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Commissioner's Q & A: Ewan Angus
BBC Scotland's commissioning editor, television, explains why, for him, laughter is the best medicine and why the demise of linear scheduling will present broadcasters with one of their biggest challenges.
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Sex Traffic writer makes Tsunami doc
Abi Morgan, writer of the Bafta-winning C4 drama Sex Traffic, has teamed up with drama indie Kudos to make a three-hour BBC drama about last year's Asian tsunami disaster, which claimed more than 200,000 lives on Boxing Day 2004. The show is scheduled to air in ...
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Discovery takes second Superhomes
Discovery has commissioned UK-based Flashback Television to produce a second series of Superhomesto air on Discovery Travel & Living in the UK this autumn. Now in production, the 15 x 30-minute lifestyle series will go behind the gates of some of the world's most expensive houses ...
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Five hires Betty for birthright show
Five has given the green light to a 60-minute documentary from Betty TV called Middle Child Syndrome. Commissioned by controller of features and entertainment Ben Frow, the show will examine the psychology of birthright and explore the issues facing middle children, such as Tony Blair and ...
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Wall to Wall in child prodigy film
Indie Wall To Wall is to film a set of child prodigies as they grow from childhood to adulthood. Alpha Toddlers, ordered by Channel 4 factual entertainment editor Nav Raman, will follow a group of children who have already been identified as geniuses. The indie will ...
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Scarlet follows triplet pregnancy
Scarlet Television, the indie set up by former Planet Wild managing director Paula Trafford, is making a 60-minute programme for Discovery Home and Health following former lesbian comedian Jackie Clune's triplet pregnancy. 3 x a Babywill feature contributions from celebrity mums Davina McCall, Donna Air and ...
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BBC Worldwide chief pinpoints growth area
BBC Worldwide's new head of channels has earmarked Asia and eastern entrants to Europe as areas for expansion.
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Format focus: Current TV
Former vice-president Al Gore has created a channel, for the people, by the people that's smart, fun and fearless.
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Balamory heads to Discovery Kids in US
The BBC's award-winning kids series Balamoryhas been sold to US network Discovery Kids. In a deal brokered by BBC Worldwide America, the US network bought the licence to 39 of the 22-minute episodes, as well as the rights to sell Balamorymerchandise in ...
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Telewest launches football channels
Telewest Broadband this week launched three new sport channels, timed to coincide with the start of the Bank of Scotland Premier League (SPL) football season. Setanta Sports 2, Celtic TV and Rangers TV will join Setanta Sports 1 on the cable company's digital TV service, providing exclusive live coverage of ...
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DLT hires Rothbart for factual push
DLT Entertainment, the indie behind BBC1 comedies My Familyand As Time Goes By, is moving into non-scripted programmes.
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Slow start for new Norton show
Graham Norton's new comedy vehicle for BBC1 got off to a sluggish start with only 2.4 million tuning in.
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C4 to screen anorexia film for teenagers
The disturbing trend among teenage girls to celebrate anorexia and extreme slimming is to be explored in a film for Channel 4's education strand.
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Tigress set to film genetic disorder doc
Factual specialist Tigress Productions is to make a 50-minute documentary about a rare genetic disorder - Sacral Agnesis - for Discovery Health and Five.
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BBC in headhunt bid
The BBC is hoping to follow the success of Dragon's Denand The Apprenticewith another work-related series. Headhuntersfollows professional recruiters as they interview short-listed hopefuls for key jobs. The number of episodes and the transmission date are yet to ...
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TV happiness survey
Edinburgh Television Festival organisers have launched a survey to find out if people working in TV are happy. The Happiness Audit, conducted by YouGov, is canvassing views on work-related issues via www.yougov.com/happinessindex. The results will be revealed at this year's festival, which takes place between 26 and 28 August.
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RDF nets Sudoku
RDF Rights has secured the rights to Sky One show Vorderman's Sudoku Live. The 60-minute show tasks several studio-based teams to complete a Sudoku puzzle live on air, with viewers at home competing interactively. Produced by Hanrahan Media, the show aired on Sky One last month, ...
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Five Backs Gadgets
Five has commissioned three new series of its popular science strand The Gadget Showfrom indie North One Television Midlands. Suzi Perry, Jason Bradbury and Jon Bentley will jointly present the 10-episode runs. The first series is set to go out in the autumn. Richard Pearson, who ...
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TWG boss keeps pressure on Rajar
The new chief executive of The Wireless Group (TWG) this week backed former chairman Kelvin MacKenzie's claim that the Rajar diary system was 'flawed'.
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Talksport in broadcast trial on DRM spectrum
The Wireless Group (TWG) is pilot broadcasting its flagship station Talksport on the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) digital spectrum.