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BBC Wales to film hearts of gold novels
BBC Wales is to turn the first of bestselling author Catrin Collier's eight Hearts of Goldnovels into a new two-part drama for BBC 1, in what could become an ongoing franchise worth£20m
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NewsGreen gets first terrestrial commission
Former Big Brother executive producer Conrad Green has scored his first terrestrial commission for the BBC since setting up his new 'reality television' entertainment division at the corporation, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Discovery goes Scaletrix racing.
Discovery Home & Leisure is to launch televised Scaletrix racing as a mini rival to Formula One, writes Leigh Holmwood
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TV critic to host supper for UK Food.
Jaci Stephen, the effervescent TV critic of the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine, is to star in
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C5 CATCHES SPIDERMAN.
Channel 5 controller of youth, music and interactive Sham Sandhu has commissioned a behind-the-scenes documentary on
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TELETUBBIES GO ON, AND ON ...?
The Teletubbies could be set to star in a number of new formats following the success
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CELEBS COVER FOR PRICE.
Guest celebrity presenters will front BBC entertainment show Liquid News for the 'foreseeable future' after the
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EMAP AND CAMPUS INK STUDENT RADIO DEAL.
Emap Performance and Campus Media have signed a commercial content deal that will see key properties
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HIGH POINT SEALS GLOBAL DEALS FOR BBC DRAMA.
BBC 1 drama The Secret (left) has been sold to TVNZ in New Zealand and SVT
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NICKELODEON ORDERS SIXTH SERIES OF THOMAS.
Nickelodeon director of programmes Howard Litton has commissioned Gullane Productions to make a sixth series of
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CLARK SAILS THE THAMES FOR NEW LWT SERIES.
LWT has commissioned a 6 x 30-minute series on the river Thames from independent Limeleaf Productions
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DENHAM COOKS UP TWO NEW FOOD SHOWS.
Plymouth-based indie Denham Productions has picked up two food-related commissions from Carlton Westcountry. The 13 x
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CITV'S ART ATTACK RETURNS FOR 15TH RUN.
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has commissioned Media Merchants to make the 15th
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TWO FOUR WINS DISCOVERY COMMISSION.
Two Four Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Networks commissioning editor, lifestyle Leonie Hutchinson to produce
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Robots advance on BBC Choice.
The BBC's love affair with robots has reached BBC Choice, with plans for a #1.3m robot-style
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SEPTEMBER SPECIAL ON HACKING FOR US TLC.
US cable network TLC has commissioned September Films to make a 60-minute special Hackers, Outlaws and
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ITV must act or lose cast of Crossroads.
ITV could be left without a cast for its afternoon soap Crossroads if it doesn't hurry up and recommission it, writes Steve Aston
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Channels reveal Jubilee surprises.
The Discovery Channel is set to air a potentially controversial documentary around the Queen's Jubilee, featuring people who believe they have a more rightful claim to the throne than Elizabeth II, writes Penny Hughes
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BBC World Cup screens to include ITV coverage.
The BBC is to screen ITV World Cup matches as well as its own on 10 giant television screens around the country, although it will switch to BBC programming during advertising breaks, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Davies scripts Casanova for ITV.
Russell T Davies, the writer of Channel 4's controversial Queer as Folk and ITV's Bob and Rose, is dramatising the life of the world's biggest womaniser, Casanova, writes Steve Aston