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BBC4 takes a poetic look at UK landscape
Poet and novelist Owen Sheers will trace the relationship between six classic poems and the British landscape in a BBC4 series.
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NewsC4 to pilot ‘cattle market' dating show from Talkback
Channel 4 is lining up a primetime Talkback Thames format dubbed the “cattle market of dating shows”.
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NewsC4 to track launch of youth orchestra
The team behind music reality formats Operatunity and Musicality will document the launch of a youth orchestra for its latest Channel 4 project.
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ITV doc marks WWI's 90th anniversary
War journalist Martin Bell, poet laureate Andrew Motion and historian Richard Holmes will celebrate the power of words during wartime in an ITV1 documentary for Remembrance Day.
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Barrowman to meet talented animals
John Barrowman will investigate Animals at Work in Cineflix's first series for CBBC.
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NewsNew moveable feasts from Plum Pictures
Cooking in the Danger Zone presenter Stefan Gates is to sample religious and cultural feasts from around the world for a BBC4 series.
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NewsBBC1 lines-up choir drama
Oliver Twist actress Sarah Lancashire will star alongside Bridget Jones' Neil Pearson and Stardust's Sarah Alexander in a new, musical drama series for BBC1.
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NewsTim Roth to star in Sky 1's Skellig
British Hollywood actor Tim Roth will star in the title role of Sky 1's Skellig in an all-star cast that also features Kelly MacDonald, John Simm and Bill Milner.
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NewsCBeebies returns Night Garden to bedtime hour
In the Night Garden has returned to CBeebies Bedtime Hour, ending a four-month hiatus that sparked fury among parents of toddlers.
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NewsC4 to profile Churchill's mother
Flame TV will profile Winston Churchill's mother, Jeanette ‘Jennie' Jerome, in a one-off documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsMedieval kids gameshow ordered by S4C
A new children's adventure gameshow inspired by the legend of King Arthur has been commissioned by Welsh-language channel S4C.
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Banks, bins and builders
Channel 4 documentary strand Cutting Edge will tackle the credit crunch, litter collections and British builders' attitudes towards their eastern European competitors in its latest run.
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Sky Real Lives fosters story of adoptive mum
Sky Real Lives and publisher Harper Collins will cross-promote a TV documentary and book based on the story of an adoptive mother of eight children with special needs.
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Chef Rachel to give UKTV a bake-up call
UKTV Food has signed TV chef Rachel Allen to reinvent baking in a major primetime series.
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NewsBBC3 dares Brits to face terrifying tasks
BBC3 will challenge young Brits to take on the scariest jobs in the world in a new series from the creator of Last Man Standing.
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NewsRed Dwarf to reunite on Dave
Cult BBC comedy Red Dwarf is poised to return after 10 years for a retrospective on UKTV channel Dave.
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NewsCeleb Scissorhands to return
Hairdresser Lee Staffird will again try to turn celebrities into hair and beauty experts in three weeks in his Camden ‘academy'.
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NewsBBC1 learns more New Tricks
Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong, Denis Waterman and James Bolam are to return in a sixth series of BBC1's hit drama New Tricks.
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Bebo orders freshers' week show
Edinburgh 08: Bebo has commissioned a series revealing what students get up to in freshers' week.
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NewsITV1 hunting drama for 9pm
Edinburgh 08: Peter Fincham has outlined his plan to reinvigorate the schedule of ITV1, starting with finding hit dramas to fill the 9pm slot and expanding the channel's factual programming.