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    Green Bay assumes Missionary Position

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Cardiff indie Green Bay has secured a commission from BBC Wales to make a one-off documentary about Britain's first Christian sex shop.

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    R4 orders fresh Adams adaptation

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    BBC Radio 4 has commissioned Above the Title to make an 18 x 30-minute adaptation of Douglas Adams' Dirk Gentlybooks following the indie's successful production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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    Silver River has BBC3 Pulling power

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Pulling, the dark BBC3 comedy made by Silver River Productions, has been commissioned for a second series.

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    Commissioner's Q&A - Ralph Lee

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4's commissioning editor, history has up to£180,000 an hour to spend and he's looking for big, memorable primetime series, enduring formats for weekends and adventurous new ways to present history.

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    Nick Jr cooks up healthy eating show

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Nickelodeon has commissioned Dot to Dot Productions to make a cookery series for Nick Jr.

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    Bravo revisits the good, bad and ugly in football

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Flextech-owned men's entertainment channel Bravo has commissioned a revamped version of its show The Football Factoriesas part of a raft of new programmes exploring alternative sides of 'the beautiful game' worldwide.

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    Twenty Twenty expands into kids

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Indie Twenty Twenty is making a push into the children's genre with The Sorcerer's Apprentice, a major new commission for BBC1 kids slot CBBC.

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    Looking for answers

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    What are the consequences of the BBC licence fee settlement?

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    Mr Sports Rights

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Setanta's Trevor East explains why Sky is not the limit

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    Discovery downs a second Guinness

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Discovery Networks Europe has signed a deal with Guinness World Records to show the second series of Ultimate Guinness World Records on Discovery UK.

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    Portman buys Party Animals rights

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Portman Film and Television has acquired the inter-national distribution rights to World Productions' Party Animals.

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    Decode sells Sketch show to Nicktoons

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Decode Entertainment has sold kids animation series Planet Sketchto Nickelodeon's 24-hour US animation network Nicktoons Network.

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    Broadcast Letters 26 January 2007

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    The letters that have appeared in this week's issue of Broadcast - 26 January 2007.

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    Fremantle improvises comedy for ITV

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Fremantle Media is developing comedy improvisation format Thank God You're Here for ITV1.

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    Profile - Who does he think he is?

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Profile of Ben Gale, the new BBC commissioner for features and factual entertainment

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    On the Box - Teens triumph over history

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    You Don't Know You're Born 's twist on celebrity genealogy failed to engage Mat Steiner but youth drama Skinsoffered him just what he wanted - escapist fun

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    C4 genealogy show to investigate British Empire

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Channel 4 is getting in on the genealogy boom with Empire's Children, a new series from Who Do You Think You Are? producer Wall to Wall.

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    Streetmate returns

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Tiger Aspect is reviving its dating show Streetmatefor ITV2 and is eyeing Dancing on Icepresenter Holly Willoughby to front it.

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    BBC mulls new TOTP

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    The BBC is considering a Top Gear-style music show as a reworked mainstream replacement for Top of the Pops.

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    Screentime gets Outright rebrand

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Screentime Partners, the international distributor acquired by Shed for£2m last autumn, is being rebranded as Outright Distribution as it looks to increase its line-up of third-party producers and expand into new genres.