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C4I puts cash into Mccarthy special
C4 International is to become a co-investor in ORTV's one-hour John McCarthy special. The show, which is also funded by the ITV network, will see McCarthy return to Beirut for the first time since he was held captive there. It was commissioned by ITV controller of news, current affairs, arts ...
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Johnny and Denise reunite for BBC1
Former Big Breakfasthosts Johnny Vaughan and Denise Van Outen are to be the new faces of BBC1' Saturday night output. Following a successful non-broadcast pilot, the pair will host the working titled live series Saturday Night with Johnny and Denisenext ...
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NewsWhiston's northern vision
John Whiston, the new drama chief of ITV's merged production businesses, has pledged to shore up network production in the north with a new fire-fighter series and plans for a medical drama to take on BBC1's Casualty.
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NewsSpin-offs to rule on ITV2
ITV2 has vastly reduced its commitment to unique original content by shifting£2m from its new commissions budget into ITV1 spin-off shows.
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NewsFive drops Flaunt to build music brand
BSkyB is set to lose a key terrestrial programme window after Five decided to drop its chart show Flauntin favour of a new homegrown brand.
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NewsC4 hands over breakfast slot to old Friends
Channel 4 has thrown in the towel in the breakfast show format battle and will now fill its morning slot with old episodes of The Salonand US repeats.
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Lygo orders Hat Trick animation for C4
Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo has reordered a show he originally commissioned for the channel two years ago but which was subsequently dumped.
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Five to stream new show
Five is planning to emulate Channel 4's Big Brother by offering live 24-hour streaming of its forthcoming£4.7m reality show, Back to Reality.
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Kids veteran to lead ITV's next SM:TV
ITV has coaxed former Live and Kickingeditor Chris Bellinger out of retirement to oversee its replacement for SM:TV Live.
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NewsHutton play headlines BBC4 winter
The BBC is to screen a reconstruction of the Hutton Inquiry into the death of scientist Dr David Kelly just days before the publication of its findings, in one of the highlights of its winter schedule.
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NewsTV clears schedules for rugby heroes
BBC1 and ITV1 are to clear their daytime schedules today in order to show full coverage of England's rugby world cup victory parade.
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NewsC4 orders sex slave drama
Channel 4 has commissioned one of its biggest ever drama piece, with a an 'epic' two-part drama on sexual slavery.
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NewsHawking forces BBC to rewrite biography
The BBC was forced to re-write its drama based on the early life of professor Stephen Hawking after he complained that the original scripts were like a 'soap opera'.
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Living boosts daytime menu with dramas
Living TV has signed off more cash for its daytime schedule and has acquired a trio of dramas from Sony Pictures Television and Fireworks International.
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Autumn launch for CiTV channel
ITV will launch its dedicated CiTV multichannel offering by autumn next year.
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BBC2 to kick off football weekly
BBC2 is to jump on the football bandwagon by launching its first magazine-style show dedicated to the sport as part of a range of factual commissions from indies.
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Sky's Baker orders teen horror show
Sky One controller James Baker has greenlit his first drama since taking over in October with a major new teen horror series from Elisabeth Murdoch's indie, Shine Entertainment.
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Waddell scores two
Northern irish indie Brian Waddell Productions has been commissioned to make two one-hour documentaries for BBC1 Northern Ireland.
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Kylie tops Five musical line-up
Five is to screen a new documentary on pint-sized pop princess Kylie Minogue as part of a series of one-off music shows.
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BBC radio dramatises Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins is to be adapted for radio for the first time as part of BBC Radio 4's winter line-up. Juliet Stevenson will star as Mary Poppins in the dramatisation of PL Travers' classic story which will air on 3 January in the Saturday play ...