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NewsWheeler Dealers gets fourth series
Discovery Real Time has ordered a fourth series of Attaboy TV series Wheeler Dealers. The 12 x 30-minute series, due to air late this summer, will see presenters Mike Brewer and Edd China use£2,000 to buy and restore a classic car. Filming on the latest ...
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Government to publish BBC white paper
The government is tipped to publish its white paper on the BBC's future next week, despite the furore surrounding media secretary Tessa Jowell. Jowell is being investigated by cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell over claims her husband accepted an alleged bribe from Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to pay off ...
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US Commander in Chief to air on More4
More4 will replace political drama The West Wing, which ends its run later this year, with US import Commander in Chief. The show, from Disney-owned Buena Vista International Television (BVITV), stars Geena Davis as US President Allen attempting to balance ...
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NewsJowell cleared in mortgage furore
Tony Blair has cleared media secretary Tessa Jowell of breaching ministerial codes, because her husband David Mills had not told her that he had received a£350,000 gift.
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NewsTop Up TV on track to reach 250,000 subs
8am:Top Up TV is on track to break even with 250,000 subscribers by the middle of this year, according to chairman David Chance.
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NewsUKTV hunts for 1966 World Cup shirts
9.15am: UKTV is appealing for football fans to help track down the original England shirts worn by the players in the 1966 World Cup final.
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NewsShareholders OK cable merger
The NTL and Telewest merger has been given the greenlight from shareholders with a 99% vote of confidence.
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NewsNew boss for Teachers' TV
10am:Teachers' TV parent, the government-backed service for education professionals, has promoted Andrew Bethell to run the channel, replacing outgoing chief executive Nigel Dacre.
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NewsPoor Little Rich Girls only interest 2.8m
Viewers had little sympathy for the return of Poor Little Rich Girls, ITV1's reality offering at 10pm, with just 2.8 million (14.7%).
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NewsNorton turns down O'Grady slot
11.30am:Funny-man Graham Norton has reportedly spurned advances from ITV, offering him the chance to replace Paul O'Grady in the tea-time slot.
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NewsMacqueen lands C4 head of docs role
Channel 4 has appointed former October Films executive producer Angus Macqueen as its new head of documentaries.
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NewsRDF chief says indie market is crowded
RDF chief executive David Frank has claimed there are too many independent producers in the UK and that fewer companies could do the same job 'better and cheaper'.
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NewsWallace & Gromit team pick up fourth Oscar
Bristol-based indie Aardman Animation walked off with an Academy Award for best animated feature last night for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit.
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TV-Loonland brings Little Princess to Mip
German animation distributor TV-Loonland has acquired the worldwide rights across all media for new pre-school series Little Princessfrom The Illuminated Film Company.
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Fremantle goes Prehistoric
The latest big budget documentary from the creators of the BBC's Walking With...series will headline Fremantle International Distribution's slate at MipTV.
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Granada International signs indie deals
Granada International has picked up three new children's series from indie producers, including a new live-action series from Endemol-owned Initial kids.
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NGTI broadens slate
National Geographic Television International is heading to MipTV with over 70 hours of new programming, both from National Geographic Television & Film and independent producers such as Nature Conservation, Peartree Films and Darlow Smithson.
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NewsPlanet Earth wins over 8.7m
BBC1's big-budget natural history series Planet Earthwowed the viewers with a substantial audience of 8.7 million (32.1%) at 9pm.
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NewsPower launches WWII miniseries
London-based production and distribution company Power will launch the World War II miniseries Above and Beyondat MipTV, along with two new thrillers and a slate of titles from RHI Entertainment.
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NewsMinotaur to push docs at Cannes
A one-hour special for Five featuring a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ and a documentary filmed in war-torn southern Sudan are among the new factual programmes on offer from Minotaur at MipTV.