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NewsRadio 4 celebrates Paddington's 50th
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a special to mark the 50th anniversery of classic kids character Paddington Bear.
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NewsBBC adapting Hardy classic
BBC1 is continuing its spate of lavish costume dramas with a four-part adaptation of Tess of the D'Urbervilles this autumn.
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NewsIannucci returns to politics for new comedy
Armando Iannucci's next big project is a The Thick of It-style political satire for BBC Films.
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NewsCelebs vie to write crime novel in BBC2 series
BBC2 is to teach six celebrities tips for solving murders before challenging them to write their own crime fiction novel, working under the guidance of best-selling author Minette Walters.
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NewsBBC3 show to scare unhealthy teens
BBC3 will perform “live autopsies” on hedonistic youngsters in an 8 x 60-minute series by TwoFour.
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Apparitions lands full run
BBC1 has ordered a full series of Martin Shaw supernatural drama Apparitions for this autumn.
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ITV lines up Boy Meets Girl for 9pm slot
ITV1's latest 9pm drama commission is a Freaky Friday-style series in which a man and woman swap bodies
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Huge reorder for Real Deal
RDF has secured a massive recommission from ITV1 for two more years' worth of daytime antiques show Dickinson's Real Deal.
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Scottish pair rise to 101 challenges for T4
Two Scottish brothers are travelling the world taking on weird tasks set by the public, in a new 8 x 60-minute series planned for Channel 4.
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NewsGlamour Girls exposes model truths for BBC3
BBC3 is to take an insider's look at the modelling industry with a documentary series focusing on the agency that discovered Jordan.
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Kids reality show returns
Children's reality show Best of Friends will return to BBC1 for a fifth series, after CBBC creative director Anne Gilchrist ordered 20 x 30-minute shows from Talent TV.
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BBC reorders comedy
BBC1 has ordered 20 episodes of After You've Gone. A third series of 8 x30-minute programmes will screen at the end of the year and will be followed by a 10-episode run in 2009.
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Naked Civil Servant returns
ITV is lining up a sequel to The Naked Civil Servant, its landmark 1970s drama based on the life of the late Quentin Crisp.
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Shed delivers ex-con drama
Shed Productions is to make an eight-part BBC1 comedy-drama about a group of female ex-convicts hiding out in a remote Scottish village.
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NewsITV's Uncle Max makes BBC1 comeback
BBC1 will screen a new run of children's slapstick series Uncle Max, an ITV show that was scrapped after just one series.
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NewsSearch is on for nation's golden comedy decade
UKTV Gold will call on the public to help search for the funniest decade in British comedy history in its biggest commission to date.
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NewsITV1 has High hopes for Britannia
Gary Barlow, Arlene Phillips and theatre producer David Ian are joining forces in a new musical drama for ITV1.
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NewsChibnall to work on UK's Law & Order
Life on Mars and Torchwood writer Chris Chibnall will be the US-style showrunner on ITV1's version of US drama Law & Order.
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NewsBranagh to star in Harries crime drama
Andy Harries' indie's first commission is a£6m Kenneth Branagh detective series for the BBC billed as the new Inspector Morse.
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NewsSky One ups UK spend after US strike
Sky One is fast-tracking a number of home-grown UK projects and has freed up extra commissioning cash as a result of the ongoing US writers' strike.