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NewsHomegrown revamp for aspirational Five
Five has pledged to step up its original commissions and spend less on US imports as part of a move to make the channel feel more British.
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NewsITV2 takes boxers on a ghost hunt
ITV2 is lining up Amir Khan, Joe Calzaghe and Chris Eubank to take part in its Ghost Hunting With...franchise next year. [ALL]
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NewsFrears blasts MacTaggart lecture
The director of Oscar-winning movie The Queen, Stephen Frears, has described Jeremy Paxman as a public school bully following the Newsnightanchor's MacTaggart lecture. [ALL]
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NewsEdinburgh: what the multichannel controllers want
Living rebrand a success, says Claudia Rosencrantz; Richard Woolfe says Sky One is confused; UKTV Gold will focus more on commissions; BBC3 is aiming for a younger audience. Click through to read the stories. [ALL]
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NewsOpie: Five will feel more British
Edinburgh:Five will step up its original commissions and spend less on US imports as part of a move to make the channel feel more 'British'. [ALL]
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NewsCohen looking for a Friday night banker
Edinburgh:BBC3 controller Danny Cohen is lining up a Friday Night Livestyle entertainment show, as part of his strategy to attract a younger demographic to the channel. [ALL]
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NewsMore4 to scale down drama
Edinburgh:Budget cuts have forced More4 to scale back original drama in favour of more talk shows and current affairs, channel controller Peter Dale has announced. [ALL]
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NewsITV drops Marchioness drama
Edinburgh:ITV drama consultant Nick Elliott has confirmed that the network will not air a controversial drama about The Marchioness riverboat disaster because there are creative concerns about the film. [ALL]
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NewsWoolfe admits Sky One is confused
Edinburgh:Sky One controller Richard Woolfe has admitted that viewers are confused about what the channel stands for, but hopes that with the forthcoming autumn schedule 'the message is getting there'. [ALL]
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Five unveils autumn line-up
Edinburgh:A crime show with Donal MacIntyre, a comedy by Sharon Horgan and an edgy US drama starring X-Filesactor David Duchovny make up part of Five's autumn schedule, as unveiled today by managing director of content Lisa Opie. [ALL]
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NewsVirgin 1 explores penis size
Virgin 1, Virgin Media TV's forthcoming entertainment channel, will investigate the size of the average male appendage as part of its autumn launch. [ALL]
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NewsBBC2 focuses on religion
BBC2 is to track the history of the often fraught relationship between Christianity and Islam in a three-part documentary series from Blakeway and CTVC.
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NewsTouch to expose kindergarten competition
Discovery-owned US cable network TLC has commissioned UK indie Touch Productions to document parents' efforts to get their children into their preferred kindergartens in New York.
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Wildlife series for Cineflix and Tigress
Cineflix and Tigress Productions have been commissioned to produce a major new wildlife series for a trio of broadcasters.
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NewsGoldenballs extended
ITV1 has thrown its weight behind daytime gameshow Goldenballs, ordering 60 x 60-minute new episodes from Endemol subsidiary Initial.
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NewsCBeebies orders comedy, animation and pop
CBeebies has ordered a trio of high-profile shows: a live-action comedy, an animation series and an interactive music show presented by Carrie and David Grant.
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NewsBBC4 doc to air unseen Bolan footage
BBC4 is to mark the 30th anniversary of Marc Bolan's death with a documentary featuring unseen performance and interview footage of the glam rock star at his peak.
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NewsBBC2 orders working class culture doc
Bafta-nominated documentary makers Ursula Macfarlane and Henry Singer are to tackle abortion and white working class culture in hard-hitting films from Century Films for BBC2.
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NewsObjective picks up trio of commissions
Objective Productions has marked its acquisition by super-indie All3Media by securing three commissions from BBC1 and digital channel E4.
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NewsC4 to showcase new comedy
Kudos' first major comedy commission and a Victorian sitcom from the creators of Peep Showare among six comedies due to air on Channel 4 in November with a view to becoming full series.