government later this month, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Cartoon Network ready to grow up
Cartoon Network is understood to be hatching plans to launch a grown-up version of its main channel, writes Steve Aston
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Extra Doctors 'will keep ITV on its toes'
In her first major move since becoming BBC daytime controller in March, Alison Sharman has ordered a number of 60-minute specials of lunchtime soap Doctors as part of a wider strategy to 'keep ITV on its toes', writes Leigh Holmwood
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Six Nations rights lead BBC sport revival
The BBC has inched further along the path to a resurgent sport department, snapping up exclusive broadcast rights to the Six Nations rugby union championship in a three-year deal worth around£70m, writes Leigh Holmwood
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ITV turns to short-run drama to lift ratings
ITV is looking to order more shorter-run mainstream drama series to reclaim its dominance in peaktime, writes Steve Aston
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Choice gives drama a boost
BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has ordered two dramas, described as his 'most ambitious' yet, which will form the centrepiece of BBC 3 if it is approved by the government later this month, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC to celebrate life of Attenborough
The BBC is to screen a special programme marking the golden anniversary of David Attenborough's television career as part of a raft of new specialist factual programmes paid for by a doubling in investment in the genre over the next three years, writes Leigh Holmwood
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ITV to air Blake's glacial odyssey
ITV has bought the rights to screen TWI's ambitious self-funded documentary based on the last Antarctic expedition of late explorer Sir Peter Blake, writes Steve Aston
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Granada and WGBH tackle UK role in US war
Granada Bristol and WGBH Boston are to co-produce a BBC 2 historical series making a 'radical reappraisal of the British role in the American war of independence', writes Jon Rogers
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C5's unique talent show
A woman with no brain who went on to gain three A levels is just one of the unique people lined up for a new Channel 5 science-based primetime strand, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC poaches ITV pop pundit
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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NewsEvans strikes C4 deal
Channel 4 has cut a deal with Chris Evans for two weekly entertainment strands, writes Penny Hughes