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    SEPTEMBER SPECIAL ON HACKING FOR US TLC.

    2002-05-10T17:16:30Z

    US cable network TLC has commissioned September Films to make a 60-minute special Hackers, Outlaws and

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    TELETUBBIES GO ON, AND ON ...?

    2002-05-10T17:16:30Z

    The Teletubbies could be set to star in a number of new formats following the success

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    DENHAM COOKS UP TWO NEW FOOD SHOWS.

    2002-05-10T17:16:30Z

    Plymouth-based indie Denham Productions has picked up two food-related commissions from Carlton Westcountry. The 13 x

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    TWO FOUR WINS DISCOVERY COMMISSION.

    2002-05-10T17:16:30Z

    Two Four Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks commissioning editor, lifestyle Leonie Hutchinson to produce

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    CLARK SAILS THE THAMES FOR NEW LWT SERIES.

    2002-05-10T17:16:30Z

    LWT has commissioned a 6 x 30-minute series on the river Thames from independent Limeleaf Productions

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    CELEBS COVER FOR PRICE.

    2002-05-10T17:16:30Z

    Guest celebrity presenters will front BBC entertainment show Liquid News for the 'foreseeable future' after the

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    EMAP AND CAMPUS INK STUDENT RADIO DEAL.

    2002-05-10T17:16:30Z

    Emap Performance and Campus Media have signed a commercial content deal that will see key properties

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    HIGH POINT SEALS GLOBAL DEALS FOR BBC DRAMA.

    2002-05-10T17:16:30Z

    BBC 1 drama The Secret (left) has been sold to TVNZ in New Zealand and SVT

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    Robots advance on BBC Choice.

    2002-05-10T17:16:30Z

    The BBC's love affair with robots has reached BBC Choice, with plans for a #1.3m robot-style

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    CITV'S ART ATTACK RETURNS FOR 15TH RUN.

    2002-05-10T17:16:30Z

    ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has commissioned Media Merchants to make the 15th

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    Forsyte maker slams TV rivalry.

    2002-05-10T17:16:29Z

    ITV and the BBC are ruining British drama by continually scheduling their best work against each

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    Channels reveal Jubilee surprises.

    2002-05-10T17:16:29Z

    The Discovery Channel is set to air a potentially controversial documentary around the Queen's Jubilee, featuring people who believe they have a more rightful claim to the throne than Elizabeth II, writes Penny Hughes

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    Davies scripts Casanova for ITV.

    2002-05-10T17:16:29Z

    Russell T Davies, the writer of Channel 4's controversial Queer as Folk and ITV's Bob and Rose, is dramatising the life of the world's biggest womaniser, Casanova, writes Steve Aston

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    BBC World Cup screens to include ITV coverage.

    2002-05-10T17:16:29Z

    The BBC is to screen ITV World Cup matches as well as its own on 10 giant television screens around the country, although it will switch to BBC programming during advertising breaks, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    ITV must act or lose cast of Crossroads.

    2002-05-10T17:16:29Z

    ITV could be left without a cast for its afternoon soap Crossroads if it doesn't hurry up and recommission it, writes Steve Aston

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    Footballers' Wives to make return to ITV1

    2002-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Shed Productions' sex and silky shorts drama Footballers' Wives is to return to ITV after securing a second series from controller of drama Nick Elliott.The next series, the length of which

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    BBC1'S JUDGE JOHN DEED GIVEN ANOTHER SERIES

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have ordered a second series of courtroom drama Judge John Deed. The 8 x 60-minute series, starring Martin Shaw

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    Scream nets Hear'Say gig for Sky PPV

    2001-09-28T00:00:00Z

    New indie Scream Films, headed by director Southan Morris (BBC's Ruby Wax Meets), has struck a deal with Universal and band management company Safe Management for its first major commission, writes

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    SKY WINS US OPEN

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Sky Sports has won the live rights to the US Open tennis event. Sky Sports and the US Tennis Association have signed a four-year deal, extending a partnership which has seen

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    SKY AND NICK TEAM UP

    2001-08-24T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB and Nickelodeon UK have struck their first ever joint programming deal, in which they share UK rights to Japanese animation series Yu Gi Oh!, writes Jon Rogers. The deal was