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TX - Noir is the new black.
Television's unquenchable thirst for police drama has, if nothing else, provided work for legions of police
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News analysis - TV shows for sale.
Advertisers were given a fun opportunity to choose a programme at this year's ITV bridge-building conference, but how close are the main TV stations to allowing advertisers a greater say in programming?
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Programming - SKY NEWS PLANNING MAJOR JUBILEE COVERAGE.
Sky News' coverage of the Golden Jubilee will be one of the channel's most ambitious broadcasts
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Programming - HOME BREWING GETS FIVE-PART DISCOVERY SERIES.
Four indies have been commissioned to develop series for Discovery Home & Leisure. Outline Productions is
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Programming - DISCOVERY TO TURN BANGERS INTO RACING CARS.
Discovery Home & Leisure director of programmes Katy Thorogood has commissioned Leopard Films to produce a
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Programming - UK STYLE TO AIR FLAME TV MAKEOVER SHOW.
Flame Television has been commissioned by UK Style channel editor Nick Thorogood to produce home makeover
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Programming - C5 TO LOOK AT LIVES OF ALTON TOWERS STAFF.
Channel 5 controller of children's Nick Wilson has commissioned indie twofourtv to produce a 6 x
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Programming - FAST SHOW'S SWISS TONI GETS HIS OWN SHOW.
Swiss Toni, the smooth-talking ladies' man played by Charlie Higson in the BBC comedy The Fast
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US BUYS UK QUIZ SHOW.
ITV daytime gameshow King of the Castle is to air in primetime on US Network CBS
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BBC youth pitch to exclude politicians.
The BBC's planned new youth politics programme could become a politician-free zone.Bob Geldof's indie Ten Alps,
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Programming - C5 to air daily lunchtime quiz.
Channel 5 is launching a new salvo in the lunchtime ratings war with a live, daily
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Programming - C4 gets arty.
Channel 4 has ordered an 11 x 30-minute arts strand exploring contemporary culture, writes Penny Hughes
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Programming - BBC 4 to look at NHS treatment of leukaemia.
BBC 4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a one-off drama which aims to explore medical ethics and lift the lid on the NHS treatment of children with leukaemia, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Programming - Fulmar wins C4 and BBC 2 orders.
Cardiff-based indie Fulmar West is set to take a behind-the-scenes look at one of Britain's best-loved soaps with a 50-minute film for Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes
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ITV hands cash to drama.
ITV drama producers are to be the beneficiaries of an influx of cash to ITV's programming budget, write Steve Aston and Peter Keighron
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BBC to up foreign coverage.
The BBC is to increase its commitment to primetime foreign affairs programming as media secretary Tessa
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BBC turns to Mast Media for new quiz format.
The BBC has commissioned a new, long-running daytime quiz series which is being billed as 'the new Weakest Link', writes Penny Hughes
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NewsITV in£25m ratings drive
ITV has launched a new salvo in the ratings war with BBC 1 by confirming a£25m boost to its programming budget while unveiling a new framework for regional programming, writes Steve Aston
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NewsChannel 5 goes high-brow with new historical series
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 4 to look at NHS treatment of leukemia
BBC 4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a one-off drama, which aims to explore medical ethics and lift the lid on the NHS treatment of children with leukaemia, writes Leigh Holmwood