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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
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BBC 1 dreams up new pop idol style show
BBC 1 is to develop the reality talent show concept pioneered by Popstarsand Pop Idolwith a series that will put undiscovered singers through the ultimate training academy. Fame Academy, to be made by Endemol UK ...
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Discovery to look at science in the kitchen
Two Four Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks Europe to make a series looking at the latest scientific research on food. The 6 x 30-minute series, Kitchen Chemistry, to air on the Discovery Channel in August and be presented by chef Heston Blumenthal, will ...
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BBC north west backs entertainment pilots
BBC north west is to broadcast six new comedy and entertainment pilots this autumn, which if successful will transfer to the network. Overseen by BBC head of entertainment group Wayne Garvie, the BBC Manchester programmes include new dating strand Nice Package, in which a woman ...
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C5 buys bulk order of Oz kids series Hi-5
Channel 5 controller of children's Nick Wilson has bought two 45 x 30-minute series of Australian pre-school programme Hi-5 from distributor Southern Star Sales. The kids show transmits on Australia's Nine Network and is a Nine Films & Television and Kids Like Us production. It features five presenters who entertain ...
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C4 to air Ewan McGregor festival short
Channel 4 is set to screen a film from Scottish TV's annual New Found Land Film Festival, the first time a festival film has received a network transmission. The 30-minute film, Solid Geometry, features actor Ewan McGregor in the lead role. It has been adapted ...
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S4C orders learning Welsh reality show
Welsh public service broadcaster S4C has ordered a Big Brother-style show for September that gives eight participants eight weeks to learn Welsh while confined to a language institute. Film cameras installed at the Nant Gwrtheyrn Centre in north Wales will record every move of 16 ...
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NewsShah raises veil on origins of Islamic terror
Saira Shah, whose documentary exposing Afghanistan's Taliban regime, Beneath the Veil, has garnered numerous awards, is to make a new film about Islamic terror, writesDavid Wood. Shah will team up with director James Miller on the project - a 90-minute film for US network HBO ...
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Bafta winners reunite for BBC rehab drama
Award-winning drama producers Antonia Bird and Ruth Caleb are reuniting to produce a new drama for BBC 2, writes Georgina Lipscomb