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Five focuses on weird pets and owners
Landmark Films has been commissioned by Five controller of science Justine Kershaw to produce a 60-minute film on weird pets and their owners in the US. Strange Pets USA will feature a man with three tigers, another with two alligators and a woman searching for ...
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Tern TV scores a commissions Hat-trick
Scottish indie Tern Television has picked up three commissions including a documentary series that tracks a year in the lives of a group of trainee teachers. BBC Scotland has ordered 6 x 30-minute Teacher Teacher , which will be produced by Pamela Drynan. Discovery Home ...
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Radio 5's Fighting talk leaps to BBC2
BBC Radio 5 Live's sports format Fighting Talk is to transfer to BBC2 following a fast turnaround commission. Indie World's End will the make the three-part series, which will be presented by Johnny Vaughan. The show - the first to transfer to TV from R5 ...
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Five lets out secrets of the Beatles
Five controller of history Alex Sutherland has commissioned 90-minute documentary The Beatles' Biggest Secrets from indie Fulcrum TV for later this year. Friends, colleagues and relatives lift the lid on incidents such as Paul McCartney's split with Jane Asher. The executive producer is Richard Belfield.
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C4 sells Sex Traffic around the globe
Channel 4 thriller Sex Traffic looks set to become an international hit after selling to six countries around the world.
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Entertainment Tonight comes to UK
Sky One has signed a deal with US producer Paramount to make a UK version of its syndicated show Entertainment Tonight.
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Connie the cow picked up by Disney
Animation house TV-Loonland has sold the German TV rights for pre-school series Connie the Cow to the Disney Channel. The show, which follows the adventures of a curious cow and her friends, attracts a share of nearly 25% on ITV. Produced by Neptuno Films, it ...
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Five psychic talks to babies
Mentorn is to begin work on a factual series for Five in which a psychic communicates with children to help solve their problems.
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Celebrities line up for Xmas Millionaire
Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Alex Ferguson will be sitting in the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? hot seat as part of two special episodes of the ITV1 hit quiz this Christmas. The specials form part of ITV1's festive schedule, which includes a ...
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DJ Jezza in the frame to replace Trisha
Capital FM DJ 'Jezza' is being courted by Granada to be the successor to ITV talkshow host Trisha following her defection to Five.
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Vice grips BBC mornings
Daytime television audiences used to a staple fare of cheap talk shows and Australian soaps had better brace themselves - BBC1 has commissioned a hard-hitting morning show featuring pornography, prostitution and hard drugs.
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NewsSky One launches doc strand
Julie Burchill and Peaches Geldof are to kick start a new Wednesday night documentary strand on Sky One next year as part of the broadcaster's winter season.
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NewsMacca takes Millionaire hotseat
Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Alex Ferguson will be sitting in the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? hot seat as part of two special episodes of the ITV1 hit quiz this Christmas.
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Shine to follow final legal hunt
Members of Britain's oldest hunt have given permission for cameras to follow them as they take part in what could be the final season of the blood-sport following its banning by Parliament last week.
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Five orders more Extraordinary People
Five is bringing back its science strand Extraordinary People with four documentaries about people with unusual abilities or medical conditions.
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ITV1 looks at ?changing' stars
ITV has commissioned RDF Media to make a series that will attempt to uncover which celebrities have had cosmetic surgery.
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C4 to air more one-off drama
Channel 4 plans to increase its single drama output by screening one feature-length special each month.
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C4 takes Touchpaper series
Touchpaper TV, the indie behind Channel 4's recent transatlantic series NY-LON , has bagged another C4 order with a political thriller.
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Five doc looks at sex change of hearts
Five is to follow the journey of a transsexual who undergoes a series of painful operations to reverse her gender swap.
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South Bank searches for Mary Poppins
Initial is producing a documentary for ITV1 arts strand The South Bank Show about author PL Travers, creator of Mary Poppins. The Real Mary Poppins goes behind the scenes of the new West End musical which coincides with the 70th ...