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NewsNat Geo orders more Mystery from Parthenon
Parthenon Entertainment has won a commission to produce a new series of Mystery Files for National Geographical Channel International.
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NewsCurrent TV to tackle dangers of binge drinking
Current TV has ordered a series that reveals to a group of young professionals exactly what they got up to on a drunken night out the previous evening.
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NewsITV2 and Lime to make ‘living soap’ set in Essex
ITV2 is to take viewers inside the nail bars and nightclubs of Essex for what it hopes will be Britain’s answer to MTV’s The Hills.
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NewsC4 tackles attitudes to beauty in life-swap series from Betty
Society’s attitudes towards beauty are to be tested in Channel 4’s latest life-swap format.
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NewsConcorde doc takes off
The crash that ended supersonic air travel is to be explored in a 90-minute documentary charting the history of Concorde.
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NewsITV recalls Gazza’s Tears in pair of World Cup docs
Paul Gascoigne will talk about his tears during England’s Italia ‘90 semi-final defeat in one of two ITV1 docs to air during the World Cup.
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NewsHenson on board as Bravo woos women
Bravo has signed up Welsh international rugby star Gavin Henson for a pop science show and is launching a rebrand to increase the lads’ channel’s appeal to women.
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NewsPrince Charles to present doc on composer Parry
Prince Charles is to front a BBC4 documentary about Hubert Parry, the little-known composer behind a slew of imperial anthems including the music for Jerusalem.
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NewsGood Food pilots Ronnie Corbett cookery show
Good Food has ordered a high profile pilot featuring Ronnie Corbett and Rob Brydon that will tap into the comedians’ passion for food.
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NewsITV puts faith in Vera as successor to Frost
ITV has earmarked an in-house detective drama as a successor to A Touch of Frost and is taking the format to a full eight-hour series before the pilot has even aired.
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NewsDavid Jason going cockney for ITV drama
Sir David Jason is to go back to his cockney roots in a new drama for ITV.
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NewsMock the Week to return
Satirical panel show Mock the Week is to return for a new series next month.
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NewsIannucci and Fry unveil new films
The latest projects from Armando Iannucci, Stephen Fry and screenwriters Peter Morgan and Abi Morgan have been revealed in Cannes, where it has also been announced that Dustin Hoffman will make his directorial debut for the BBC.
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NewsRuth Jones to play Hattie Jacques for BBC4
Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones is to play Carry On legend Hattie Jacques in one of two new projects for BBC4.
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NewsSofia's Diary indie launches online series
Sofia’s Diary producer CR Entertainment is launching an online interactive magazine show with the Belfast Telegraph newspaper.
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NewsSpooks' Norris heads up BBC sci-fi epic
A new sci-fi epic from the makers of Spooks and Ashes to Ashes that explores “what it is to be human” has been commissioned by the BBC.
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NewsThornton to head Comedy Central commissioning
Comedy Central has appointed BBC exec producer Pete Thornton as its commissioning editor, on a fixed-term basis.
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NewsLime Pictures secures first US commission
Lime Pictures has won its first international commission, with Nickelodeon US ordering an English-language adaptation of a Belgian teen drama originally planned for CBBC.
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NewsCrozier: ‘no in-house quota’
ITV chief exec says he won’t set target for how much content ITV Studios should produce.
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NewsC4 to show ‘jaw-dropping’ animal behaviour
Over-sexed dachshunds, incontinent llamas and narcoleptic horses are to get the Embarrassing Bodies treatment in a Channel 4 series.