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NewsFry to trace first printing press
Stephen Fry will examine the story behind the Western world's first printing press in a one-off doc for a BBC4 medieval season this April.
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Leopard scores international and UK deals
Leopard International has secured a slew of secondary rights UK deals, including selling the Kate Adie-fronted Found to Sky Real Lives
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Five reveals secrets of T5 in superstructure series
Five is to tell the story of the construction of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 in a new series dedicated to the secrets of superstructures.
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NewsNat Geo orders CGI ape doc from Pioneer
National Geographic will examine the genetic and behavioural similarities and differences between humans and great apes in a one-off documentary from Pioneer Productions.
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NewsBravo pumps up drama with Kill Point debut
Bravo has boosted its primetime drama armoury by acquiring drama series The Kill Point from Lionsgate.
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BBC4 adds ad tie-ins
BBC4 has lined up three 60-minute docs to tie in with Mad Men, its upcoming US drama import about the advertising industry in 1960s New York.
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Handle turns out spin-off
Kids indie Handle and Spout is to make a spin-off of kids show Go and Get a Grown Up, which airs on Turner's pre-school channel Cartoonito.
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C4 orders trio of docs for Cutting Edge
Channel 4 has commissioned North One and IWC Media to produce three films for its Cutting Edge strand.
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NewsMacIntyre to watch CCTV footage for Five
Donal MacIntyre will go behind CCTV cameras for an inside view of street crime for his latest Five ob doc series.
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NewsIndie sector revenues top£2bn
The independent production sector grew revenues by nearly 10% last year topping£2bn for the first time.
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NewsHotel Babylon no match for football
The third series of BBC1's glitzy drama Hotel Babylon got off to something of a subdued start with 5m (19.7%) at 9pm as ITV1's Champions League coverage took centre stage.
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Ball to front R2 show
West End star Michael Ball will present a new BBC Radio 2 show on Sunday mornings.
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Beaton mocks newspapers
Alistair Beaton, the creator of Channel 4 dramas A Very Social Secretary and The Trial of Tony Blair, is writing a satire set in a newspaper for BBC Radio 4.
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NewsOfcom proposes gambling changes
Ofcom is proposing to reclassify all TV dating and gambling channels as teleshopping services.
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Magic signs I'Anson
Magic 105.4 has signed up Lisa I'Anson to present a new weekly afternoon show.
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Recruits shake up Classic
Classic FM has signed Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Margherita Taylor and Blur bassist Alex James as part of a schedule shake-up.
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Radio 4 relives Strangeways prison riot
Indie Whistledown Productions has won three commissions for its BBC Radio 4 series The Reunion, including interviewing key players in the Strangeways prison riot in 1990.
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NewsRajar to add extra checks after errors
Rajar contractor RSMB has updated its software to include additional checking steps after it emerged that almost 200 stations received the wrong results in the latest set of figures.
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NewsRuss Williams signs with Talksport
Virgin Radio DJ Russ Williams has signed up to UTV Radio's Talksport to present the Monday evening evening talk show previously hosted by Kelly Dalglish.
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Ent Rights rockets as bid rumours persist
Merger and acquisition news drove several significant movements in the share prices of companies in the Broadcast 20.