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NewsAlistair Cooke at centre of BBC4 season on travel
BBC4 has lined up a summer season on the expansion of travel in the 20th century, as seen through the lives and writing of figures such as Alistair Cooke and Laurie Lee.
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Cornish town to get an extreme makeover
UKTV Style will follow Extreme Makeover host Ty Pennington as he sets out to transform a rundown Cornish coastal town.
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NewsIs The Apprentice a genre-bender of a format?
Is The Apprentice really a factual show? According to our weekly table, it is - and a highly successful one at that. In fact it was BBC1's most popular non-soap show this week, with 6.8 million/29% share on Wednesday at 9pm on BBC1.
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Nesbitt in sectarian dramas
James Nesbitt is to star in Five Minutes of Heaven, a one-off drama for BBC drama Northern Ireland about the murder of a Catholic teenager in Belfast in 1975.
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Waking the Dead to return
BBC1 dramas Waking the Dead and Silent Witness are to return in 2009.
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NewsC4's Duncan calls for end to 'squabbling' over PSB
C4 chief executive Andy Duncan has said that its time for the industry to stop its “petty competitive squabbles” over the future of licence fee funding and sort out the future of public service broadcasting before its too late.
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NewsFive orders US killer doc double
Five has commissioned two documentaries that track the grisly stories behind some of the most notorious and horrifying crimes in recent US history.
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North-west gains£2.8m for digital skills
The North West Development Agency is pumping£2.8m into digital industries in the region to boost media skills.
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NewsRDF West raids rivals for producers
RDF Television West has poached senior producers from Diverse and Touch Productions as part of an expansion strategy that will see it produce more than 200 hours for terrestrial broadcasters this year.
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NewsFirst look at Life on Mars US
Following news that US network ABC has green lit a full series of time-travel cop drama Life on Mars, the first footage from the American version has emerged.
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NewsCentury takes majority holding in Molinare
The owners of Molinare have sold a majority shareholding in the company to India-based Century Communications.
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M2 team launch Rocket facility
The team behind M2 have launched Rocket, a new post company based in the same Berners Street building and staffed by 30 members of the original facility.
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Southgate quits BBC
BBC Resources chief executive Mike Southgate is leaving the corporation after six and a half years.
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More awards for Boy A
Channel 4 drama Boy A was the big winner at the Bafta Craft Awards last week, bagging a hat trick of prizes in the fiction/entertainment category.
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NewsBBC3 hopes to lure teens with afternoon opening
The BBC has petitioned the Trust to extend BBC3's hours into the afternoon, and is planning to give some of the extra space to its teen strand Switch.
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NewsBBC1 and BBC2 series to tackle climate change
The BBC is planning a “definitive” look at climate change in two major linked commissions across its terrestrial channels.
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NewsBafta-winning Peep Show gets sixth run
Channel 4 has ordered a sixth series of Peep Show following the sitcom's Bafta success.
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NewsNew LA indie looking to UK producers for formats
Former Sky One commissioning exec Jamie Roberts is looking to partner with UK indies keen to enter the US market with his new LA-based production company.
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NewsPanorama to trail docs with web minisodes
The BBC is planning to plant Panorama “minisodes” on the web ahead of each weekly edition in a bid to boost TV audiences and reach younger viewers.
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NewsSofia's Diary given peaktime slot
Five is moving the weekday TV broadcasts of web drama Sofia's Diary on digital channel Fiver to a high-profile peaktime slot to address sluggish ratings.