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NewsProspect Pictures composes Chopin and Elgar docs
Prospect Pictures will reveal the lesser-known sides of classical composers Chopin and Elgar in two 90-minute docs for BBC4.
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NewsAllsopp takes budget home makeover nationwide
Kirstie Allsopp will try to stage the biggest second-hand sales and craft fairs the UK has ever seen in a second series of Kirstie’s Homemade Home.
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BBC Switch to launch "YouTube X Factor"
BBC Switch is to launch a talent hunt billed as a “YouTube X Factor”, made by Hat Trick Productions.
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NewsSpice Girl to go on the breadline for ITV
Spice Girl Mel B, Trinny Woodall, Keith Allen and rugby star Austin Healey will move into impoverished households in Leeds as part of a new three-part series for ITV1.
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NewsFood focus for new BBC schedule
Farm-fresh flavours on BBC2’s record-breaking Ready Steady Cook will be tested by cast members from the Archers in a new series of what is now the corporation’s longest-running cookery show.
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NewsBBC1 casts Wire star in Luther
Actor Idris Elba, who played Stringer Bell in acclaimed US crime drama The Wire, is to star in BBC1 thriller Luther.
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NewsThe Family’s baby sequel
Channel 4 is to apply the multicamera ob doc format it used in The Family to a maternity ward.
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NewsMartina Cole to investigate Moors Murders mystery for Sky 1
Sky 1 is to restart the hunt for the only Moors Murders victim whose grave has yet to be found in a two-part series fronted by Martina Cole.
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NewsSo TV lands CBBC 360 order
So Television has landed a CBBC order for almost 20 hours of scripted comedy, including a third run of sketch show Sorry I’ve Got No Head and a new sitcom spin-off.
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ITV1 to test out musical tribute format for series
Amanda Holden and Ronan Keating will front a new music tribute format from ITV1 that could become a series.
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Testimony to look at history of being a father for BBC4
BBC4 is to examine how fatherhood has evolved over the past 100 years, in a 3 x 60-minute series made by Testimony Films.
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NewsUKTV orders three courses for Good Food menu
The star pupil from Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen has landed his own series on Good Food, about “taking ordinary occasions by the balls” and creating memorable parties.
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BBC2 serves up Restaurant spin-offs
BBC2 has ordered two new spin-off shows from The Restaurant including a Raymond Blanc cookery series and a reality show about event catering.
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NewsCheetah to expose Cowboy Customers for ITV1
ITV1 has commissioned a one-off documentary from Cheetah Television that shines the spotlight on dodgy customers.
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NewsBlethyn to star in Hidden Depths
Crime writer Ann Cleeves’ novel Hidden Depths is to be made into an ITV murder mystery starring Brenda Blethyn.
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NewsWallace and Gromit to front science show
EDINBURGH: Animated characters Wallace and Gromit are to present a new BBC1 programme about inventions.
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NewsBBC1 orders Ipswich murders drama
The discovery of five young women murdered in Ipswich in 2006 is to form the basis of a new BBC1 drama.
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NewsComedian to host BBC3 news show
BBC3 has lined up comedian Russell Howard to host a younger-skewing take on Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe, in a bid to boost the channel’s coverage of current affairs.
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NewsIzzard to star in feelgood CBBC Christmas drama
CBBC has ordered a flagship Christmas family drama starring Eddie Izzard as a mysterious man with the ability to “recover the lost”.
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NewsMurphy opens up 8pm Sky 1 slot as Simpsons moves
Sky 1 will stop airing The Simpsons at 8pm from January as director of programmes Stuart Murphy opens up the slot for indie pitches.