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NewsSilk wins second series
controller Danny Cohen has commissioned a second series of popular legal drama Silk.
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NewsLemon squeezed into Sing if You Can
Leigh Francis character Keith Lemon has replaced Vernon Kay on ITV1’s primetime entertainment format Sing if You Can after a pilot revealed the show would work better in the hands of a comedian.
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NewsC4 to serve up more Friday Night Dinner
Channel 4 has ordered second helpings of Robert Popper sitcom Friday Night Dinner.
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NewsShine poaches BBC Scotland comedy boss
BBC Scotland’s head of comedy is to step down and head a new regional joint venture between Shine-owned Kudos and Brown Eyed Boy.
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NewsBBC to revive classic TOTP
BBC4 is to bring Top of the Pops back to the screen – by airing classic episodes from the corporation’s archive.
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NewsPrince Charles to front BBC4 doc
BBC4 has revealed a raft of cultural commissions that will play out over its spring and summer schedule, including a documentary fronted by Prince Charles and a drama starring Doctor Who actress Karen Gillan.
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NewsLondon to go digital before 2012 Games
Television sets in London will all be equipped with digital capability by the time the Olympics are staged in the capital next summer, it has been confirmed.
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NewsDaughter's anger at ITV's Fred West drama
The daughter of serial killer Fred West has said she is “absolutely appalled” that an ITV drama is being made about his life.
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NewsGrade calls for BBC ombudsman
The BBC needs an independent ombudsman to deal with complaints, the corporation’s former chairman Michael Grade has said.
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NewsBBC apologises for web blackout
BBC bosses have apologised after the corporation’s website went offline for almost an hour.
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NewsITV strikes new IPL deal
ITV has struck a new four year rights deal to broadcast the Indian Premier League cricket competition.
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NewsUKTV to host first live events
UKTV is to host a series of four Dave-themed comedy nights as the broadcaster extends into live events for the first time.
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NewsThe Professionals set for big screen remake
Cult crime classic The Professionals is to be remade for the big screen following a deal with studio Lionsgate.
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NewsSky Atlantic to air The Pacific
Sky Atlantic has announced that it will broadcast HBO’s multi Emmy Award-winning series The Pacific later this year.
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NewsCarluccio and Contaldo to front BBC2 cookery show
Two “godfathers of Italian cooking” are fronting a new series for BBC2, made by Jamie Oliver’s indie.
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NewsWise Buddah to produce Nemone on 6 Music
Radio indie Wise Buddah Manchester has won a pitch to produce BBC 6Music’s Weekend Breakfast Show with Nemone.
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NewsBBC1 reorders two Saturday night shows
BBC1 has recommissioned two Saturday night formats, both of which will be recorded at the broadcaster’s Glasgow Pacific Quay studios later this year.
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NewsDiscovery teams with British Library for sci-fi season
Discovery is to launch a short season dedicated to science fiction following a partnership with the British Library.
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NewsBBC Hindi closures an "own goal", claims Seth
Author Vikram Seth has blasted the BBC’s decision to cut the World Service’s Hindi output, saying it has created a “great loss of goodwill” for Britain and an “increase of mistrust”.
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NewsTouch and Nat Geo forge format venture
Touch Productions and National Geographic’s UK distribution arm have come together to establish a new factual entertainment formats business.