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NewsKeating builds a week around architecture
BBC 4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a tranche of programmes for a week-long look at British architecture in the 21 stcentury, writes Jon Rogers
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TX - Blame it on the sunshine.
It's not easy to ask people from other countries, who've never heard of ITV, to cover
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PROGRAMMING BUDGETS - Just how low can you go?
Channel 5 has shown that low-cost programming need not mean low quality, but producers can only get away with the cut-price approach if they know when they can save money and when it's better to pay up. By David Collins
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PROGRAMMING - EVANS RETURNS TO CHANNEL 4 ON NEW TERMS.
Channel 4 has cut a deal with Chris Evans for two weekly entertainment strands believed to
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PROGRAMMING - PRINCIPAL MAKES SHORT ABOUT DOLL AFFAIR.
Principal Media Group is making a five-minute short for Channel 4 about a man's affair with
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PROGRAMMING - BBC RECOMMISSIONS RELIABLE DRAMA SERIES.
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have ordered new runs
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PROGRAMMING - LIVING TV KEEPS FAITH WITH PARANORMAL ZONE.
Living TV has ordered a tranche of new shows for its paranormal zone.Commissioning editor Jane Millichip
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PROGRAMMING - PACIFIC PROFILES FEUDING LAP-DANCERS FOR SKY.
Sky One has commissioned a documentary from indie Pacific about the intense rivalry between lap-dancing clubs
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PROGRAMMING - SPIRE TELLS FLOWER MARKET STORY FOR STYLE.
Oxford-based Spire Films has been commissioned by UK Style channel editor Nick Thorogood to produce a
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PROGRAMMING - 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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PROGRAMMING - 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
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PROGRAMMING - 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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YOUNG SOAP FOR DIGITAL.
Young Asian people in Bradford taking part in a BBC-sponsored writing initiative are to see 2
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PROGRAMMING - 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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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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COUNTDOWN SECURE.
Channel 4 has confirmed the future of its daily quizshow Countdown by giving it a permanent
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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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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