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PRESS GANG REUNITED.
Press Gang, the Bafta-winning cult kids show that launched the careers of Julia Sawalha and Dexter Fletcher, could soon return to screens as a special one-off epilogue, writes Colin Robertson
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Press gang reunited
Press Gang, the Bafta-winning cult kids show that launched the careers of Julia Sawalha and Dexter Fletcher, could soon return to screens as a special one-off epilogue, writes Colin Robertson
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September Films bags first BBC series order
September Films has expanded its trademark programming on the world of showbiz, bagging its first series for the BBC, writes Steve Aston
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NewsBBC drama investigates Hatfield train disaster
The events surrounding the train crashes at Paddington and Hatfield which left 35 people dead and brought the railway industry to its knees are to be recreated in a hard-hitting new BBC docu-drama that is expected to heap further pressure on the government over the state of Britain's railways, ...
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NewsC4 rejigs factual commissioning
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson is in the process of streamlining the popular factual commissioning process as part of a wider restructure that is expected to be unveiled within the next fortnight, writes Penny Hughes
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RDF wins novel C4 commission
RDF Media's new head of history, Martin Davidson, has scooped his first commissions for the indie, including a major series on the history of the novel for Channel 4, writes Penny Hughes
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Documentary will recreate cook's journey
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned film maker Chris Terrill to make a new documentary series recreating the 18th century journey taken by Captain Cook around Australia and the south seas
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Spooks and Cutting It given second runs
BBC 1 dramas Spooks and Cutting It have been recommissioned for second series by controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter and channel controller Lorraine Heggessey
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New Talkback gameshow to trade on looks
E4 head of programming Murray Boland has commissioned a 20 x 30-minute gameshow from Talkback Productions that challenges contestants to predict how attractive they are, writes Penny Hughes
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USN guns for spin-off
Universal Studios Networks (USN) has bought the rights to the long-awaited X-Files spin-off, The Lone Gunmen, which will premiere in the UK on the Sci-Fi channel next month, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsBBC to undertake biggest ever OB operation for Commonwealth Games
The BBC is to undertake its largest ever outside broadcast operation when it acts as host broadcaster to this summer's Commonwealth Games, which open in Manchester on 25 July, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsArtsworld signs Brit Film contract
Artsworld has signed an exclusive contract for a season of British Film Institute treasures to celebrate 50 years of the National Film Theatre, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsITV 1 recommissions Crossroads as 'Evil Yvon' takes the helm
ITV 1 has ended months of speculation over the future of Carlton Television's rating's flop Crossroads by commissioning a further 240 episodes of the embattled daytime soap, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsChannel 4 snaps up The Osbournes
Channel 4 has won the battle to secure terrestrial rights for The Osbournes - MTV's hit series about the domestic trials and tribulations of bat-munching rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his family, writes Paul Revoir
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Local difficulties.
Less is more when it comes to regional programming - that's the message coming out of ITV as the dust settles on its new charter for the nations and the regions, but the document is not without its critics
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TX - Painting the picture.
Testimony Films' major challenge in making The 50s and 60s in Living Colour was finding enough
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BBC 2 ORDERS ONE-OFF SCOTTISH POLICE DRAMA.
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a new drama from BBC Scotland about a policeman
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E4 to look at British jet set.
E4 Director of programmes Murray Boland has greenlit his first original series for the channel by commissioning a documentary following the exploits of well-heeled British holidaymakers in the south of France, writes Penny Hughes