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NewsBBC4 taps the buzz about bees
The Review Show host Martha Kearney is to front a BBC4 series about the pleasures and practicalities of bee-keeping.
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NewsBigger helping of Surprise Surprise for ITV
ITV has recommissioned a beefed up second series of entertainment series Surprise Surprise.
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NewsMorse prequel Endeavour to return
ITV’s Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour is to return for a second four-part series next year.
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NewsC4 explores Terror in the Skies
Channel 4 and US cable network Smithsonian Channel have ordered a documentary series examining the reasons there are so many near misses in air travel.
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NewsITV poaches Tom Hardy for wildlife doc
The Dark Knight star Tom Hardy is to produce and front a new documentary series about wildlife poaching in Africa for ITV.
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NewsC5 schedules First Great Western doc
The staff of train company First Great Western are to feature in the latest Twofour / GroupM Entertainment co-production for Channel 5.
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NewsITV confirms Spanish format deal with Endemol
ITV has confirmed it has ordered a remake of Endemol’s Spanish talent format Your Face Sounds Familiar.
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NewsDanny Baker scores BT Sport football show
BT Sport has ordered a new football show fronted by Danny Baker and produced by Campbell Davison Media.
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NewsC5 orders three Myra Hindley murder docs
Channel 5 has ordered three documentaries about Moors murderer Myra Hindley from Nine Lives Media.
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NewsComedy Central renews Alternative Comedy Experience
Isy Suttie and Josie Long are among the comedians set to appear in the second series of Comedy Central’s The Alternative Comedy Experience after the broadcaster recomissioned the stand-up series.
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NewsRachel Allen returns to Good Food
Rachel Allen is to turn her hand to cooking cheap, healthy meals in her latest Sweet TV series for UKTV’s Good Food.
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NewsBBC2 dishes up pub grub series
BBC2 is preparing to serve up new cookery talent with a series exploring pub grub and another about spicing up British food with exotic ingredients.
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NewsBBC1 confirms return of The Voice
BBC1 has confirmed that The Voice UK will return after it signed a deal for a third series of the singing contest.
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NewsSky 3D greenlights Attenborough docs
Sky 3D has ordered two new David Attenborough-fronted documentaries from Atlantic Productions.
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NewsThe Fall secures second series
BBC2 has ordered a second series of Gillian Anderson thriller The Fall after it became the channel’s biggest drama series launch in eight years.
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NewsBig Brother returns with secret format
Big Brother is to return to Channel 5 in June with a series of format tweaks focussing the show around themes of suspicion and secrets.
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NewsThe Voice set to return to BBC1
BBC1 is close to commissioning a third series of The Voice UK after judging its existing two-year, £22m deal for the talent contest a success.
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NewsRizzle Kicks & Nick Grimshaw compete for C4 show
Rizzle Kicks and Nick Grimshaw are to go head-to-head to win a Friday night music series on Channel 4, after the broadcaster ordered two TX pilots from Wall To Wall and Princess Productions.
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NewsITV orders Tommy Cooper biopic
Left Bank is to make a one-off drama about the love life of comedy legend Tommy Cooper for ITV.
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NewsCBS Chello Zone makes move into commissioning
Multichannel broadcaster CBS Chello Zone UK is moving into commissioning for the first time – ordering a Donal MacIntyre crime documentary from local television operator Made Television.