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TWO FOUR WINS DISCOVERY COMMISSION.
Two Four Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks commissioning editor, lifestyle Leonie Hutchinson to produce
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DENHAM COOKS UP TWO NEW FOOD SHOWS.
Plymouth-based indie Denham Productions has picked up two food-related commissions from Carlton Westcountry. The 13 x
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TELETUBBIES GO ON, AND ON ...?
The Teletubbies could be set to star in a number of new formats following the success
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SEPTEMBER SPECIAL ON HACKING FOR US TLC.
US cable network TLC has commissioned September Films to make a 60-minute special Hackers, Outlaws and
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NICKELODEON ORDERS SIXTH SERIES OF THOMAS.
Nickelodeon director of programmes Howard Litton has commissioned Gullane Productions to make a sixth series of
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ITV must act or lose cast of Crossroads.
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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BBC World Cup screens to include ITV coverage.
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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Davies scripts Casanova for ITV.
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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Channels reveal Jubilee surprises.
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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Forsyte maker slams TV rivalry.
ITV and the BBC are ruining British drama by continually scheduling their best work against each
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Footballers' Wives to make return to ITV1
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
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
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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BBC 1 plans high-tech Ancient Egypt series
The BBC is to embark on one of its most ambitious history projects to date when it uses Walking With Dinosaurs-style computer effects to bring ancient Egypt alive, writes Leigh Holmwood.Pyramid,
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Right to reply reduced on C4
Channel 4 has scaled back its consumer feedback programming from 10 hours to just over three hours a year, while putting viewers' 'right to reply' on the web, writes Penny Hughes.Four
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S4CI puts£6m in cartoon venture
S4C International (S4CI) is pumping£6m into animation following the launch of a children's strategy group chaired by former BBC head of children's television Anna Home, writes Penny Hughes.The Welsh broadcaster
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Lygo plans more C5 repeats
Channel 5 director of programmes Kevin Lygo is looking to repeat more C5 programming, despite having an extra£26m in his budget, writes Georgina Lipscomb.According to sources, Lygo wants to 'showcase'
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Autumn laughs for ITV
ITV put comedy back into the heart of its schedule as it announced its autumn line-up this week, writes Steve Aston.The Sketch Show comedy series created by Steve Coogan indie Baby
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THE OFFICE TO RETURN TO BBC
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a second series of the critically acclaimed sitcom The Office, writes Jon Rogers. The next 6 x 30-minute series is due to go into
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TV to breed new wildlife
ITV AND BBC 1 are putting together plans to overhaul their approaches to natural history programming which are expected to result in an increase in wildlife programmes on ITV but a