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Commissioners Q&A: Clare Laycock
Discovery Health vice-president and channel director takes the cues for her programming from women's magazines and believes there's a lot more life in the cosmetic surgery genre yet
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Trisha: why I've switched to Five
Chat show queen Trisha Goddard, who defected from ITV to Five last week in what is thought to be a£3m deal, has said her decision to move was creative, rather than financial, and that the negotiations were 'done in days'.
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Five's world drivers
Manic motorists from around the world are to be put under the spotlight in a new show for Five to complement its hit series Britain's Worst Driver. The 2 x 60- minute World's Worst Driver will include clips ...
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Seacole biopic for C4
Channel 4 editor of history Ralph Lee has commissioned October Films to make a
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Girls invade Sky mix
Sky Mix is to be taken over for a day by a live eight-hour event for girls made by Endemol-owned Initial Productions. Sponsored by Barbie, It's a Girl Thing! will feature fashion, makeovers, music, gossip, celebrities and extreme sports for girls aged nine to 11. ...
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NewsBBC develops drama about Thatcher 'coup'
The BBC is planning a docu-drama based on the attempted military coup in Equatorial Guinea which led to the arrest of Baroness Thatcher's son, Mark.
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BBC3 to air Dr Who fanzine show
The BBC is to create a companion show for its new Dr Who series that will feature behind the scenes footage and interviews with cast members as well as archive of previous time lords.
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Ghosts and guns win Bentley ITV1 orders
Bentley Productions managing director Brian True-May has bagged another ITV1 commission, with a drama based on a book by horror writer James Herbert
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NewsHyacinth goes to South Africa
Local versions of BBC hits such as Keeping Up Appearances are to be made in South Africa after BBC Worldwide completed a deal with public broadcaster SABC.
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NewsRDF picks up rights to new Granada show
Indie RDF has scored a major coup after winning the international rights to a new ITV reality show from the team behind I'm a Celebrity?.Get Me Out of Here!
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News'Dr Who' lands in Canada
Canadian public broadcaster CBC Television has become the first channel to buy the new series of Dr Who , months before it is due to air in the UK.
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NewsAardman secures CITV commission
Aardman, the Oscar-winning animation studio behind Wallace and Gromit , has secured a CGI sketch show for CITV.
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NewsC4 orders 100 hours of sports
Channel 4 has ordered around 100 hours of original sports programming from Hot House Productions to cover the winter ski season
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NewsSky One buys Stargate Atlantis
Sky One has bought the rights to Stargate Atlantis , the spin-off to sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 , as well as apocalyptic drama Revelations from MGM International Television Distribution.
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News'Strictly Come Dancing' sold to Australia
Hit BBC1 entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing has been sold to Australia in a co-production deal between BBC Worldwide and Granada Productions.
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NewsChorion in deals for 'Noddy'
Intellectual property company Chorion has signed a slew of free-to-air and pay-TV deals to bring the£10m CGI animated series Make Way For Noddy to ten new territories.
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NewsStrong start for Wife Swap USA
RDF Media's life switch format Wife Swap debuted on the ABC network in the US this week with promising ratings.
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NewsRDF bags rights to hyped new ITV format
Indie RDF has scored a major coup after winning the international rights to the new ITV reality show from the team behind I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.
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BBC2 to examine world disasters
The BBC is to recreate how some of the world's most horrific recent disasters occurred, in a new series of drama-documentaries for BBC2.
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Channel 4 targets grey market for daytime
Channel 4 is pushing ahead with plans to cash in on the grey market in its daytime schedule, ordering a long-running series about middle-aged people undergoing major life changes.