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NewsABC orders fourth series of Wife Swap
American network ABC has ordered a fourth series of Wife Swapfrom RDF USA.
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NewsFrasier star mulls new TV comedy role
Frasierstar Kelsey Grammer is being lined up to play an anchorman at a local TV station in a comedy pilot for 20th Century Fox.
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NewsBlog: Shipwrecked and free speech
This week, RDF's David Frank hit back at public criticism of Shipwrecked, arguing that the backlash against Lucy Buchanan could be bad for free speech. Read what other people have to say in our latest blog.
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NewsFreeview poised to benefit from 'grey boom'
Take-up of Freeview in the UK is set to boom amongst over 55s in the next two years with older-skewing channels such as BBC4 and ITV3 benefiting the most.
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NewsShed beefs up US slate
Shed owned indie Ricochet has secured a new commission from major US network ABC and been recommissioned to make a fourth series of Supernanny USA.
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NewsNick Jr spots kids show on YouTube
A kids TV show that started out as a viral video on YouTube has been picked up by Nickelodeon for its pre-school channel Nick Jr.
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Five books The Little Princess sequel
Five has commissioned a second series of Illuminated Films' The Little Princess.
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Green Bay assumes Missionary Position
Cardiff indie Green Bay has secured a commission from BBC Wales to make a one-off documentary about Britain's first Christian sex shop.
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R4 orders fresh Adams adaptation
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned Above the Title to make an 18 x 30-minute adaptation of Douglas Adams' Dirk Gentlybooks following the indie's successful production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Silver River has BBC3 Pulling power
Pulling, the dark BBC3 comedy made by Silver River Productions, has been commissioned for a second series.
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Commissioner's Q&A - Ralph Lee
Channel 4's commissioning editor, history has up to£180,000 an hour to spend and he's looking for big, memorable primetime series, enduring formats for weekends and adventurous new ways to present history.
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Nick Jr cooks up healthy eating show
Nickelodeon has commissioned Dot to Dot Productions to make a cookery series for Nick Jr.
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Bravo revisits the good, bad and ugly in football
Flextech-owned men's entertainment channel Bravo has commissioned a revamped version of its show The Football Factoriesas part of a raft of new programmes exploring alternative sides of 'the beautiful game' worldwide.
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NewsTwenty Twenty expands into kids
Indie Twenty Twenty is making a push into the children's genre with The Sorcerer's Apprentice, a major new commission for BBC1 kids slot CBBC.
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Discovery downs a second Guinness
Discovery Networks Europe has signed a deal with Guinness World Records to show the second series of Ultimate Guinness World Records on Discovery UK.
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Portman buys Party Animals rights
Portman Film and Television has acquired the inter-national distribution rights to World Productions' Party Animals.
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Decode sells Sketch show to Nicktoons
Decode Entertainment has sold kids animation series Planet Sketchto Nickelodeon's 24-hour US animation network Nicktoons Network.
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Fremantle improvises comedy for ITV
Fremantle Media is developing comedy improvisation format Thank God You're Here for ITV1.
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NewsC4 genealogy show to investigate British Empire
Channel 4 is getting in on the genealogy boom with Empire's Children, a new series from Who Do You Think You Are? producer Wall to Wall.
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Streetmate returns
Tiger Aspect is reviving its dating show Streetmatefor ITV2 and is eyeing Dancing on Icepresenter Holly Willoughby to front it.