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NewsSuperscrimpers handed fourth run
Channel 4 money saving tips series SuperScrimpers is returning for a fourth series.
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NewsE4 reopens My Mad Fat Diary for second series
E4 teen comedy drama My Mad Fat Diary, based on the real-life diaries of Rae Earl, is returning for a second six-part run.
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NewsFlagship BBC services forced off air by NUJ strikes
BBC Breakfast and Radio 4’s Today Programme have been taken off air as BBC journalists strike over job cuts.
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NewsLord Patten demands ‘tougher terms’ on BBC payoffs
Lord Patten has demanded that the BBC introduces “tougher terms” on senior manager payoffs as part of a wide-ranging speech on consumer trust in the British media.
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NewsDaybreak's debate sparks controversy
Daybreak has provoked controversy after asking viewers whether women who are drunk or flirty can ever be blamed for an attack.
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NewsBBC hunts for Casualty & Holby City boss
The BBC is on the hunt for a new Casualty and Holby City showrunner as Johnathan Young looks set to leave the broadcaster.
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NewsZodiak sells 80 hours to Belgium's VMMa
Belgian broadcaster VMMa has acquired a raft of British documentaries and factual entertainment formats after striking a deal with Zodiak Rights.
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NewsOfcom awards Leeds local TV licence
Made in Leeds has been awarded the local TV licence for the Yorkshire city - taking local TV operator Made Television’s tally of contracts to four.
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NewsRemedy hires BBC exec as first head of development
Remedy Productions has hired former BBC executive Simon Horne as its head of development.
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NewsFunny Fortnight pilot set to secure C4 series
Objective Productions’ sitcom Toast of London, first piloted as part of Channel 4’s Funny Fortnight season, is on the brink of being commissioned.
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NewsDamian Kavanagh named BBC daytime controller
Damian Kavanagh is to become the BBC’s new daytime controller - after just six months as head of features and factual formats at Channel 4.
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NewsBlinkbox buys James Bond catalogue
Online video service Blinkbox has acquired the James Bond catalogue of films after striking a deal with MGM.
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NewsCelebrity Catchphrase special ordered
A one hour celebrity special of Catchphrase has been ordered by ITV to bolster the return of the classic gameshow.
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NewsCorrie actor charged with sexual offences
Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell will not be appearing in the ITV soap until the outcome of legal proceedings have been determined, after being charged with a number of sexual offences.
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NewsC5 orders Darlow volcano doc
Channel 5 has commissioned Darlow Smithson Productions to make a one-off doc about the volcanic eruption of Eyjafjallajökull.
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NewsSIS Live trials 4K outside broadcast kit
SIS Live has begun testing the technology and workflows required to deliver live, 4K, multi-camera event coverage.
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NewsBBC PR boss to leave corporation
BBC PR chief Paul Mylrea is leaving the corporation following the announcement of James Purnell as director of strategy and digital.
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NewsDiscovery eyes further acquisitions
Factual giant Discovery Communications is eyeing further acquisitions following its purchase of 12 Nordic channels, Italian kids broadcaster Switchover Media and a stake in Eurosport.
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NewsBBC2 heads underground for fixed-rig animal doc
BBC2 is to shine a light on the way some of the UK’s most iconic wildlife behaves underground in a Dragonfly-produced fixed-rig series.
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NewsBBC1's Luther requests viewer postcards
Fans of BBC1 drama Luther have been invited to upload postcards to appear in the show when it returns for a third series later this year.