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NewsVaughan digs up Thames treasure for History
The History Channel is handing Capital FM breakfast DJ Johnny Vaughan a metal detector so he can unearth hidden treasures on the shores of the River Thames.
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NewsC4 hands ‘female Kenny Everett’ peaktime series
Channel 4 has given a primetime slot to an unknown comedienne described as “Kenny Everett without the beard”.
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NewsUppercut patrols the waves for C5 drug-running doc
The intense hunt for the world’s biggest cocaine smugglers will be explored in a new documentary series for Channel 5.
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NewsHat Trick adapts Victorian crime story for ITV
Paddy Considine is to star in an ITV adaptation of award-winning period crime book The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher.
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NewsGallery: BBC4 autumn 2010
Full rundown of the drama, comedy, documentaries and US series coming to BBC4 this autumn.
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NewsGrade to front BBC series
Michael Grade is making a return to the BBC to tell the story of a lost world of dancers, singers and comics who performed in variety shows up and down the land.
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NewsC4 orders £1m of Scottish commissions
Channel 4 is to turn the spotlight on Scotland’s burgeoning computer games industry in a three-part series that it has greenlit as part of £1m of cross-platform commissions from the nation.
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NewsDisney unveils autumn slate
Disney has ordered a second series of its CGI series Jungle Junction from UK indie Spider Eye Animation as part of a slate of new and returning shows for the autumn/winter season that includes the final season of Hannah Montana.
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News'Too white' BBC seeks sitcom ideas
The BBC is seen as “too white and middle class” and is aiming to make more multicultural sitcoms, it has announced.
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NewsIndie peaktime share soars
Indies commanded more than half of peaktime spending by public service broadcasters for the first time in 2009, but their share of daytime TV spend was at a 10-year low.
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NewsZolkwer moves into ITV comedy hot seat
Claire Zolkwer is to become ITV’s new comedy supremo, with Michaela Hennessy-Vass leaving the broadcaster.
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NewsSTV to air Shed web drama Being Victor
Shed Media’s web drama Being Victor will transfer to TV this autumn after the producer struck a deal with Scottish broadcaster STV.
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NewsOptomen takes C5’s order for daytime cooking show
Optomen, All3Media’s latest acquisition, has cooked up a new advertiser-funded series for Channel 5 that aims to help viewers prepare quick meals.
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NewsMiddle Child wins Sky 1 deal for RSPCA ob-doc
Fledgling indie Middle Child Productions has won its first major commission: a 20-part ob-doc for Sky 1 following frontline RSPCA officers at work.
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NewsAsian Network orders new docs
Threatened radio station BBC Asian Network has unveiled a series of 15 commissions which will run until April, kicking off with a special investigation into the Pakistan flooding disaster.
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NewsPrince teams with Goldie for BBC talent show
Prince Harry is teaming up with drum’n’bass star Goldie to stage a gig at Buckingham Palace.
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NewsLiving hosts Party Wars
Extravagant parties, wild socialites and popular ‘it’ girls will combine in a new Four Weddings-style format for Living.
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NewsRoyal Institution Christmas lectures return to BBC
The Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures are to return to the BBC after a decade on commercial channels, it was announced today.
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NewsCBBC wildlife show moves to Longleat
Remarkable Television has won another two-series order for its CBBC wildlife show Roar, which will now be filmed at Longleat Safari Park.
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NewsWill Young in first Living drama
Pop Idol winner Will Young is to star in a new paranormal drama that marks Living’s first foray into scripted drama.