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Five Live goes backstage at British grand prix
BBC Radio Five Live is to offer listeners exclusive behind-the-scenes commentary from the British Grand Prix later this month after gaining access to the Williams team. Chief engineer Sam Michael will give a blow-by-blow account of each pit-stop during the race on 20 July and listeners will also be able ...
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NewsITV1 axes the Vice
ITV1 has axed police drama The Vice after five series following plummeting ratings during its latest run, writes Sam Matthews
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UK style to add value to people's homes.
UK Style head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned indie Reef Television to produce a 15
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NewsITV's Elliott puts faith in Clunes
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has ordered a raft of new commissions for the autumn schedule including a new comedy drama for William and Mary star Martin Clunes, who he reckons will be the next David Jason, writes Paul Revoir
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CNX taken off in favour of Toonami
Turner is scrapping its lads' channel, CNX, after less than a year to focus on the kids market with a new channel targeting 10 to 15-year-old boys, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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Wildlife returns to peaktime ITV
ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard is bringing natural history programming back into primetime with the network's biggest wildlife show since the demise of Survival, writes Paul Revoir
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Bennett puts£10m into 'big ideas' fund
BBC director of television Jana Bennett has created a£10m fund to bankroll more 'bold and surprising' event programming across the BBC's channels, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsCilla takes her story to Carlton
Cilla Black, the former star of ITV Saturday night entertainment, has snubbed her former employer by granting exclusive access to a Carlton company for a fly-on-the-wall Channel 4 film, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsFuller wins raft of BBC commissions
19TV, the indie owned by pop mogul Simon Fuller, is moving away from its reliance on its global smash hit show, Pop Idol, with a batch of new orders in-cluding an animation series for BBC1, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsITV to screen Princess Anne kidnap drama
ITV is set to retell the story of the attempted abduction of Princess Anne nearly 30 years ago in a new drama documentary from Granada, writes Paul Revoir
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Hannah stars in ITV crime drama
Actor John Hannah is to make his return to mainstream television in a major new psychological thriller for ITV1, writes Jon Rogers.
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Rosencrantz digs into archives
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has ordered two hour-long archive-based shows in the Best Everstrand from Yorkshire TV (YTV), writes Paul Revoir.
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Discovery goes for English traditions
Discovery Home & Leisure has commissioned a series on traditional English furniture making and the renovation of a historic cricket ground, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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BBC3 commissions more Grease Monkeys
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has recommissioned comedy drama Grease Monkeys, about an Asian family who own a garage in Birmingham. The 10 x 30-minute run is expected to keep many of the original series' cast, such as Bend it Like ...
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Dirty Laundry and Judgemental re-ordered
Tiger Aspect Productions has secured a second series of Channel 4 teen talk show Dirty Laundryas well as a recommission for its BBC daytime quiz Judgemental. The 10 x 30-minute second series of Dirty Laundry, ...
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UK Style to add value to people's homes
UK Style head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned indie Reef Television to produce a 15 x 30-minute property series, Put Your Money Where Your House Is. The series, which will be repeated on sister channel UK Bright Ideas next year, will see property developer ...
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Award-winning book to be filmed by CBBC
CBBC controller Dorothy Prior has commissioned an adaptation of Feather Boy, the debut novel by writer Nicky Singer which won the 2002 Blue Peterbook of the year award. The drama, which will star Sheila Hancock and Lindsey Coulson, will tell ...
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MTV to go big on video music awards in NYC
The MTV Video Music Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall on 28 August, presented by Hollywood star Chris Rock, will be broadcast in full on MTV UK & Ireland at 20.00 on 30 August. The 2003 awards mark the 20th anniversary of the ceremony and are the second ...
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Two Dibnah orders for view from the north
Leeds-based indie The View From the North has been commissioned to make a six-part series and a one-off documentary based on steamroller driver Fred Dibnah for BBC2 controller Jane Root. The 6 x 30-minute Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam, to be delivered later this month, ...
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MUTV to air all of 1999 Champions' League
Football club Manchester United has reached an exclusive agreement with the European Commission and Uefa to show the full archive of the 1999 Champions' League season on its own channel, MUTV. Celebrating the team's winning of the treble that year, the final match of the 13-game run will be the ...