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Suchet on board Orient Express for ITV1 history doc
Life will imitate art for Poirot actor David Suchet as he takes the Orient Express across Europe for an ITV1 documentary.
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Gyles Brandreth to host BBC2 quiz show Knowitalls
BBC2 is to air a quiz show without any questions. Knowitalls will be hosted by politician-turned-Countdown regular Gyles Brandreth.
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NewsRaw wins first US order from new NY office
Banged Up Abroad producer Raw TV has opened an office in New York and has already secured its first US commission.
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BBC1 will profile life of World War vet Harry Patch
The modern-day life of Harry Patch, the last surviving fighting soldier of the First World War, will be profiled in a one-off documentary for BBC1.
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NewsMannion questions Ofcom's plans for news
ITV News editor-in-chief David Mannion has questioned whether independent regional news consortia could produce stories to a network standard, and believes that ITN is best placed to take over any new regional news contracts.
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Lime staffs up to diversify with factual division
Lime Pictures has set up a dedicated factual division in an attempt to build on its MTV glossy reality series Living on the Edge.
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Give us the WoCC, radio indies tell BBC management
Radio indies are urging the BBC to extend the Window of Creative Commission to its radio output.
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UKTV Really buys Drew Barrymore TV dating show
UKTV’s new lifestyle channel Really has acquired a reality dating show from Hollywood actress Drew Barrymore’s indie Flower Films.
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BBC1 to hunt Junior Apprentice
Sir Alan Sugar will challenge 10 teenagers to win a £25,000 career boost in spin-off series Junior Apprentice.
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Lyons: No area of the BBC safe from cuts
BBC Trust chairman Michael Lyons has told Broadcast there are “no safe areas” at the corporation as it continues to squeeze every pound of the licence fee.
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Screen Yorkshire abandons ITV studios bid
Screen Yorkshire has ruled out making a rescue bid for ITV’s Kirkstall Road Studios after deciding that its money would be better spent on trying to generate new production work.
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Pay freeze at Ofcom; executive bonuses scrapped
Ofcom has frozen pay for all staff and scrapped this year’s bonuses for its executive committee.
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BBC names new Scotland commissioner
The BBC has hired Sam Anthony as its knowledge commissioning executive producer for Scotland – fresh from Jane Root’s new indie Nutopia.
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Attenborough to unveil 'missing link'
David Attenborough is set to explore the 47 million-year-old ‘missing link’ in human evolution in a primetime BBC documentary.
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BBC Children's names new scheduling boss
Disney Channel’s Louise Bucknole has been appointed the new head of scheduling at BBC Children’s - replaces Philip Stagg who has moved to the BBC HD Channel.
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Kids TV campaign revived
Indie trade body Pact has stepped up a campaign to increase children’s television production in the UK, which will see the return of a Womble as their spokesman.
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New C4 acquisition axed
Privileged, the US teen drama acquired by Channel 4 last week, has been axed after just one season - and before it has had a chance to air in the UK.
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US TV: Scrapped and saved
Broadcastnow presents a round-up of the US TV shows that have been scrapped, saved or are under threat.
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Zodiak promotes Jorg Roth
Jorg Roth, the founder and former managing director of Bullseye Television, has been promoted to chief operating officer of Zodiak Group’s entertainment division.
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Generation Kill director joins BBC drama
BBC1’s sci-fi thriller Paradox will be directed by Simon Cellan Jones (Generation Kill) and will star Tamzin Outhwaite.