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NewsChancellor hints at kids live-action tax break
The tax break for live-action kids’ programming is expected to be given the green-light by the government after chancellor George Osborne threw his support behind the plans.
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NewsSky plans penguin doc
Sky has ordered a documentary about penguins from in-house production arm Sky Vision.
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NewsYoung War Widows profiled by ITV
An ITV documentary is to explore the effects of war on three young women whose soldier husbands were killed in Afghanistan.
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NewsC4 dog fighting doc results in arrest
West Midlands Police have arrested a man in connection with organised dog fighting as a result of Penny Woolcock’s Channel 4 documentary Going To The Dogs.
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NewsC5 tracks down more OAPs Behaving Badly
Channel 5 is to follow another group of pensioners as they blow their children’s inheritance and winter fuel allowance on cheap booze and holidays with a super-sized renewal of OAPs Behaving Badly.
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NewsBBC Trust mulls Top Gear investigation after Argentina row
The BBC Trust is considering a request to launch an investigation into Top Gear’s Argentina special from the country’s UK ambassador.
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NewsPointless approaches 1000 episodes with latest order
The biggest-ever run of Pointless Celebrities forms part of a new multi-series deal for the long-running BBC format.
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NewsITV greenlights Jekyll & Hyde
ITV has added to its drama slate with an ambitious ten-part series inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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NewsTestimony: C4 paedophile doc is a force for good
The director of Channel 4 documentary The Paedophile Next Door has revealed its subject agreed to appear on TV in an attempt to encourage others to seek help.
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NewsHorse & Country gallops to Australia
Equestrian sports and lifestyle channel Horse & Country TV is preparing to launch in Australia next year and plans to develop a range of local programming.
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NewsNetflix orders Tina Fey comedy
Netflix has ordered 26 episodes of a comedy produced by 30 Rock’s Tina Fey to launch in the UK next year.
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NewsITV orders 100 hours of Judge Rinder
British barrister Judge Rinder is to return to ITV with a super-sized daytime order.
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NewsWall to Wall to make Woman in Red for BBC2
The scandal surrounding 18th century aristocrat Lady Seymour Worsley is to be turned into a one-off factual drama produced by Wall to Wall for BBC2.
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NewsChalkboard TV wins first commission
Chalkboard TV will bring festive cheer to ITV2 with its first UK commission exploring office Christmas parties.
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NewsAll3Media boss urges BBC to tender flagship shows
The BBC must put some of its biggest shows, including EastEnders, out to tender once it drops its in-house quota system, according to All3Media boss Jane Turton.
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NewsDiscovery gravitates to Windfall space doc
Discovery has picked up Windfall Films’ science documentary series Strip The Cosmos in the UK.
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NewsKaty Thorogood to join Ricochet
Dinner Date commissioner Katy Thorogood is to leave ITV after five years to become a creative director for Ricochet Productions.
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NewsOfcom grants Birmingham local TV transfer
Ofcom has granted Birmingham’s local TV licence to a consortium headed up by former ATV presenter Mike Prince after original preferred bidder BLTV went bust in August.
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NewsC4 searches for more Child Geniuses
Channel 4 has recommissioned Wall To Wall’s Child Genius for a third run in 2015.
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NewsSteve Morrison: give industry control of licence fee
All3Media chairman Steve Morrison has made an impassioned plea to safeguard the licence fee and set out a plan for it to be overseen by industry professionals and the public rather than politicians.