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NewsRevolution develops Peace’s GB84 for C4
Channel 4 is planning to follow its adaptation of David Peace’s Red Riding with a new series based on GB84, the novelist’s fictional take on the miners’ strike of the 1980s.
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NewsBetty to hijack holiday makers for Channel 4
Betty is to send groups of people who are expecting a free luxury holiday on an authentic working experience instead, in a series for Channel 4.
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NewsYesterday orders two more docs for 1940s strand
Yesterday has ordered two 60-minute documentaries about World War II as it extends its Spirit of the 1940s strand.
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NewsBodies creator returns with gritty cop drama
Bodies writer Jed Mercurio is to put the “controversial and perverse realities of 21st century policing” under the spotlight in his new BBC2 drama, Line of Duty.
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NewsC4 lines-up transgender films
Channel 4 is to broadcast a week of short films focussed on transgender issues as part of a drive to improve their portrayal in the media.
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NewsBBC1 orders daytime legal drama
Daytime controller Liam Keelan has ordered a new legal drama from Liverpool-based Lime Pictures, to air on BBC1 later this year.
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NewsBeing Human to return in 2012
The BBC has commissioned a fourth series of supernatural drama Being Human.
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NewsBBC2 takes multi-genre approach to mixed race
BBC2 has commissioned a raft of programmes across genres for a mixed-race season, highlighting that Britain has the largest mixed-race population in the Western world.
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Free At Last kicks off crime forensics doc
Indie Free At Last has begun production on drama documentary Dead Man Talking about Sir Bernard Spilsbury, credited as a forefather of crime forensics.
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NewsShine bags double for History Cold Case
Shine TV has bagged a double commission for its forensic history series History Cold Case.
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NewsITVS to overhaul ent development process
Plans to reinvigorate ITV Studios will see it overhaul its entertainment development processes and make a factual primetime ITV1 show in conjunction with charity Save the Children.
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NewsC4 hunting for comedy shorts for online push
Channel 4 is extending its new talent strand Comedy Lab online, with plans to commission 24 short-form films.
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NewsC4 refreshes Sex Education and Gok Wan brands
Channel 4’s features department has ordered three series that put a fresh spin on two of its major brands: Gok Wan and The Sex Education Show.
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NewsOdd One In to return
ITV1 has ordered a second series of comedy gameshow Odd One In, hosted by Bradley Walsh.
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NewsBBC2 could lose £20m in programme budget
BBC2 could see a £20m dent to its programme-making budget under recommendations being put forward to cut the current daytime schedule and replace it with news.
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NewsC4 revives live Dispatches
A live instalment of Channel 4 current affairs strand Dispatches is to be revived with a debate on which of the country’s assets should be sold to reduce the UK’s debt.
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NewsITV1 orders royal wedding docs
ITV1 has ordered two documentaries celebrating the upcoming royal wedding, including a look back at the day Prince Charles and Diana tied the knot.
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NewsQI knocked off BBC1
Quiz show QI is to be moved from BBC1 to its former home on BBC2 for its 10th series this autumn.
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NewsIggy and Blondie on board Sky Arts photographer doc
Yoko Ono, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper and Debbie Harry are among the contributors to a doc about the life of music photographer Bob Gruen made by indie Brassneck for Sky Arts.
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NewsHollyoaks Later returns
Hollyoaks Later, the edgier side of the teen drama, will return to E4 for a fourth series in the autumn.