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BBC signs three-year festival of remembrance deal
BBC events has signed a three-year deal with the Royal British Legion to continue broadcasting the annual autumn Festival of Remembrance.The unit, headed by new creative director, events and food
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ITV to air Cliff Richard 60th birthday tribute
ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has commissioned Carlton to produce a one-hour special celebrating Cliff Richard's 60th birthday.With the working title of The Cliff Richard Story the show will
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Ali G creator goes into sitcom writing
Sacha Baron Cohen pens comedy-crime thriller in first major TV project since Ali G
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Bragg empire grows
LWT's Bragg boosts arts and features department after its biggest programme orders to date
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Ronin prepares its first comedy show for ITV
Pilot of Alter Ego to feature former Spitting Image imoressionist Jon Culshaw
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Channel 4 orders late night dramas from Attaboy TV
Drama/factual crossover series, Road Movies, to be made by five different directors
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Knowledge unveils first orginal drama commission
British poet and artist William Blake to be focus of BBC Knowledge's first move towards BBC4 positioning
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Salmon commissions raft of shows for CBBC
BBC1 controller Peter Salmon has commissioned a raft of new programmes for CBBC's autumn line-up, including a new in-house comedy drama Big Kids.The 13 x 30-minute series about hypnotism stars
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Mentorn's TV21 to make new C4 daytime gameshow
Channel 4 commissioning editor daytime Jo McGrath is poised to commission Mentorn Group-owned production outfit TV21 to make a new gameshow.Provisionally entitled Crossfire, the 13 x 60-minute series will
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Granada reveals details for ITV daytime chat show
Granada Television has released details of its forthcoming daily women's chat show replacement for Loose Women, which starts on ITV on 25 September.Live Talk will be a 40-minute show and will
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Sky One starts filming two-part Bombmaker thriller
Sky One has started filming two-part thriller The Bombmaker in London and Ireland, starring Dervla Kirwan and Mark Womack.Currently in a 2 x 72-minute format, it is being produced by
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Endemol UK takes stake in US reality show
UK arm of Big Brother rights holder will sell Treasure Island format and may bid for UK production rights itself
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Heggessey in as Salmon nets sport
The BBC is expected to announce within days that Lorraine Heggessey will become BBC 1 controller, following Peter Salmon's surprise decision to become BBC director of sport.Salmon's move ends months of
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Thompson announces retirement
BBC head of children's commissioning Roy Thompson has decided to retire from the corporation at the end of the year, writes Tara Conlan.
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Granada splits factual brief
Granada Television has restructured its factual department and created two separate controller roles for current affairs and documentaries, writes Colin Robertson.
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Sky and Fox clash over kids move
A row is brewing between BSkyB and sister channel Fox Kids following Sky One's decision to make an aggressive move into children's programming, writes Simon Ellery.