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NewsITV1 to turn Buck House into West Wing
ITV1 is planning to substitute the White House for Buckingham Palace in a West Wing-style drama about the royal family made by Company Pictures.
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NewsI'm a Celebrity team given Gest pass
The team behind I'm a Celebrity - Get Me out of Here!will be reunited with contestant David Gest for a fly-on-the-wall documentary series.
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NewsCommissioner's Q & A - Layla Smith
ITV's controller of alternative programmes is looking for factual entertainment programmes for 9pm, especially if they look new and unknown
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NewsMore4 tells story of an epic ocean rescue
Live footage of a dramatic sea rescue during the Velux 5 Oceans round the world race in November is to feature in a More4 documentary.
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FremantleMedia sells Three's Company to Latin America
FremantleMedia's Latin American distribution arm has sold comedy format Three's Companyinto networks in Chile and Ecuador.
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Dancing with the Stars gets sixth series
Australia's Channel Seven has signed up to do a sixth series of Dancing with the Stars.
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NewsWaking the Dead returns to BBC1 with 9.2m
The new series of BBC1 drama Waking the Deadreturned with an impressive 9.2 million (35.2%) on Sunday [7 January] at 9pm, easily topping the bill for the evening's viewing.
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NewsDoctor drops Channel 4 MMR legal action
Libel action taken against Channel 4 by a doctor who featured in an episode of the current affairs series Dispatcheshas been dropped.
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NewsHBO pilots JJ Abrams's medical drama
HBO has given the go-ahead to a medical drama pilot by Lostcreator JJ Abrams's which explores cancer battles from a patient's point of view.
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NewsNewsnight previews reports online
Newsnightis to stream sections of programming on the internet before they air on BBC2. The service will begin today with a report about the growth of mobile phone usage in Africa.
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NewsGMG refreshes Century line-up
Guardian Media Group has made its first major changes to Century 105.4 since acquiring the station from GCap in October last year, replacing the breakfast and drivetime presenters with new talent.
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NewsFox and Warner Bros pull plug on The O.C.
Teen soap The O.C.has been axed in the US. Fox TV and Warner Bros Television Production said in a joint statement that the fourth series, which starts today in the US, will be its last.
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On the box - Walks on the wild side
Nick Curwin was impressed by the good intentions of the youngsters going on Mission Africabut found Ray Mears' Wild Foodrather harder to swallow.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Barbara Gibbon
The head of Sky Travel mostly gets pitched travelogue ideas - even though the channel doesn't run travelogues. What she does want is observational docs to match the success of the Airline brand.
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BBC1 daytime orders Leopard drama
Indie Leopard Drama is to make a one-off, 45-minute drama based on a novella by ex-SAS author Andy McNab for BBC1. The Grey Man, a light-hearted story about a man who is inspired by heist films to rob the bank where he works, will air ...
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Green Bay to make kids films for BBC1
BBC1 has commissioned Cardiff indie Green Bay Media to make a 4 x 30-minute series called Through Children's Eyes, which is based on a one-off show it made for the BBC in 2006.
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Radio 1 orders two doc/debate hybrids
All Out Productions has secured two commissions from Radio 1 that combine short documentaries with a live debate. Fighting the Power, about the influence of hip-hop legends Public Enemy, and Universally Educated, about the increasing number of students attending university, are 20-minute documentaries that have ...
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Stein to present Daphne Du Maurier doc
Indie Denham Productions is making a 60-minute film for BBC2 focusing on writer Daphne du Maurier's relationship with Cornwall.
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Crime and Investigation Network recounts West victim story
Manchester-based indie Multi Media Arts has won a commission from the Crime and Investigation Network to make a documentary on a woman who survived a sexual assault by serial killers Fred and Rosemary West.
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Neville the Blue Bear given BBC series
BBC children’s puppet Neville the Blue Bear will follow in the footsteps of Gordon the Gopher and Basil Brush after being handed his own spin-off show.