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NewsWild at Heart star flies across Africa for ITV1
Wild at Heart actor Stephen Tompkinson will fly across Africa in a Victorian-style hot air balloon for a factual series on ITV1.
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NewsCampbell to host BBC quiz
BBC Watchdog presenter Nicky Campbell is to take over from Patrick O'Connell as the host of BBC daytime quiz Battle of the Brains.
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NewsDrama big-hitters to head BBC Wales series
Russell T Davies and Tony Jordan are to oversee two primetime drama series for BBC Wales.
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NewsC4 to air drama shorts
Channel 4's Three Minute Wonders short documentary strand is to feature a series of dramas for the first time.
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NewsDiamond declares Fat War
Former TV-am host Anne Diamond will appear in a one-off documentary for Sky Real Lives to kick off its Extraordinary Weight Loss Season next January.
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NewsITV3 orders first factual show
ITV3 has commissioned a glossy property show for its first factual series, based around it most popular dramas.
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NewsAnimal Planet goes organic
Animal Planet International has commissioned producer Red Earth Studio to make a new observational documentary series set on an idyllic organic farm.
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NewsTriffids to sprout again on BBC1
The BBC is lining up a new adaptation of sci-fi novel The Day of the Triffids for next year.
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NewsArena to profile Paul Scofield
BBC2's arts strand Arena is to profile the celebrated actor Paul Scofield in a special edition of the show over Christmas.
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NewsC4 revives Comedy Showcase
Media Festival: Channel 4 is to broadcast a second series of comedy pilots under the Comedy Showcase banner next autumn.
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NewsBrook Lapping to make landmark BBC2 Iran doc
BBC2 has commissioned a landmark documentary series on Iran and its relationship with the Western world from the producer of Death of Yugoslavia and Israel and The Arabs.
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NewsCutting Edge to delve into Ipswich Murders
Channel 4 is to explore the murders of five prostitutes in Ipswich two years ago in an extended edition of Cutting Edge.
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BBC1 series plans to expose UK's rogue workmen
BBC1 will name and shame cowboy workmen across the country as part of a major Rogue Traders-style daytime series.
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ITV1 follows Fat Teens in Love at summer camp
A group of obese teenagers who find love and confidence at summer camp will star in an upcoming documentary for ITV1.
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NewsOctober Films to produce Nobel Laureate doc
October Films is producing a documentary on the 2008 Nobel Laureate Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio.
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NewsAll Star Mr & Mrs to return
ITV1 has ordered a second series of All Star Mr & Mrs following its successful revival earlier this year.
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NewsC4 unveils star-studded Christmas line-up
Channel 4 faces including Russell Brand, Charlotte Church, Alan Carr, Justin Lee Collins, Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are all fronting Christmas specials for the channel.
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NewsDavid Tennant steps up for Shakespeare doc
Doctor Who star David Tennant is set to make a second Christmas Day appearance in a More 4 documentary celebrating Shakespeare's greatest heroes.
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NewsKaty Brand to front ITV2 special
Comedian Katy Brand will return to ITV2 screens next month in a spoof musical countdown of the “hottest songs of the year”.
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NewsBBC Children's reveals winter highlights
A new show for CBeebies presenting pair Chris Jarvis and Pui Fan Lee and the return of Aardman's Timmy Time are on the cards as the BBC gears up to launch its kids' versions of iPlayer.