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Cartoon Network grabs Garden Gnome
New BBC pre-school series Gordon the Garden Gnome has been picked up by the Cartoon Network for launch next spring. The 52 x 11-minute series, made by indie Collingwood O'Hare, features the voice of gardening expert and Ground Force presenter ...
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MTV and CNN join forces for aids special
MTV International and news network CNN International are to embark on their first ever co-production, a special on Aids. The pair, owned by Viacom and Time Warner respectively, have joined forces to produce a 30-minute news report on HIV and Aids. Staying Alive: An MTV ...
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Format Focus: Alpine Ranch
Similar in style to surprise hit The Farm , this celebrity-based reality show could help to keep the format fresh
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Little Britain again
BBC3 comedy sketch show Little Britain , the digital channel's biggest hit, is set to return for a third series. BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy and head of comedy entertainment Jon Plowman have ordered a 6 x 30-minute series, which is due to air first on ...
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Five airs opening of Eygptian tomb
Five is to broadcast the live opening of a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Golden Mummies as part of a week of programmes in December dedicated to the country's ancient history.
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Diverse to celebrate Peter Pan centenary
Indie Diverse is making a biography about Peter Pan for BBC1 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the children's literary classic, written by JM Barrie.
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BBC4 explores Vanity Fair
Flashback Bristol is to make a film about highbrow celebrity glossy Vanity Fair as part of a series of magazine profiles for BBC4's Profile strand.
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Wish You Were Here back
ITV is to bring back its Wish You Were Here...? spin-off for another daytime run.
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Oxford scientific in Meerkat Manor
Indie Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) has been commissioned to make a 'soap opera' based on the life of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert. The 13 x 30-minute Meerkat Manor for Animal Planet International will feature the everyday trials and tribulations of meerkat life, such as ...
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Five hires initial for pop city live
Five controller of pop features and special events Sham Sandhu has commissioned indie Initial to produce four hours of live coverage of the Pop City Live concert in London. The event, which takes place in London on 14 November, will go out live on Five between 1.40pm and 5.30pm. Chloe ...
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C4 gives go-ahead for civil war series
Channel 4 has confirmed a commission for its former director of television Tim Gardam's landmark two-part series about the English Civil War. Mentorn is producing Civil War: Blood on our Hands and Civil War: Regicide for January after getting the ...
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Imago puts new boy together for C4
Norwich-based indie Imago Productions is making a one-hour documentary designed to change four teenage boys' lives for Channel 4. New Boy , created and presented by life coach Kate Marlow, takes the four participants away from home for a month and teaches them how to ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Jonathan Webb
The controller of Challenge and Trouble is working on a new poker variation for Challenge and would like to bring out a glossy factual entertainment on winning and losing big
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Contender launches Peppa Pig in US
Contender Entertainment Group is to launch its pre-school cartoon Peppa Pig in the US after signing a deal with the Cartoon Network. The 52 x 5-minute series, which began on Five and Nick Jr in May, will air weekday mornings on the Turner-owned station from April 2005. Cartoon Network has ...
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Cockerell puts Howard in doc
Tory leader Michael Howard is to be the subject of political documentary-maker Michael Cockerell's next major BBC film after the MP granted him exclusive behind-the-scenes access.
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Five cuts 7pm news in half
Five is to slash its 7pm news bulletin to 15 minutes from January after Ofcom agreed to reduce its news output requirement by more than 60 hours a year.
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C4 unveils new season
Channel 4 is planning to broadcast the decomposition of a human body as part of a winter season of factual programmes.
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Redmond takes over Hollyoaks storylines
Hollyoaks creator Phil Redmond is to take back overall control of the Channel 4 soap's storylines after its joint series producers left following a clash over its creative direction.
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Watson guides BBC series
Veteran documentary-maker Paul Watson has cemented his relationship with the BBC by agreeing to mentor film-makers on a new daytime documentary strand.
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ITV1 slots in late games
ITV1 is looking to hand over its Friday and Saturday late-night slots to interactive gaming and quiz shows in a bid to increase revenue.