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NewsRadio 2 scores goal with Beckham
BBC Radio 2 has signed David Beckham for a two-hour question and answer session on Christmas Day just after the Queen’s speech.
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NewsBBC finds Neighbours replacement
The BBC is to replace Neighbours with a new daytime soap, commissioned from an Australian production company and overseen by a former producer of Home & Away.
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NewsKay to present ITV1 'Toothbrush' style show
ITV1 is lining up an offbeat Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush-style entertainment format fronted by presenter Vernon Kay.
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NewsHunt fast-tracks raft of shows to fill Five hiatus
Five’s new director of programmes, Jay Hunt, has commissioned a raft of fast-turnaround factual shows to air early next year.
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NewsRemedy wins Switch teen talk pilot
Remedy Productions, the indie behind E4 Music, is to produce a pilot episode of a teen talk show for new BBC2 strand Switch.
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Discovery for older viewers
Discovery Networks UK is looking to bolster its historical programming in a bid to win back loyalty from older viewers.
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Secret Millionaire returns
The Secret Millionaire will return for a third series on Channel 4 next year.
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NewsSky One opts for big drama events
Sky One has abandoned its search for a replacement for long-running football drama Dream Team and is now looking for “noisy, glorious” drama events.
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NewsVirgin strand grapples with boobs
Virgin 1 is building on the success of its one-off documentary Penis Envy with a strand centred on the theme of envy.
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NewsAnimal Planet tells birth stories
Animal Planet International will screen the rare birth of a giant panda cub on “panda-cam” CCTV as part of a five-part series on baby animals from Parthenon Entertainment.
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Sky Real Lives follows brain op family
Sky Real Lives is to tell the poignant story of a man’s battle to receive life-saving treatment for a potentially fatal brain condition.
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C4 counts the cost of counterfeits
Documentary director Nick Hornby is to follow up Return to Jamie’s School Dinners with a two-part Channel 4 series tracing the human cost of the global trade in fake goods.
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BBC airs Aerial Britain
The BBC is to examine the workings of the country from the air in Britain from Above, a 3 x 60-minute documentary series for BBC1 now in production at Lion TV.
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NewsFive's Hotel Inspector lured by C4
Channel 4 has lured Five’s Hotel Inspector Ruth Watson away from her inspection duties with an exclusive presenter deal.
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More Freshly Squeezed
Channel 4 is to extend weekday breakfast music show Freshly Squeezed to Saturday mornings.
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NewsTitter ye not with comedian dramas on BBC4
BBC4 is dramatising the lives of leading British comedy figures including Frankie Howerd, Hughie Green and Steptoe and Son with Trevor Eve, Jason Isaacs and Ken Stott all starring in the special tribute season.
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NewsBBC4 to dramatise life of Tony Hancock
Rebus and Messiah star Ken Stott has been lined-up to play troubled comedian Tony Hancock in a new drama for BBC4.
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NewsC4 to go behind the make-up of Dame Edna
October Films is to offer a glimpse into the private life of the man behind Dame Edna Everage in a one-off documentary for Channel 4.
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NewsDiscovery on the hunt for history
Discovery Networks UK is looking to bolster its historical programming, in a bid to win back loyalty from older viewers.
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NewsITV to pass on final Prime Suspect
Lynda La Plante is planning to write a final instalment of Prime Suspect - but ITV will not be turning it into a TV show.