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SUPERSTARS COMES BACK IN CHARITY EVENT.
TWI is resurrecting classic 1970s show Superstars to air as part of BBC 1's charity event
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BBC AIRS TARTAN SHORTS.
BBC Scotland is to screen the three nine-minute films selected for the 10th season of Tartan
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FOX AIRS 'SPIDEY' SLOT.
Fox Kids will air a Spider-Man weekend on 15 and 16 June to tie in with
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ITV unveils new regional spend.
ITV this week confirmed a£25m increase to its programming budget at the same time as
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MORE ART AT 19.00 ON C5.
Channel 5 has commissioned a raft of programmes for its 19.00 slot including 3 x 30-minute
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LIVING TV BUYS WILL & GRACE.
Living TV has signed a deal with MGM to buy the entire run of US sitcom
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Oxford wins order for low budget series.
Oxford Scientific Films (OSF), a subsidiary of producer/distributor Southern Star, has secured its first major order since moving into high-volume, low-budget programming with a 6 x 30-minute series for the National Geographic Channel (NGC), writes Leigh
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Brook Lapping sets up spin-off.
Brook Lapping Productions is launching an Essex-based factual indie, Brook East Productions, headed by the Independent on Sunday's assistant editor, writes Penny Hughes
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BBC BEASTS WALK DOWN UNDER.
BBC Worldwide has sold the interactive rights to Bafta and Emmy award-winning Walking with Beasts (above)
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ASIAN LEAR TO AIR ON C4.
Channel 4 is set to screen a major multicultural drama that transposes Shakespearean tragedy King Lear
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NewsITV orders new Creature Comforts series
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has commissioned Aardman Animation to produce a series based on the Oscar-winning Creature Comforts short films , writes Steve Aston
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NewsOzzy and family get second series
MTV has revealed that cult-television show 'The Osbournes', which follows the domestic trials and tribulations of bat-munching rocker Ozzy Osbourne, will return for a second season of 20 episodes towards the end of the year, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsSport Channel shows to broadcast on ITV 2
Carlton and Granada are to boost the output of digital channel ITV 2 by adding programmes left over from the defunct ITV Sport Channel to its schedule, writes Steve Aston
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NewsDrama highlights New Labour and new Coltrane
BBC 1 and ITV1 unveiled separate plans for high-profile dramas this week that will see Robbie Coltrane return to the commercial network and New Labour come under scrutiny from the corporation, write Leigh Holmwood and Steve Aston
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Asian Lear to air on Channel 4
Channel 4 is set to screen a major multicultural drama that transposes Shakespearean tragedy King Lear to the UK's Asian community, writes Steve Aston
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Greenlight for This Morning?
ITV is expected to greenlight a further series of This Morning despite the problems the strand has faced building its audience over its current run, writes Steve Aston
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C5 gets in first with royalty doc
Channel 5 is re-affirming its commitment to move away from tacky programming with a new major 12-part documentary on the history of British kings and queens, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC 2 orders bisexual drama
A provocative new thriller featuring one man's search for emotional and sexual gratification with both male and female partners will be one of the highlights of BBC 2's drama slate next year, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Clerkenwell filming horror classic
Clerkenwell Films and Working Title Television are in production on a TV movie version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for Universal Television in the US, writes Jon Rogers
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Superstars comes back in charity event
TWI is resurrecting classic 1970s show Superstarsto air as part of BBC 1's charity event Sport Relief. The new one-hour show will be shown in three parts on the evening of 13 July and feature athletes such as Steve Redgrave (left), Martin Offiah, Dwight Yorke ...