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NewsBercow and Doherty back under the same roof for C5
Celebrity Big Brother contestants Paddy Doherty and Sally Bercow are to live together once again for a new Channel 5 show.
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NewsMade in Chelsea gets third run
E4 structured reality Made in Chelsea will return for another ten-part in a third series.
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NewsNetflix recommissions Arrested Development
US sitcom Arrested Development will return to screens in 2013 after being revived by on demand service Netflix.
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NewsBBC and HBO developing Wolf Hall drama
A miniseries based on Hilary Mantel novel Wolf Hall is being developed by Shameless indie Company Pictures for the BBC and HBO.
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NewsBBC1's Turn Back Time set for return
BBC1 is poised to commission a second series of historical retail show Turn Back Time - The High Street.
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NewsCountry House Rescue to replace Watson with Davis
Ruth Watson, the property presenter Channel 4 poached to front Country House Rescue, will be replaced by Simon Davis in the fourth series.
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NewsBBC4 orders drama about Dispatches kidnap
BBC4 has ordered a single drama telling the story of the Taliban’s kidnap of award-winning journalist Sean Langan while he was making a Channel 4 Dispatches in Pakistan.
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NewsC4 gives True Stories original order boost
Channel 4 will commission 10 True Stories documentaries from next year, more than double the number when the international documentary strand aired on More 4.
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NewsShooting Stars’ Angelos wins full C4 series
Channel 4 has ordered a sitcom from new talent Terry Mynott and a studio-based comedy from Dan Skinner playing his comic character Angelos Epithemiou.
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NewsBBC's Wonderland strand stalls
Commissioning for BBC2 documentary strand Wonderland is being paused to deal with a backlog of films being delivered late.
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NewsGarden doc to follow family mediator team
The Garden is developing a BBC3 documentary series that will follow a team of mediators as they attempt to prevent children from running away from home.
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NewsMacIntyre revisits gangster family for Crime network
Donal MacIntyre is directing a six-part series about the organised crime family the Noonans for the Crime & Investigation Network.
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NewsDooley to front CBBC doc
CBBC has commissioned a new doc series in which five children travel the world to find out how everyday items are produced.
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NewsBBC orders Stephen Lawrence Panorama
BBC current affairs strand Panorama is to consider the Stephen Lawrence murder case.
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NewsTop Boy to return for second series
Top Boy, Channel 4’s urban drama based on a Hackney estate, has been recommissioned for a second four-part series.
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NewsC4 talent to swap roles for 30th anniversary
Jimmy Carr will host a one-off Countdown special and the cast of Made in Chelsea will appear in Come Dine With Me as part of a ‘mash up’ night on Channel 4 to mark the broadcaster’s 30th anniversary.
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NewsC4 to merge daytime with fact ent / features
Jay Hunt has briefed Channel 4 staff about plans for its daytime commissioning team to be merged into Sue Murphy’s factual entertainment and features department.
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NewsBBC launches e-commissioning review
The BBC has launched a review of its widely criticised e-commissioning system.
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NewsC4 Education and Barclays launch youth fund
Channel 4 Education has tied with Barclays to establish a £100k fund that will be available to youths with community or business ideas.
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NewsJim'll Fix It to return for Christmas special
Shane Richie is to host a Jim’ll Fix It Christmas special for BBC1 as a tribute to the late Sir Jimmy Savile.