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    Corden and Horne to front Comic Relief clip show

    2009-03-02T11:56:08Z

    Gavin and Stacey stars James Corden and Mathew Horne have signed up to host the annual Comic Relief clip show for BBC1.

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    Adam Kemp to leave BBC

    2009-03-02T11:34:14Z

    Adam Kemp, the BBC's in-house commissioning editor for arts, music and religion, is to leave the corporation.

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    C4 plays down BT merger

    2009-03-02T11:20:24Z

    Channel 4 has poured cold water on reports that a merger with BT Vision is on its wishlist.

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    Landmark to produce junior beauty pageant doc

    2009-03-02T10:43:35Z

    Indie Landmark Films is to make a documentary on junior beauty pageants for BBC3, marking a return to production for Nick O'Dwyer.

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    Heartbeat heading to Oz

    2009-03-02T10:26:17Z

    Heartbeat will be saying “G'day” to Australia in the upcoming summer series on ITV1.

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    No rematch for University Challenge losers

    2009-03-02T10:07:43Z

    The Manchester team that lost this year's University Challenge are taking their defeat in good grace despite an investigation by the BBC into claims that one of the winning team was ineligible to compete.

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    Russell Brand returns to radio

    2009-03-02T10:02:34Z

    TalkSport has signed Russell Brand to front a football show - his first since quitting Radio 2 in October.

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    Canal+ acquires Jude Law doc

    2009-03-01T14:26:57Z

    French broadcaster Canal+ has picked up the Jude Law-fronted political documentary The Day After Peace from distributor 3DD Entertainment.

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    Piers to interview Jade for ITV1

    2009-02-27T15:43:53Z

    Piers Morgan will interview Jade Goody in a one-off 60min programme for ITV1 next month.

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    Crufts to be streamed online

    2009-02-27T11:53:52Z

    Crufts, the dog show dumped by the BBC over cruelty concerns, is to be streamed direct to viewers via its website.

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    The Simpsons strikes Guinness deal

    2009-02-27T11:33:40Z

    Homer will swap his Duff for a Guinness in a St Patrick's Day episode of The Simpsons, in time for the Irish stout's 250th birthday.

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    Full list of winners

    2009-02-27T10:54:48Z

    The full list of winners of the 2009 RTS TV Journalism Awards.

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    BBC dominates RTS TV Journalism Awards

    2009-02-27T10:48:00Z

    The BBC’s coverage of the banking crisis helped the broadcaster to scoop nine of the fifteen awards at last night’s annual RTS Television Journalism Awards, including two for business editor Robert Peston.

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    UK indie to make Renaissance drama for Canal+

    2009-02-27T09:59:02Z

    UK producer Helion Pictures is to work with the man behind HBO's prison drama Oz on a new historical drama for Canal+ in France.

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    Simpsons to make TV history

    2009-02-27T09:09:51Z

    The Simpsons is set to enter its third decade on air with an order for two more seasons from US network Fox.

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    BBC orders more Great British Menu

    2009-02-27T08:20:35Z

    Some of the UK's top chefs will cook for the country's war heroes in a fourth series of Optomen TV's Great British Menu.

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    Endemol preps US shows

    2009-02-27T08:16:02Z

    Endemol's UK and US heads have co-devised three US network entertainment shows as part of a global strategy to pool resources for international formats.

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    Boomerang flies in the face of downturn

    2009-02-27T08:11:58Z

    Boomerang Plus, the Welsh indie behind Channel 4 series Freesports on 4, posted a strong first-half profit of£754,000, up from£48,000 last year.

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    Electric Sky picks up Bourne doc

    2009-02-26T18:00:25Z

    UK distributor Electric Sky has acquired the rights to a recent Channel 4 Cutting Edge documentary.

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    Johnson rejects C4 merger with rivals

    2009-02-26T14:52:46Z

    Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has said he would rather see the channel fully privatised than suffer the “part privatisation by stealth” of a merger with a rival broadcaster.