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    Rock Hammer gets the last word on Carlton

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    Newly formed indie Rock Hammer Productions has won its first commission with a 16 x 30-minute Friday night talk show for Carlton. The Last Wordwill take a look back on the week's events with a mixture of celebrity and expert guests. Rock Hammer was founded ...

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    MMA to make hidden camera cookery show

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    Multi Media Arts (MMA) is producing a new daytime cookery show for ITV, described as ' Masterchefmeets Candid Camera'. The 10 x 30-minute series, Reality Bites, will follow amateur chefs via hidden cameras as they ...

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    Kids go loco in Banzai-style CITV gameshow

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    Foundation is making a 10 x 30-minute gameshow for CITV featuring Banzai-style challenges such as three elderly women competing to spit their false teeth the furthest. Globo Loco, to be presented by Stephen Mulhern, will feature rival teams aged from 11 to 13 competing in ...

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    Third Royal series to start filming in March

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    ITV1 Heartbeat spin-off The Royalhas been commissioned by ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott for a third series barely a month into its first run. The Yorkshire TV drama will be produced by Ken Horn and executive produced by Keith Richardson. The second 6 x ...

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    Unique goes under the knife

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    The history of plastic surgery is to be put under the microscope in a new one-off special for Five, the Discovery Channel and TLC from Noel Edmonds' indie, Unique, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Real Life's killer shows

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    Leeds-based indie Real Life Media has scored a raft of commissions for Five including a 60-minute film on one of Britain's worst killers, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Five hopes pig will bring home the bacon

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    Production has begun on new Five and Nick Jr pre-school animation Peppa Pig, following a finance and co-production deal between Contender Entertainment Group (CEG) and Astley Baker Davies, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Aussie wildlife next for NHU

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is to turn its wildlife focus to Australasia in a major series from the Natural History Unit (NHU), writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    ITV lines up rival Simpson drama

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    The romance between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson has become the latest drama battleground after ITV1 unveiled a 120-minute film on the relationship - one week after the BBC announced its own project, writes Jon Rogers.

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    C4 capitalises on The Salon hit

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 has extended the run of its weekday reality series The Salonby six weeks after strong ratings, writes Penny Hughes.

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    BBC brings back 70s Superstars

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    Superstars , the show that made a household name of judo master Brian Jacks and saw Kevin Keegan knocked off his bicycle, is returning to BBC1 for a full series, writes Colin Robertson.

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    5 Live gears up to air rolling news from war

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has turned to Julian Worricker and Peter Allen to front the station's coverage of the expected war against Iraq, writes John Plunkett.

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    CBBC drops humans for 'toons

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    CBBC channel presenters are to be replaced by a new interactive animated host in a bid to pull in more viewers, as director of drama, entertainment and children's Alan Yentob admitted that the one-year old digital channel still has more work to do, writes Leigh ...

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    Cilla cohort O'Dell departs Granada

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    The after-effects of Cilla Black's departure from Blind Daterumbled on this week with Granada head of entertainment series Chris O'Dell announcing his decision to quit after 14 years , writes John Plunkett.

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    C4 confirms York for drama role

    2003-02-12T15:47:49Z

    Channel 4 has confirmed BBC head of drama series John Yorke as its new drama head, writes Penny Hughes

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    Film Four Lab's Gutch quits

    2003-02-12T15:08:54Z

    Head of Film Four Lab Robin Gutch is to leave the experimental film-making division after four years to move into independent film and drama production, writes Penny Hughes

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    ITV joins interactive revolution

    2003-02-12T13:01:29Z

    ITV has signed a major agreement with BSkyB to develop a range of interactive services for its three channels in a move that will finally see it catch up with its competitors, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Full BBC services on Freeview from Friday

    2003-02-12T11:46:45Z

    The BBC is to put the remainder of its national radio stations onto Freeview this Friday (14 February), taking the total of BBC radio channels available on the new DTT platform up to 11, writes Luke Satchell

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    Granada to make Jackass UK

    2003-02-12T11:25:34Z

    Shock-TV standard-bearer Jackass, the MTV show which made a household name of Johnny Knoxville for performing bizarre and sick stunts, is to be the inspiration behind a new half-hour Granada format, writes Luke Satchell

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    Beeb lead fans off the rails

    2003-02-12T10:22:52Z

    Thanks to the manipulations of BBC Television, the rugby match between Wales and England at Cardiff's Millenium Sta...