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On the box - One man and his dog.
Good Food Live editor Elaine Bancroft was confused by Albert Walker but gave Teachers top marks for staffroom insights.
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News analysis - Deal of the decade.
Will the extension of the BBC's co-production deal with Discovery for another 10 years put the squeeze on UK indies and cause compromises in programming as co-production potential becomes increasingly important?
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TV RECESSION - First green shoots?
Spring is in the air and there are signs of an advertising recovery. But have commercial TV and radio come through the worst?
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Interview - Building on success.
Hit Entertainment's Rob Lawes has an impressive set of company figures to boast about and, with new brands being developed all the time, the next Bob the Builder can't be far away.
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Indie Finance - Who wants to be a one-hit wonder?
Think Celador and automatically the recent global success of the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? format springs to mind but during its 18-year history the independent has added many other strings to its bow. Meg Carter Reports.
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TX - Life at the bottom.
Three years ago Staying Lost horrified TV viewers with its stories of runaway kids living on the street. Now, in another series for Channel 4, October Films turns its documentary eye
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BBC makes a mountain out of a ratings molehill.
The great thing about being the BBC is that it can rationalise its schedule in two different ways. Either it's competing for audience with ITV or it's doing a public good
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Off the record - Theroux with monkey jokes.
UK Horizons is rightly proud of its forthcoming weekend with Louis Theroux - as an avid fan, Off the Record expects great things of the programming stunt. Shame then that Horizons'
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Off the record - Old family tie.
OTR was heartened to see media secretary Tessa Jowell speaking at the first in a series of planned talks by leading figures organised by The Media Centre at the end of
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Off the record - ITV Dig had a use.
This week's Jo Moore award for burying bad news goes to ITV, which slipped out the fact that it was dumping its ailing Granada soap Night and Day last Wednesday, at
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Rockface ups audience but cannot challenge ITV 1's live football
BBC 1 drama gains 1 million viewers but the knockout stages of the Champions League proves the bigger draw
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Flextech orders 20 new shows
Flextech Television has unveiled its biggest slate of new orders yet with a number of series greenlit across its own channels, writes Simon ElleryThe commissions, which represent a 30 per cent
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ITV banks on Stars specials
ITV is looking to reinvigorate its long-running Stars in their Eyes brand with a number of new spin-offs, writes Steve AstonCommissioned by controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz, Granada is to produce
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BBC 1 recommissions Open Mike series
Open Mike Productions has received two recommissions from BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey.Friday Night with Jonathan Ross has been extended to 20 x 40-minutes with eight shows set to air
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Frank Butcher to get EastEnders spin-off
Former EastEnders actor Mike Reid is to film a broadcast pilot for the BBC, featuring the trials and tribulations of his character Frank Butcher as he sets up home in Manchester.
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Radio 1 to throw open doors to unknowns
BBC Radio 1 is to dedicate a whole day of output to supporting unsigned UK acts from all sorts of music genres.OneMusic Day will take place on 6 May to coincide
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C5 to make drama with Southern Star
Channel 5 has signed a£3m co-production deal with Australian producer Southern Star for a new children's drama series, writes Georgina LipscombThe 26 x 30-minute series, Don't Blame Me (working title),
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Little bird dramas set for BBC and ITV
Little Bird Productions is poised to garner two drama commissions from the BBC and ITV 1.Little Bird co-chairman Jonathan Cavendish said that talks were underway with the BBC's independent drama
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Octopus to make delicious show for UK Food
Octopus Television has been commissioned by UK Food commissioning editor Gareth Williams to produce 15 x 30-minute series following chef James Martin as he travels around the south-east of England.Delicious
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More football extras for C4
Channel 4 has increased the next run of its Football Stories strand from six to 10 outings and has also commissioned a two-part series on football hooliganism, writes Penny HughesThe 2