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Goodman to take Capital director role
GCap Media, the merged GWR and Capital Group, has promoted regional programme director Nik Goodman to the role of programme director for Capital FM, writes Colin Robertson.
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Endemol reveals Hogwarts and all
Endemol-owned Initial has won a high-profile ITV contract to make three shows marking the launch of the new Harry Potter book, including filming author JK Rowling's only interview.
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C4 investigates Da Vinci sect's appeal
Channel 4 is to explore the myths surrounding the controversial Opus Dei sect after gaining exclusive access to the organisation.
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Dreyfus caged by Tiger
Gimme Gimme Gimmeactor James Dreyfus is to star as a struggling actor turned gangland convict in a new ITV1 comedy.
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Five enjoys removeable feast
Five has greenlit a new series following engineers as they attempt to move entire buildings.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Meredith Chambers
Meredith Chambers, C4 commissioning editor, Cutting Edge and documentary series, is looking for ambitious, narrative series and admires what Jamie Oliver has done for TV
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Bravo takes another look at pub crime
Bravo has recommissioned two of its highest rating series, StreetCrime UKand Booze Britain 2; Binge Nation, for its summer schedule. StreetCrime UK, which looks at post-pub crime and fights in provincial towns, returns for a fourth 15 x ...
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Sky One scores soccer goal-fest
Sky One has commissioned North One Television to make a series listing the 50 greatest goals scored by the England national team. England's 50 Finest Goals, 2 x 60-minutes, will see an expert panel pick the top goals and feature interviews with the goal scorers. The ...
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Goodwood speeds into sunset
Sunset + Vine has been commissioned to produce coverage from this year's Goodwood Festival of Speedmotoring event for ITV. Goodwood, which features drivers and cars from all eras, from 19th-century steam carriages to Formula 1 cars, takes place this year between 24 and 26 June. Sunset ...
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CNN's quest for high-profile figures
CNN is making a new light-hearted series based around its London anchor Richard Quest in which he interviews high-profile figures such as former US president Bill Clinton and the Dalai Lama. Each episode of Quest, a 12 x 30-minute series due to air monthly from 9 ...
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BBC ups presence for Jackson verdict
The BBC has quadrupled its staff at the Michael Jackson trial to 20 to cover the jury's verdict. A BBC spokesman said 12 correspondents and eight production staff will be at the court. The corporation had only five people covering the entire trail - correspondents David Willis and Daniela Relph ...
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ITV films tourette's sufferers on camp
ITV1 is to explore the effect of Tourette's syndrome with a film following a group of British sufferers as they head off to a US summer camp exclusively for people with the condition. Teenage Tourette's Camp, a 90-minute film from Shine, will follow five teenage Brits ...
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Nancy invited into footballers' homes
Nancy Dell'Olio, the partner of England football coach Sven-Goran Erikkson, is to guest present MTV show Footballers' Cribs, the UK football version of its successful original US show, Cribs. Launching on Sunday 12 June, the series sees footballers such as Liverpool's Harry Kewell, Blackburn's Robbie Savage and Manchester United striker ...
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Sky One tees up Ant and Dec stand-ins
Sky One has signed Jamie Theakston and Kirsty Gallagher to front its celebrity golf special, All Star Cup. Theakson and Gallagher, daughter of former Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Gallagher, have been brought in to replace show creators Ant and Dec, whose exclusive contract with ITV means ...
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Thompson continues talks with unions
BBC director general Mark Thompson and union negotiators sat down for more crisis talks as Broadcast went to press in a bid to resolve the ongoing dispute over job cuts. The meeting followed an invitation from Thompson last week, who asked unions to meet him so he could 'clarify' the ...
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UK shows boost ratings in the US
IT was a strong week for British TV shows in the US last week as the American versions of Strictly Come Dancing, Hell's Kitchenand Hit Me Baby One More Timedebuted with solid ratings.
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MTV secures second run of Date My Mom
Princess Productions has scored a high-volume second renewal for its dating format Date My Momfrom US music channel MTV.
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Rosemary and Thyme head to Italy
Granada International has sold crime series, Rosemary and Thymeand Murder in Suburbiainto Italy. RAI Italy's state broadcaster has picked up series one and two of both ITV1 dramas. The deal follows RAI's earlier purchase of Miss Marple. The ...
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Format focus: Going Hollywood
Trainees show just how hard it is to break into the LA entertainment industry - even if you have Method Man as a mentor - in this US reality series.
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BBC America signs Footballers' Wives
BBC America has bought the first four series of Footballers' Wivesand series one of Bad Girlsfrom distributor Target Entertainment. Both shows, made by Shed Productions, will air from 17 July. BBC America is hopeful that the ITV drama ...