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NewsITV pushes the button on revamp of Gallowgate gameshow
Ant and Dec’s Push The Button is to receive a format shake-up and will go out live after ITV1 ordered an extended second series.
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NewsC4 Online reveals commissioners and strategy
Channel 4 Online is to set out its strategic aims and unveil Hilary Perkins and Kate Quilton as multiplatform commissioners at an event for suppliers on 21 December.
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NewsThis is England to return set in 1990
This Is England is to return to Channel 4 in a series that will follow the main characters - Shaun, Woody, Lol and Milky - four years later in a snapshot of the 1990s.
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NewsC4 seeks fresh faces for Paralympics team
Channel 4’s pledge to take the Paralympics into the mainstream has entered a new stage with the commission of two more series of That Paralympics Show and a boot camp to identify new presenters for 2012.
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NewsPrincess to make Vanessa Feltz show for C5
Shine Group has buried the hatchet with Channel 5 after its indie Princess Productions finalised a major deal to make the channel’s new year-long Vanessa Feltz show.
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NewsBBC1 hunts for series from 10.35pm docs
BBC1 is to use its 10.35pm documentaries slot as a testing ground for singles that could become 9pm series.
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NewsTony Jordan to exec £9m BBC co-pro
Former EastEnders writer and Life On Mars co-creator Tony Jordan is to executive produce a £9m police drama set in the Caribbean, which will be co-produced for BBC1 and French broadcaster France Televisions.
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NewsBBC3 has Good News for Russell Howard
Russell Howard’s Good News has been recommissioned by BBC3 for a further two series, on the back of a successful third run.
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NewsC4 unveils hotel docusoap details
Channel 4 has revealed further details of a new fly-on-the wall series based in a hotel that promises a marriage proposal, family tensions and difficult customers.
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NewsBBC3 applicants to learn fate before Christmas
The battle to become the controller of BBC3 is hotting up, with more than 30 candidates thought to have thrown their hats into the ring.
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NewsJamie Oliver recruits talent for C4 education series
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is back on the campaign trail for Channel 4 in a bid to get teens back in school and has Cherie Blair, Alastair Campbell and David Starkey lined up to help.
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NewsPolice from the UK and abroad join forces for BBC3
Four police officers from around the world will come to the UK to work with their British counterparts in a new series for BBC3 from the partnership behind Undercover Princes.
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NewsBennett quits Channel 5 to rejoin Tiger Aspect
Bafta-nominated producer Matt Bennett has left Channel 5 and rejoined Tiger Aspect as an executive producer just 10 months after starting work at the broadcaster.
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NewsCowell to appear in hospice carol service on ITV1
Simon Cowell will feature in an ITV1 Christmas carol service as part of the broadcaster’s seasonal schedule.
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NewsSky1 to air Victoria Wood's stage return
Victoria Wood is set to return to the stage for the first time in 10 years for a live comedy show, Angina Monologues, to be broadcast on Sky 1.
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NewsBoomerang to make food debut for C4’s Secret Supper Club
Saturday Kitchen wine expert Olly Smith is to front a Channel 4 daytime food series based in scenic settings across the country.
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NewsExperts advise teens on sex in Betty series for C4
Channel 4 is to offer teenagers expert advice on their sex lives in a specially created walk-in clinic.
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NewsSky 1 taps trend for buying businesses abroad
Sky 1 has ordered a fact-ent series that will see property and business expert Johnnie Irwin offer tips to families looking to emigrate to far-flung locations including Costa Blanca and Tenerife.
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NewsC4's Sarah Beeny series to return
Channel 4 series Help! My House is Falling Down is to return for a second run, as sales of the first batch are secured around the world.
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NewsPeaches Geldof to be ITV2 agony aunt
Peaches Geldof has bagged her own ITV2 series in which she will attempt to solve the public’s relationship issues.