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PROGRAMMING - BBC 1 DAYTIME TO FIND MORE HIDDEN TREASURE.
BBC head of daytime Alison Sharman and BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey have commissioned Leopard Films
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PROGRAMMING - FAME ACADEMY SPAWNS BBC SPORT IMITATOR.
The BBC is to launch a new sports series along the lines of Fame Academy which
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PROGRAMMING - TOP SOPRANO LEADS BBC 4 OPERA MASTERCLASS.
BBC 4 is to screen a live opera masterclass featuring leading lyric soprano Barbara Bonney giving
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PROGRAMMING - CARLTON'S WATERWORLD BACK FOR FOURTH DIP.
Carlton is to screen a fourth series of Waterworld, its factual series about the canals of
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Programming - BBC Wales to find best 'biz'.
A new business reality show in which viewers get the chance to vote for a start-up company they think has performed the best is being launched by BBC Wales, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Programming - Thames back inside for Channel 4 lifers update.
Thames TV is making a two-part follow-up to its Channel 4 Lifers series, which charted the lives of a group of prisoners serving life sentences, writes Penny Hughes.
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Programming - Talkback piles up C4 lifestyle shows.
Channel 4 head of features group Ben Frow has ordered a brace of expert-driven lifestyle series from Talkback Productions, writes Penny Hughes.
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PROGRAMMING - BIG BROTHER'S ADELE RETURNS WITH ATTITUDE.
Former Big Brother 3 housemate Adele Roberts has been asked to front a second series of
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PROGRAMMING - BRITISH EUROSPORT TAKES OVER ITALIAN FOOTIE.
Italian football will be broadcast exclusively in the UK on British Eurosport from next month, following
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Programming - Thomas takes on allies' guns.
Mark Thomas, the self-styled scourge of the British establishment, is making a one-off special for Channel
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OU gains first peaktime slot.
The Open University (OU) has secured its first primetime slot on BBC 1 with a one-off special on the art deco movement, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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I'M A CELEB UP FOR SALE.
Granada has paved the way to sell I'm a Celebrity ... Get me out of Here!
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Louis Theroux comes back with US-set series.
Irreverent celebrity interviewer Louis Theroux is set for a comeback with a series set in America as part of an exclusive new deal with the BBC, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC 1 tackles traffic chaos.
BBC 1 is to follow up its critically acclaimed Your NHS and Cracking Crime themed programming days with another event - this time examining the state of Britain's transport system, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsArchers off to Sunny Spain
They've got their fish and chips and their copies of The Sun - now British ex-pats on Spain's Costas will be able to catch up with the goings-on in Ambridge after the BBC completed a deal to sell The Archers to a Spanish radio station, ...
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NewsFive renews Sky News contract
Five has renewed its contract with Sky News to continue broadcasting the satellite broadcaster's morning show Sunrise for another year, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsTonight to look at Michael Jackson
ITV1's Tonightprogramme is to screen a warts n' all documentary about Michael Jackson next month after landing exclusive access to the reclusive star , writes Steve Aston.
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NewsBBC to screen Bee Gees special
The BBC is planning to commemorate the life of Bee Gees star Maurice Gibb, who died on Sunday (12 January), with a 30-minute special, writes Colin Robertson
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BBC scores with hit film deal
Bend it Like Beckham, last summer's hit British movie featuring a wannabe female football star, has been snapped up by the BBC as part of a deal involving a string of movies, writes Leigh Holmwood
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?Sassy' women to front live Sky News show
Sky News is understood to be planning a new talk show fronted by three ?sassy and brassy' women as a companion offering to the channel's new Littlejohn show, writes Paul Revoir