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NewsBBC plots 39 Steps remake
The BBC is to revive John Buchan's classic espionage thriller The 39 Steps in a one-off dramatisation to be made in Scotland.
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NewsMale Supernanny spin-off greenlit
Ricochet is making a male spin-off of Supernanny for US network ABC.
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NewsCurrie and Waterman to front regional BBC1 docs
Edwina Currie and Pete Waterman are to explore the effects of the closure of many of Britain's rural railways in the 1960s in a series of regional programmes for BBC1.
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NewsReady Steady Cook serves up 20th series
BBC2 has recommissioned Ready Steady Cook for a 20th series, and is moving the show to Television Centre for the first time.
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NewsSky to double arts content with new channels
BSkyB will double its coverage of the arts with an additional two bespoke Sky Arts channels.
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NewsThe Banana Splits to reform for TV comeback
Cartoon Network is resurrecting arguably the world's greatest animal-based rock band - The Banana Splits.
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NewsDisney UK orders teen sketch show
Prism Entertainment has won a commission from Disney Channel UK to produce a 16 x 5-minute comedy sketch series starring young British actors.
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NewsBBC3 to show teens the rod
Teenagers will get a taste of the strict upbringings typical of Ghanaian, Indian and Jamaican parents in a new factual series at the heart of BBC3's autumn season.
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NewsBBC4 to get raunchy for Mills & Boon's 100th
BBC4 is to mark the 100th anniversary of pulp romance publisher Mills & Boon with a documentary and a “raunchy” one-off drama exploring the company's beginnings.
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NewsKelly Brook to join Moving Wallpaper
Kelly Brook and Alan Dale are to join ITV1 comedy-drama Moving Wallpaper and will star in a one-off zombie drama that will feature in the series.
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NewsITV1 to expose scammers
Journalist Morland Sanders will profile some of the biggest insurance swindles ever exposed in the UK as part of a new three-part series for ITV1.
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NewsDiscovery's Chop Shop takes celeb spin
Cars owned by Martin Kemp, David Ginola and Johnny Vegas will be given a radical overhaul in the second series of Discovery UK's Chop Shop.
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NewsRhys Jones to front revived It'll Be Alright on the Night
ITV is resurrecting hit blooper show It'll Be Alright on the Night - and has called on indies to send in their out-takes.
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NewsDiscovery asks North to become industrial
Fifth Gear presenter Jonny Smith is to “get his hands dirty” in a 10 x 30-minute engineering series by North One for Discovery.
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NewsSky 1 to develop crime novel
Sky 1 is developing a crime drama featuring a down-to-earth male detective and his “damaged” female colleague.
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NewsIrvine Welsh to make ITV4 darts comedy
Trainspotting writer Irvine Welsh is set to direct ITV4's first original comedy commission, about a darts player who loses his nerve after suffering a heart attack.
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NewsUhlenbroek to live with monkeys for Five
Charlotte Uhlenbroek aims to convince mountain gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans that she is one of them in a show for Five.
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NewsDiscovery salutes Nasa feats
Discovery Channel UK will commemorate Nasa's 50th birthday with an in-depth look at the US space agency's greatest ever feats.
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Nat Geo makes CGI journey through space
National Geographic Channel UK is to take an epic voyage across the cosmos in one unbroken 120-minute shot.
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NewsAt a glance: ITV1's autumn '08 schedule
Browse the biggest shows coming to ITV1 this autumn in our complete overview of the forthcoming season.