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PROSPECT FOR FOOD ON TV
UK TV has commissioned Prospect Pictures to produce the live food show planned for its forthcoming food channel. Prospect has produced lifestyle programming for a number of channels including the BBC
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ITV SOAP TO BE TAILORED
ITV is to tailor its new United Productions-produced soap Night and Day for two different audiences. In addition to its three showings a week in daytime it will have a more
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SKY AND NICK TEAM UP
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
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SKY WINS US OPEN
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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Bombay Blush set for second BBC2 series
Brighter Pictures has been commissioned by BBC 2 controller Jane Root and controller of entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux to produce a second series of Bombay Blush.The 8 x 30-minute series
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ITV's Elliott orders YTV dramas
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned two one-off feature-length dramas from Yorkshire Television, including the first TV drama from Gimme Gimme Gimme writer Jonathan Harvey, Beating Jesus.Starring Sarah Lancashire,
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ITV backs Pilger documentary
Award-winning investigative journalist John Pilger is to present a special documentary on the effects of globalisation for ITV, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Pilger to front ITV globalisation documentary
Award-winning investigative journalist John Pilger is to present a special documentary on the effects of globalisation for ITV, writes Leigh HolmwoodThe 60-minute one-off programme, The New Rulers of the World, will
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BBC2 gets another Two Pints of Lager in
BBC2 controller Jane Root and controller entertainment commissioning Danielle Lux have commissioned a second 6 x 30-minute series of sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps .
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RAY WINSTONE TO PLAY HENRY VIII ON ITV
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a major new series from Granada based on the life of Henry VIII. Ray Winstone is to star as the licentious monarch and
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YTTTP to make C4 film special
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions (YTTTP) controller of features Bridget Boseley has secured the company's most ambitious factual entertainment project to date - a five-hour 100 Greatest movie special for Channel
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Commissions queue up for YTTTP
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Productions (YTTTP) controller of features Bridget Boseley has bagged a number of orders, including three more instalments of her 100 Greatest ... strand for Channel 4, writes Colin Robertson.
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Sci-Fi set to splash out for birthday
The Sci-Fi channel has commissioned its biggest chunk of original programming to date as part of a week-long celebration of its fifth birthday next month, writes Simon Ellery.
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Sci-Fi Channel on original programming drive
Lion TV commissioned to help celebrate channel's fifth birthday
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ITV's Spitting Image is to be reincarnated
ITV's Spitting Image is to be reincarnated next year in a new animated format to be made by one of the show's original producers.
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BBC2 to go late-night clubbing
BBC2 controller Jane Root and BBC Choice head of programming Stuart Murphy have co-commissioned a new 8 x 30-minute late-night clubbing series, writes Tara Conlan.Choice World Clubbing was commissioned from
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Vaughan to write Choice drama
BBC Choice head of programming Stuart Murphy has unveiled a raft of commissions, including a 30-minute drama written by Johnny Vaughan and a horror series featuring high-profile actors including Sadie Frost, writes Tara Conlan.
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MMM TV to make pilot for sci-fi channel
Sci-Fi has made its first major commission in two years, ordering MMM TV to produce a one-hour pilot, SFUK, for a projected series as part of a move to re-position the
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Company to adapt White Teeth drama
Company Pictures is developing an adaptation of 24-year-old Zadie Smith's debut novel White Teeth for the BBC, writes Ashley Davies.
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Celebrity Millionaire enriches ITV's spring/summer line-up
Liddiment promises 'something for everyone' in new season