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NewsComedy Central seeks indie for topical show
Indies will have the opportunity to pitch to make a topical news show being developed by Comedy Central with former Heat editor Sam Delaney.
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NewsExtreme orders skate doc
Extreme Sports Channel has commissioned a new documentary about a world record breaking jump from the Eiffel Tower.
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NewsCelebrities to "control" new C4 music show
Stars of the Inbetweeners and Misfits will take control of a new Channel 4 music series, funded by fashion retailer Topman.
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NewsBBC North to create drama fund
BBC North is looking at creating a drama fund to encourage more regional indies to come forward with pitches for the broadcaster.
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NewsChannel 5 to launch OK! TV
Channel 5 is to replace its early evening studio show Live from Studio 5 with OK! TV as part of a wider channel rebrand.
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NewsFresh One signs with Match.com
Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One Productions is to produce a raft of content for dating website Match.com – including an hour long documentary.
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NewsInbetweeners return for Comic Relief special
The stars of E4 comedy The Inbetweeners will tour the country looking for the rudest and crudest named locations in aid of Red Nose Day.
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NewsITV to pilot Seinfeld’s Marriage Ref with Jo Brand
Jo Brand is to host a pilot for ITV1 based on Jerry Seinfeld’s US reality show The Marriage Ref.
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NewsITV orders Fred West drama
ITV has commissioned a two-part drama about the untold story of how serial killers Fred and Rosemary West were brought to justice.
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NewsITV orders Downton Abbey Christmas special
ITV has commissioned a Christmas special of hit period drama Downton Abbey.
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NewsSky 1 extends League episodes
Sky 1’s hit sports quiz A League Of Their Own is to be extended to hour-long episodes for its third series.
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NewsRadio 1 names first commissioner
The BBC has appointed its first commissioning editor for Radio 1 and 1Xtra, handing the job to Chris Moyles’ exec producer Piers Bradford.
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NewsBBC reduces Moving On episodes
BBC daytime drama series Moving On is to return - but will only have half the number of episodes from the last series.
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NewsTCI round-up: New year brings new drama for BBC1
BBC1’s controller Danny Cohen has commissioned a host of new programmes, including a new adaption of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, while Channel 4 sees the return of a new series of Million Pound Drop Live.
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NewsTigress to make Egypt shark attack film
The recent shark attacks that hit the Egyptian tourist resort of Sharm el-Sheikh will be the subject of a new Channel 5 film from indie Tigress.
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NewsYesterday on hunt for shows to fill Sixties Season
UKTV’s Yesterday wants to follow the success of its Spirit Of 1940s season with a raft of programming dedicated to the 1960s.
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NewsBBC1 and BBC2 both eyeing new series of Miranda
BBC1 and BBC2 are both vying to air the third series of sitcom Miranda, which has just been ordered.
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NewsC4 to stage WWII battle in Blitz Street follow-up
Channel 4 is to stage a battle between Allied and German tanks as part of an ambitious follow-up to war-time doc Blitz Street.
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NewsCelebs centre stage in ITV factual orders
Bill Bailey is to track baboons in South Africa and Ronnie Corbett will embark on a tour of Britain as part of a raft of celebrity-led factual commissions for ITV1.
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NewsCohen commissions raft of drama series for BBC1
A new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations and a “blue-collar” series about prisoners’ wives are among a broad first raft of drama commissions by Danny Cohen for BBC1.