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BBC backtracks on drama slots.
The BBC has decided not to screen its much-vaunted adaptation of George Eliot's final novel, Daniel
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BBC 2 edges away from youth drama.
BBC 2 is to broaden its drama output away from its traditional diet of cult youth-orientated fare such as This Life and Attachments after controller Jane Root claimed they had run their course, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Twin anchors return in BBC news shake-up.
The BBC is to return to a twin-anchor model for its 18.00 News bulletin as part of a shake-up of roles across its main news programmes, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC 2 edges away from youth drama
BBC 2 is to broaden its drama output away from its traditional diet of cult youth-orientated fare such as This Lifeand Attachmentsafter controller Jane Root claimed they had run their course, writesLeigh Holmwood
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CHX mixes up boys and girls for Channel 5
CHX Productions has been commissioned by Channel 5 controller of children's Nick Wilson to make a pilot show, Deal with It, in which boys and girls aged 10 to 11 are forced to hang around together and adopt each other's lifestyles
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Science and art dance together on BBC 2
BBC 2 controller Jane Root and head of classical music performance Peter Maniura have commissioned a major series that looks at the science behind the performing arts
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Outline to inspect gadgets for DNE series
Discovery Networks Europe has commissioned a 12 x 30-minute series from Outline Productions, assessing the newest high-tech gadgets on the market
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Zeal to make challenge gameshow for choice
Zeal Television is to make a version of street gameshow Resistancefor BBC Choice
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Mummy in attic comedy surfaces on CBBC
The CBBC channel is to premiere a 26 x 30-minute comedy drama series about a young Egyptian mummy who lives in the attic of a 21st-century home
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Gere exclusive for before they were famous
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush have commissioned a seventh instalment of celebrity clip show Before They Were Famous
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Zig Zag bags bundle of commissions
Former Granada-linked production company Zig Zag has landed a crop of commissions for terrestrial and multichannel broadcasters, writesSteve Aston
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C4 examines future of war
The future of combat will be examined in a two-part series for Channel 4, featuring acclaimed journalist Sorious Samura
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Collins to play ITV singleton
ITV has ordered a primetime drama series starring Michelle Collins as a 40-year-old woman tossed into the dating game after a long-term relationship, writesPenny Hughes
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Couples to get advice from C4
Channel 4 is branching out into agony aunt territory with a new relationship advice show from Talkback Productions
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C5 gets Garnett for cop series
Channel 5 is planning to make a 'big splash' next year with a new police drama series produced by the creator of cult series This Lifeand The Cops, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC 2 turns to factual for Saturday peaktime
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned Talkback Productions to make a series billed as 'Reputations for people who read Heat magazine' as part of a move to schedule more popular factual programmes on Saturday evenings , write Leigh Holmwood and Georgina Lipscomb
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Jay to front R2 funk series
Indie Somethin' Else has clocked up a raft of new commissions from BBC radio including a series presented by legendary DJ Norman Jay for BBC Radio 2, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Criminal bishop to be subject of HTV doc
A bishop involved in a buggery and bestiality case is the subject of a new documentary from Cardiff-based indie Raw Charm for HTV Wales, writes Penny Hughes
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C4 to examine Thames torso
The police investigation into the death of a boy whose torso was discovered in the river Thames last year is to be made into a 60-minute documentary by indie 3BM for Channel 4, writes Paul Revoir
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Down to earth back for third run on BBC 1
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have commissioned a third series of the Pauline Quirke-led Sunday night drama Down to Earth. The 8 x 60-minute series, which is made by indie Whistling Gypsy, follows the story of a family ...