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NewsITV1 to trace troubled ITN newsreader
Former ITN newsreader Ed Mitchell will return to ITV1 in January to show his life a year on from his slide into alcoholism and homelessness.
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NewsC4 orders more Sex Ed
Channel 4's controversial series The Sex Education Show will be back on screen next spring, this time featuring couples talking about their use of pornography.
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NewsRoots handed BBC2 show
Reggae Reggae Sauce creator Levi Roots, who rose to fame on Dragons' Den, is to front his own primetime cooking series on BBC2.
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NewsWhizz Kid lands ITV New Year's bash
Elton John, Will Young and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke will star in ITV1's New Year's Eve special at the O2 arena.
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NewsMerlin to return to BBC1
The BBC has ordered a second spell of Shine Television's family drama Merlin.
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NewsSainsbury's show leads C4 fact ent slate
Sainsbury's staff will try radical ideas to transform the company's stores in one of Channel 4's major factual entertainment series for next year.
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NewsAllsopp to go it alone
Location, Location, Location co-presenter Kirstie Allsopp will go it alone for the first time in a new craft series for C4.
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BBC1 to send celebs undercover in homeless show
Hardeep Singh Kholi and Rosie Boycott are among a group of celebrities who will go undercover to find out what life is like for Britain's homeless for BBC1.
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NewsLiving follows stars in Rehab
Living will track a group of celebrities battling addictions at a California clinic in an observational series from Endemol subsidiary Initial.
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NewsOnline Switch show to be 'glue' for BBC2 strand
BBC Switch's online magazine programme The 5.19 Show is to transfer to BBC2 and become the host strand for other Switch TV content.
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NewsBBC names current affairs commissioner
Channel 4 News commissioning editor Fiona Campbell is to return to the BBC to oversee current affairs commissioning from indies.
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NewsC4 orders more The World's... And Me
Comedian Mark Dolan is to meet more unusual people from around the globe in a second series of his Channel 4 show The World's ... And Me.
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NewsFive devotes night to Bruce Forsyth
Five is to devote a night to entertainment veteran Bruce Forsyth as part of its seasonal schedule.
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NewsBBC1 orders more Cars, Cops and Criminals
BBC1 has ordered a second series of popular factual series Cars, Cops and Criminals after a successful first run over the summer.
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NewsSkyworks takes in Aerial America
Smithsonian Channel is to screen a high definition 'bird's eye view' of the US as part of a major 50-part series co-produced by UK indie Skyworks.
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NewsMitchell and Webb are Playing Shop on BBC2
Comedy duo Mitchell and Webb are to play two aspiring businessmen who set up shop in a garden shed in their first self-penned TV sitcom.
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NewsThe future of specialist factual
As this year's World Congress of Science and Factual Producers draws to a close, the new head of Shine's specialist factual unit Natalie Humphreys talks to Michael Rosser about the highlights from Florence.
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NewsThe Farmer returns on Five
The Farmer Wants a Wife is to return to UK screens for the first time since 2001 - but on Five rather than ITV1.
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NewsSpooks back for eighth series
BBC1 has ordered an eighth series of Spooks for late next year. Kudos Film and TV will start filming in March.
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NewsInspector Watson to manage hotel start-ups for C4
Former Hotel Inspector Ruth Watson will put six budding hospitality entrepreneurs through their paces in a six-part Channel 4 series.