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BBCW gives Life to ABC
BBC Worldwide has sold a package of natural history titles including BBC2’s up-coming HD series Life to Australian broadcaster ABC TV.
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BBC orders online sketch show from RDF
The BBC has commissioned an online sketch show featuring a vicar and a rabbi grappling with their laddish tendencies.
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RatingsReggie Perrin rises to 4m
BBC1’s sitcom Reggie Perrin had a slight revival in its fortunes as the penultimate episode gained 4m (19.1%) in its Friday night slot.
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NewsTennant to voice animated Doctor Who series
David Tennant is to voice an animated spin-off series of Doctor Who set to debut this autumn.
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NewsSwearing TV chef sparks complaints
The BBC has apologised after 40 viewers complained about a chef using the f-word in a live pre-watershed show.
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Teleshopping on PSB channels given green light
Ofcom has allowed teleshopping on commercial PSB channels for the first time, but has denied them a potential £44m in extra advertising revenue after standing firm on the amount of ads they are allowed.
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RatingsSpringwatch blooms with 3.9m
BBC2’s wildlife series Springwatch was back last night as strong as ever as 3.9m viewers (16.1% share) tuned in at 8pm - rivalling both BBC1 and ITV1.
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RatingsSusan Boyle shows 13.6m she's Got Talent
The reappearance of singing sensation Susan Boyle on ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent drew a peak audience of 13.6m (54% share) during the first Sunday night show of the current run.
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NewsCeleb Big Brother cleared over Coolio complaints
Ofcom has rejected 527 complaints about both the behaviour and depiction of rapper Coolio in this year’s Celebrity Big Brother.
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Snog Marry Avoid goes abroad
BBC3 ‘make-under’ format Snog Marry Avoid? is to venture overseas to tackle the holiday style of Brits abroad in its third series.
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NewsVictim's son to front Madoff doc
The son of a British soldier who killed himself after his family’s life savings were swallowed up in Bernie Madoff’s $50bn swindle is to front a BBC2 doc on the subject.
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Endemol to produce Bebo music show
Endemol is to make a daily music magazine show for social networking site Bebo, to be funded by Samsung Mobile.
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NewsRabbatts joins Shed board
Shed Media has appointed former Channel 4 head of education Heather Rabbatts to one of three non-executive positions.
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RatingsMissing Link unearths 3m
BBC1’s science documentary about a recently discovered 47 million year-old ‘missing link’ picked up an audience of 3m (11.8%) but was dwarfed by ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent.
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RatingsHolby City slumps to 3.8m
BBC1’s long-running Holby City slumped in the ratings last night to what is believed to be the show’s lowest ever audience of just 3.8m viewers (16.3% share) at 8pm.
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NewsITV’s Bennett on the lookout for US drama series at LA Screenings
ITV’s newly appointed director of multichannels and acquisitions Zai Bennett will be on the hunt for a US drama series for ITV1’s primetime schedule at the LA Screenings this week.
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NewsBBC3 gives a Strictly spin to disabled talent show
BBC3 is to mix the glitz of Strictly Come Dancing with the public service gravitas of wheelchair use in its latest disabled talent format.
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Spall to star in Aherne’s ITV1 obesity drama
Timothy Spall is to don a fat suit for an ITV1 comedy drama by Caroline Aherne about a man so obese he cannot leave his chair.
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ITV takes Holden and Lumley on factual journeys
ITV1 is to continue its run of celebrity-led factual journeys, with actresses Joanna Lumley and Amanda Holden fronting two documentary series.
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Cherie Blair takes to the streets for Dispatches doc
Cherie Blair will join police patrols on some of Britain’s toughest estates in a follow-up to last year’s Channel 4 series, The Truth About Street Weapons.