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Sky One delves into Ukrainian poisoning
Sky One has commissioned Talkback Thames to make a documentary on last year's poisoning of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yuschenko. Poisoned, a 60-minute show to air next month, will examine Yuschenko's deterioration and attempt to put it into context by looking at how poison has been ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Daniela Neumann
The controller of commissioned programmes for ITV2 and ITV3 and editor, factual programmes ITV1 is always on the lookout for spin-off ideas for major ITV1 dramas
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Discovery channels order fresh shows
Discovery Networks Europe has commissioned a slew of new shows for its rebranded lifestyle channels.
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Subliminal ads boost X Factor
The Australian version of Simon Cowell's The X Factorhas performed so badly that its host broadcaster has resorted to inserting subliminal advertising into other programmes to drum up interest.
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Fox orders long-life series from Zig Zag
Indie Zig Zag has scored a commission from US network Fox for its health and lifestyle makeover format Who Wants to Live Forever?.
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ITV orders 'kerbside hospital' drama
ITV has commissioned a major new hospital drama series about the specialist emergency doctors sent to life-threatening accidents.
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Lynam returns to BBC with VE day show
Des Lynam is returning to BBC television to host a Surprise, Surprise-style show for the 60th anniversary of VE Day in May. The veteran anchorman will host We'll Meet Again, which will bring together wartime comrades. Lynam has also teamed up with ...
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Five to air celebrity plastic surgery
Five is in talks with a celebrity to undergo breast enlargement for the next series of Cosmetic Surgery Live. The second series of the live nightly event promises operations such as penis enlargements and vaginal tightening. The two-week run, which airs later this spring, will be produced by Endemol production ...
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Ground Force ends as BBC starts review
Ground Forcehas become the first casualty of a major review of BBC programme-making. The make-over show has been axed by director general Mark Thompson - who commissioned it from Endemol when he was BBC2 controller. The move will be followed by in-depth reviews of journalism, drama, comedy, knowledge, children's and ...
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NewsFive orders first original comedy
Five has greenlit its first home-grown comedy commission with an adult sketch show about relationships and sex.
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Kudos makes cop drama for BBC1
Kudos, producer of BBC dramas Spooksand Hustle, has bagged its third peaktime commission from the corporation with a time travel cop show.
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ITV revamps daytime
ITV is moving its afternoon regional news bulletin as part of an overhaul of its daytime schedule under the new brand ITV Day.
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NewsLynam joins Sky One
Des Lynam has unveiled his first TV job since quitting ITV last July, with a new summer sports show for Sky One.
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NewsSky One traces Yuschenko poisoning
Sky One has commissioned Talkback Thames to make a documentary on last year's mysterious poising of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yuschenko.
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C4 puts£13.5m more into event drama.
Channel 4 is pumping an extra£13.5m into drama next year after freeing up cash from
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NewsBBC4 revives Quatermass Experiment
BBC4 has put a remake of 1950s classic live sci-fi drama The Quatermass Experimentat the heart of its summer season.
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Frow: life lesson shows are losing appeal
Lifestyle shows that attempt to tell people how to run their lives are losing their appeal, according to Ben Frow, the former Channel 4 commissioner behind hits including How Clean is Your House?
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Bailiffs return in BBC1 factual slate
BBC1 has commissioned seven factual series, including a drama-doc about what would happen if Britain was beset by a meteor-ological disaster.
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Tigress turns lost pooches into working dogs
Specialist factual indie Tigress Productions is training three abandoned dogs to competition standard sheepherders in the hope of finding them new homes.
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C4 spotlights sport of eating
Twofour Productions is making a documentary about the bizarre 'sport' of competitive eating for Channel 4.