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NewsBBC's older female newsreaders revealed
The BBC is expected to name Zeinab Badawi and Fiona Armstrong as two of its new female news presenters over 50.
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NewsNat Geo UK reorders Greatest Machines
National Geographic Channel UK has reordered Britain’s Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie from indie The Gamma Project.
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NewsBillie and Belle to meet on ITV2
ITV2 has ordered a Billie Piper-meets-the-real-Belle de Jour doc from Tiger Aspect.
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NewsWatchdog to return in spring as live show
BBC1 stalwart Watchdog will return next spring as a revamped live show, following lower than hoped ratings for the recent autumn run.
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NewsESPN Classic orders sports panel show
ESPN Classic has stepped up its original programming slate, ordering its first quiz panel show from indie Bite Yer Legs.
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NewsSuBo is YouTube's star of 2009
Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle was officially the biggest star on YouTube this year with more than 120 million views worldwide.
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NewsC4 and Talk Talk join Project Canvas
Channel 4 and ISP Talk Talk have become partners on IPTV joint venture Project Canvas.
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NewsC4 reorders Brooker panel show
Charlie Brooker’s satirical panel show You Have Been Watching has been recommissioned by Channel 4.
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NewsThorogood to join ITV factual team
Former North One TV head of factual, features and formats Katy Thorogood has been named ITV’s new commissioner for daytime and factual.
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NewsInto the Storm and Little Dorrit up for Golden Globes
BBC drama co-productions Little Dorrit and Into the Storm are vying for a prize in this year’s Golden Globe awards.
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NewsPatrick Stewart's Macbeth to follow David Tennant Hamlet on BBC
Patrick Stewart will reprise his role as Macbeth on the BBC next year, following the TV version of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet starring David Tennant, which airs this Christmas.
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NewsUKTV's Eden picks up Animal Armageddon
UKTV channel Eden has bought natural disaster series Animal Armageddon from distributor Parthenon Entertainment.
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NewsEx-C4 commissioner launches comedy on shopping channel
Former Big Brother commissioning editor Shed Simove has bought space on the Shop on TV teleshopping channel to launch comedy show Shed Simove: Ideas Man.
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NewsC4 orders NYE Rude Tube special
C4 will count down to 2010 with a two-hour Rude Tube special featuring the top 100 viral clips in history.
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NewsBBC2 backs second series of Miranda
BBC2 has ordered a second series of Miranda, the pre-watershed studio comedy show starring Miranda Hart.
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NewsMGM and Sky launch HD movie channel
Film studio MGM has entered the UK TV market for the first time with a dedicated HD channel on Sky.
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NewsBBC drama to explore social services fallout
The BBC is to air a 90-minute film about three brothers split up by social services, produced by Kindle Entertainment and directed by The Devil’s Whore director Marc Munden.
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NewsCowell rules out ITV bid
Simon Cowell has ruled out the prospect of bidding for ITV with business tycoon Sir Philip Green and will instead focus on developing a politics-meets-entertainment format ahead of the general election.
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NewsBBCW forms German JV with All3Media
BBC Worldwide is to partner with superindie All3Media to launch a new production company in Germany.
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NewsBBC to offer pitching tips
The BBC is to host pitching workshops for indies and will post journalism masterclasses by Robert Peston and John Humphrys online, as part of a wide-ranging initiative to share its training resources.