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Murphy orders fresh Re:covered for BBC3
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has ordered a new 12 x 30-minute series of music show Re:covered, fronted by presenter Dermot O'Leary. The series, made by Blaze Television, will be produced by Jim Parsons and executive produced by Conor McAnally. The first programme, which will air in April, will feature performances ...
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BBC1's Red Cap on course for second series
BBC1 drama Red Cap, starring former EastEnders actress Tamzin Outhwaite as a military police officer, has been commissioned for a second series. The 6 x 60-minute series, ordered by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter from indie Stormy Pictures, will be produced by Sarah Wilson ...
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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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NewsBBC launches major shake-up of factual
The BBC is to implement a major restructure of its factual and learning commissioning structure that will see the creation of a new single controller role overseeing the whole of its£300m television slate, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsNow Airey brings in Bravo man
Sky has poached Flextech Television's rising star Matthew Paice, controller of Bravo and Trouble, to take up the new position of head of factual programmes and multiplexes at Sky One, writes Paul Revoir.
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Granada Kids chief moves to top CITV role
Granada Kids director of programmes Steven Andrew is to succeed Janie Grace as controller of children's and youth programming at ITV, writes John Plunkett.
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NewsPop Idol's Mr Nasty to front dating show
Simon Cowell, Pop Idol's Mr Nasty, is to make an unlikely Cupid in a dating show being developed for ITV1, writes Penny Hughes.
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TV crew hunt for Belgrano
A film crew plans to find and film the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano for a television documentary ...
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Judge calls radio phone-in to say CCTV is useless waste of money
A judge phoned a radio phone-in programme from his chambers to say that film from CCTV cameras was often 'completel...
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Paxman carpeted over Kennedy interview
Television interviewer Jeremy Paxman is criticised by a broadcasting watchdog today over a ...
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Watchdog upholds criticism of Paxman interview
Television interviewer Jeremy Paxman has been criticised by the television watchdog for being 'overly intrusive' by...
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Senator fails to see the joke of reality TV's Hillbillies
Georgia senator Zell Miller has criticised a television company for seeking to mock hillbillies such as himself ...
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Paxman rebuked over Kennedy interview
Jeremy Paxman has been ticked off by the Broadcasting Standards Commission over his interview with Charles Kennedy...
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Five's licence fee cut to£4m
Five was yesterday handed a financial bonanza which could be worth as much as£150 million over the life of the new...