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Ideal World in bid to expand factual fare.
Ideal World is looking to increase its contemporary factual output with the appointment of its first head of documentaries, writes Glen Mutel.
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Secret Policeman among winners at RTS awards.
Mark Daly, the investigative reporter behind the acclaimed BBC documentary The Secret Policeman, has been awarded young journalist of the year by the Royal Television Society (RTS), writes Lisa Campbell.
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R1 LINES UP NEW DUO.
Radio 1 duo Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley will hand over their headphones to Colin Murray
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ITV NABS BOAT RACE.
ITV has poached the exclusive TV rights to the Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race, which the
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SHINE PICKS GWILLIAM.
Indie Shine has appointed Sian Gwilliam as its deputy head of production. She will report to
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DOUBLEBAND BACKED.
Channel 4 and the NIFTC/ Invest Company Development Fund are to put£165,000 into Belfast-based DoubleBand
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COMMISSIONING - BBC expands big cat week format.
The BBC is to follow up the success of its Big Cat Week of stripped programmes
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COMMISSIONING - Talkback turns inspectors' gaze on sex.
Talkback has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a follow-up to Dinner Party Inspectors which will aim to transform people's sex lives, writes Michael Rosser.
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COMMISSIONING - Commissioner's Q&A - Richard Klein.
The senior commissioning executive, BBC Factual would steal I'm a Celebrity from ITV, but probably would not put it on BBC4, even though he's looking to 'generate noise and attract attention to the channel'.
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COMMISSIONS - SAVAGE'S EYES DOWN SET TO RETURN TO BBC1.
Lily Savage creator Paul O'Grady's BBC1 comedy Eyes Down, set in a Liverpool bingo hall, has
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Adam lands leading role in Channel 4 sitcom.
Adam Buxton, one half of comedy duo Adam and Joe, will take the lead in a new six-part Channel 4 sitcom about a struggling Brighton-based rock band.
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COMMISSIONS - OPTOMEN TO MAKE C4 ARISTOCRATS DOC.
Channel 4 has commissioned Optomen Television to make a documentary series about the Fulfords - an
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COMMISSIONS - MOSAIC FILMS GOES BACK UNDERGROUND.
Mosaic Films has been commissioned to produce a follow-up to its RTS award-winning series The Tube.
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COMMISSIONS - PILGRIM GAINS THIRD ORDER FOR REDCOATS.
Canterbury-based Pilgrim Productions has been commissioned by ITV to make a third series of docu-soap Redcoats.
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COMMISSIONS - BLACK WRITER TO JOIN THE CROUCHES TEAM.
The BBC's first ever black sitcom, The Crouches, has been commissioned for a second series -
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C4I takes on HBO factual output.
Channel 4 International (C4I) has signed a deal with US pay-TV operator HBO to distribute over
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US women's channel picks up Nighty Night.
BBC3's dark comedy Nighty Night has become the latest British comedy to cross the Atlantic after it was sold to a US cable network, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Granada's Jones exits international role.
Granada International general manager Ian Jones is leaving ITV after his role was made redundant in the new structure, writes Paul Revoir.
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FORMAT FOCUS: BACKTRACK.
Michael Rosser reports on a Swedish programme that hypnotises its participants, then delves into their past.
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FORMATS & DEALS - PEPPA PIG SNAPPED UP BY FIVE AND NICK JR.
Five and Nick Jr have snapped up Contender Entertainment children's animation show Peppa Pig. The first