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NewsBBC2 goes back to basics with Blanc cookery series
Raymond Blanc is returning to BBC2 for a series that will give viewers a masterclass in basic cooking techniques.
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NewsC4 signs up Hills for 12 months in Last Leg deal
Australian comedian Adam Hills has signed a one-year exclusive deal with Channel 4 that includes another series of The Last Leg.
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NewsSky 1 gains access to Greggs
Sky 1 is to go behind the scenes at high-street baker Greggs in an access-all-areas documentary that will show secret tasting sessions for the latest cakes and pasties.
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NewsDarrall Macqueen to make CBeebies’ first drama
Darrall Macqueen, the indie behind Baby Jake, is to produce CBeebies’ first live action drama based on a series of 1960s books about five-year-old twins.
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NewsBottom revival shelved
The BBC has confirmed that plans to revive Bottom have been shelved after Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall decided to focus on other projects.
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NewsDiscovery embarks on underwater adventure
Discovery Western Europe has commissioned an adventure and natural history series with wildlife expert Steve Backshall in which he confronts some of the most dangerous animals on Earth.
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NewsMcGuinness fronts C4 TV Burp-style show
Take Me Out Host Paddy McGuinness will be the new host of a TV Burp style show for Channel 4.
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NewsC4 appoints head of drama development
Scott Free Films’ Surian Fletcher-Jones is joining Channel 4’s drama department to oversee the broadcaster’s drama development slate.
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NewsMore 4 ‘revives’ Fanny Craddock
More 4 is bringing the original queen of British cuisine Fanny Craddock back to life with a one-off show, Fanny And Friends.
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NewsBBC4 takes a trip a down memory lane to 60s Britain
BBC4 has ordered a 20-part series designed to give modern audiences an insight into what life was like in the 1960s.
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NewsTwofour to make splash for ITV
Mipcom: Twofour is set to produce ITV1’s latest big entertainment hope - a celebrity high diving competition.
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NewsHulu and BBC in second co-pro deal
Mipcom: BBC Productions has agreed its second co-production deal with US VoD service Hulu to create comedy thriller The Wrong Mans.
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NewsPaul Abbott calls time on Shameless
Channel 4 has called time on long-running comedy-drama Shameless – just six months after creator Paul Abbott declared it could run for 40 more years.
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NewsArrow Media engineering doc first for TCB Media
Mipcom: Arrow Media is making a Group M factual series for Channel 5 that will be the first title to be distributed by Paul Heaney’s new TCB Media Rights.
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NewsCatchphrase returns to ITV1
Mipcom: ITV1 has commissioned a series of the revamped quiz show Catchphrase.
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NewsYouTube reveals 60 channel partners
Mipcom: YouTube has revealed a raft of UK indies which have been selected to produce over 60 channels for the Google-owned site.
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NewsBBC1 to make full series of Christmas special Lapland
BBC1 is to turn Lapland, its Christmas comedy drama about a dysfunctional Northern family, into a multi-episode sitcom.
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NewsHistory orders South African special
History has ordered flagship documentary about the end of apartheid in South Africa which is to air internationally in 2013.
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NewsMore Chuggington heading to CBeebies
The fourth series of train adventure series Chuggington has been acquired by CBeebies.
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NewsJunior MasterChef to return with new judge
Junior MasterChef has been recommissioned for a second series with a new judge who found fame via a food blog in Ireland.