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25 Years of Smash Hits
At It Productions is to make a 90-minute special to coincide with the 25th anniversary of teenage pop music magazine Smash Hitsfor Channel 4, writes Jon Rogers.
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Good Life sex symbol returns as ITV sleuth
Actress Felicity Kendal is to return to TV for the first time in nine years to star in a new detective series for ITV1 produced by indie Carnival Films, writes John Plunkett.
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Endemol's bizarre clip show for Five
Five has ordered a catastrophe clip show series from Big Brotherproducer Endemol UK, as well as three movie documentaries from Endemol subsidiary Initial, writes Penny Hughes.
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C4 to air ?feisty ethnic' season
Channel 4 has commissioned a series of controversial multicultural documentaries following the axing of the standalone multicultural department by chief executive Mark Thompson last year, writes Jon Rogers.
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Tonight streets ahead, says RTS
Tonight with Trevor McDonald this week picked up the programme of the year award at the Royal Television Society's Television Journalism Awards, writes Paul Revoir.
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Five knocks out deal for Frost-Ali head-to-head
Five has secured broadcast rights to the first major interview with legendary boxer Muhammad Ali in more than two decades. He will talk to Sir David Frost about his ideals, life and career in The Then and Now of Muhammad Ali, which will air in ...
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Opie tops Flextech list to fill Lighting's shoes
Flextech Television has drawn up a list of potential candidates for the replacement of chief executive of content Jane Lighting who takes over the reins at Five in April, writes Paul Revoir.
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Redmond accuses ITC of 'dumb regulation'
Brookside creator Phil Redmond this week attacked the Independent Television Commission (ITC) for 'dumb regulation' after it ruled that an armed siege in the Channel 4 soap was unsuitable for broadcast before the watershed, writes Hayley Treacy.
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News£12m-a-year saving for Five
Five will save around£12 million a year under new terms for its analogue TV licence drawn up with the Independent Television Commission, writes John Plunkett
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NewsAl Jazeera secures raft of BBC programmes
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with Arabic news and documentary channel Al Jazeera for 1,000 hours of factual programming, writes Hayley Treacy
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NewsBBC accounts to be probed by Parliament
BBC chiefs are set to be forced to open their books to Parliament to account for the way they spend the£2.5bn a-year-licence fee, writes David Rose
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Coastal to make another Wire in the Blood
Actor Robson Green's indie Coastal Productions has been commissioned by ITV1 controller of drama Nick Elliott to make a second series of police drama Wire in the Blood. The series, which stars Green and Cold Feet actress Hermione Norris, will air later in the year in a new 4 x ...
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NewsViewers desert BBC3
New BBC digital service BBC3 is failing to catch the imagination of the nation's prized youth demographic, with latest viewing figures showing it is less popular than BBC Choice, the channel it replaced, writes Luke Satchell
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Wacko 'waived rights'
Michael Jackson's multi-million pound court battle with Granada will hinge on a one-paragraph agreement. ...
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JK Rowling gets part with Bart
Harry Potter creator JK Rowling is to make a wizard appearance in The Simpsons. ...
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Whodunnim?
Footballers' Wives bad boy Jason Turner will tonight plunge 80ft from a hotel roof - sparking a huge whodunnit. ...
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Huw attacks viewer over 'slur' on Welsh
Newsreader's 'vicious' reply over language question. ...
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18m watch the Street's Tricky Dickie confess
It was the confession Coronation Street fans had been waiting for. On Monday night nearly 18 million of them tuned ...