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NewsBBC casts Victor 'Spelldrew' in Merlin
Richard Wilson is to star in a 13-part drama about King Arthur and Merlin that BBC1 is lining up for a Saturday teatime slot.
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NewsTen Alps adds to publishing portfolio
Indie Ten Alps has acquired B2B publishing company Sovereign Publications.
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NewsSecond term for School for Cooks
ITV1 has ordered a second run of RDF daytime cookery show Rosemary Shrager's School for Cooks.
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NewsLuxton lays foundations with Five
Presenter Charlie Luxton has become the face of Five's property and architecture shows and will front a new series of Build a New Life in the Country for next year.
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NewsBBC3 farms out comics to live with animals
BBC3 will challenge a group of young comedians to live like animals in a new series from Love Productions.
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NewsRicochet to test UK's fittest for Five series
Five has commissioned an adventure series which will put some of the UK's fittest people through their paces across three continents.
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Original to film psychic hit squads for Living
Original Productions UK will send a Swat team of psychics to restore order in Britain's most haunted homes in a new 8 x 60-minute series for Living.
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NewsBBC2 hails British style
BBC2 will turn the spotlight on the UK fashion industry this autumn, with a 5 x 60-minute documentary series on the evolution of British style.
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Discovery wants more Bear
Discovery Channel has ordered another 13 x 60-minute series of adventure series Bear Grylls from indie Diverse.
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Omaar to front three-part Dispatches
Rageh Omaar is to explore Britain's attitudes towards immigration in a three-part Dispatches special for Channel 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of Enoch Powell's “rivers of blood” speech.
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NewsCelebs host ‘top 50' list shows series for Sky One
Sky One has commissioned five different indies to make a season of TV and celebrity-themed “top 50” list shows, each of which will be hosted by a famous face.
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NewsBBC3 orders disabled model hunt
BBC3 will attempt to launch a disabled woman as a mainstream fashion model in a new twist on an established format.
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NewsITV calls for Mumbai sitcom
ITV1 has ordered a full series of Sanjeev Bhaskar call centre comedy Mumbai Calling for the autumn following a one-off pilot last year.
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NewsSky lines up next Prachett film
Sky One's next Terry Pratchett project will be an adaptation of Discworld novel Going Postal.
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NewsMorrissey brews new C4 series
Channel 4 has commissioned a series following Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey's attempts to set up his own brewery.
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NewsBBC4 takes on sketch show born on BBC3
BBC4 has commissioned a three-part sketch show series from indie Angel Eye that was originally destined for BBC3.
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NewsGranada to ship HMS Illustrious doc for Five
Five is to embark on a documentary series filmed aboard aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during a rare four-month deployment.
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NewsBBC lifts RDF ban with£10m kids show
RDF Media Group's first order from the BBC since its commissioning suspension was lifted is a 100 x 20-minute pre-school show thought to be worth more than£10m.
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NewsSecond series for Coleen
ITV2 has recommissioned Coleen's Real Women mid-way through the series' first run.