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NewsBBC2 reunites Mel and Sue for British baking competition
Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc are to re-team for their first series in more than a decade - a BBC2 quest to find the UK’s best amateur bakers.
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NewsSecond generation Going Back to their roots on C4
Channel 4 is to take three second-generation immigrant families back to their forefathers’ homelands to see if life is better there than in recession-hit Britain.
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NewsSky kicks off 3D football trial in pubs ahead of weekly launch
Sky will screen its first live 3D football match in nine pubs this weekend ahead of the launch of a game-a-week service from April.
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NewsNews pilot bidders demand legal protection
Bidders to run the new independently funded news consortia (IFNC) pilots are still “in it to win it”, but many are demanding watertight termination clauses in their contracts after the Conservative party reiterated its desire to scrap the scheme.
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NewsDubbed Top Gear set for debut on German channel
BBC Worldwide has struck a deal for Top Gear to make its German debut, and a local version may also be in the pipeline.
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NewsBruce is ‘art detective’ in primetime BBC1 show
Fiona Bruce is to bring art history to primetime audiences in a new detective-style series for BBC1.
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NewsBetty secures C4 order for glitzy wedding show
Country House Rescue indie Betty has won an order for a Channel 4 format that will bring Las Vegas-style weddings to the UK.
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NewsBBC World News counting on stars in regional push
BBC World News is to emphasise star names in a shake-up of its schedules, in a bid to grow ad revenues in Asia, Asia Pacific and Europe.
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NewsJapan picks up Not Going Out
Not Going Out, the comedy that was axed and then reinstated by BBC1, has been picked up by three more broadcasters.
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NewsLyons claims £29,000 in expenses in six months
The 12 BBC Trustees racked up nearly £78,000 in expense claims between them over the last six months – with chairman Sir Michael Lyons accounting for £29,000 alone.
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BBC hoping to land 2012 Paralympics radio rights
The BBC has begun talks to secure radio rights for the London 2012 Paralympics having lost out to Channel 4 for the TV coverage.
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NewsCarrington quits CBeebies
CBeebies controller Michael Carrington is to leave the BBC for a senior role at Turner Broadcasting.
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NewsR5 Live's Fogarty and Derbyshire to head to Salford
Radio 5 Live controller Adrian van Klaveren has revealed that Shelagh Fogarty and Victoria Derbyshire will both follow the station to Salford next year, having committed to presenting their shows from its new home.
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NewsMichael McIntyre signs £500k BBC deal
The BBC has signed a “golden handcuffs” deal with comedian Michael McIntyre, worth £500,000 for a year.
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NewsSteve Jones to front BBC1 physical game show
The makers of Total Wipeout are to produce another Saturday night BBC1 physical game show from Argentina.
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NewsGaunt launches High Court challenge
Jon Gaunt, the former Talksport radio show presenter who was sacked after calling a Tory councillor a “Nazi” and an “ignorant pig” during a debate about foster care, has launched a High Court appeal claiming his right to free speech had been infringed.
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NewsSecond course for BBC3's Lunch Monkeys
BBC3 has ordered a second series of Lunch Monkeys – despite a weak first run for the office-based sitcom.
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NewsJohnson cuts ties with C4
Departing Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has described his time at the broadcaster as “among the most rich and rewarding experiences of my career”.
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NewsFHM.com boss to run Top Gear site
BBC Worldwide has hired the editor-in-chief of FHM.com to be the web editor of its Top Gear site.
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NewsDave viewers targeted by insurer
Standard Life is to run a three-month sponsorship of digital TV channel Dave in a bid to target its younger viewers.