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NewsUS gears up for Driver Dan
TwoFour54 has secured a deal with US pre-school channel Sprout to air CBeebies series Driver Dan’s Story Train.
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NewsBBC lines up Shakespeare season
The BBC is planning a major new season around Shakespeare, including new versions of his most acclaimed plays and a series of documentaries examining the life and times of the Bard.
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DRG secures BBC/C4 docs
DRG has picked up three new BBC and Channel 4 documentaries, including a film about oil company BP, and already secured pre-sales in Canada and Europe.
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NewsShine launches writers competition
Shine Pictures is to launch a national competition for writers that will see the winner claim a £25,000 development deal.
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NewsBBC3 orders more young Question Time
BBC3 is positioning itself as the home for politics aimed at young people with four new editions of a youth-based Question Time in the pipeline.
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NewsTaggart writer adapts Field of Blood for BBC
BBC Scotland is to adapt Denise Mina novel The Field of Blood, with Taggart and Rebus screenwriter David Kane writing and directing.
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NewsBBC in talks to adapt queens book
The BBC is currently in discussions to adapt a book about pre-Elizabethan queens into a new series.
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NewsSarah Kennedy rejects drink problem 'urban myths'
Presenter Sarah Kennedy has hit back at rumours her departure from BBC Radio 2 was due to a drinking problem, insisting she was always “stone cold sober” on air.
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NewsOfcom hands over VOD regulation
Ofcom has handed responsibility for editorial complaints concerning online and VOD content to the Association for TV On Demand (ATVOD) .
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NewsBBC1 conjures up celebrity magic show
BBC1 has ordered a new Saturday night gameshow that will see celebrities team up with magicians.
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NewsDaybreak and One Show to go head-to-head
Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley are set to go head-to-head with their replacements on The One Show at the National Television Awards.
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NewsMotive set to acquire DTT firm
TV technology investment firm Motive Television Group is poised to acquire 67% of DTT provider Adecq Digital.
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NewsMarriage Ref ties knot in China
Endemol has sold Jerry Seinfeld’s Marriage Ref format into China.
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NewsElderly benefit from switchover scheme
More than 350,000 elderly and disabled people have had equipment installed ahead of the digital switchover in 2012, as part of the BBC-run help scheme.
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NewsDoctor Who Adventures to return
The BBC is to produce a second series of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games - the online initiative that recorded 1.6 million requests for the first three instalments.
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NewsAshcroft: TV election debates a mistake
A senior Tory peer has pointed to Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to join a televised leaders’ debate as a factor in the party’s failure to secure an outright majority in this summer’s general election.
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NewsSelina Scott's BBC return confirmed
Presenter Selina Scott is to return to the BBC just months after criticising the organisation for ageism, it has been confirmed.
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NewsRicky Gervais greenlit for Short series
A new comedy by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, based around dwarf actor Warwick Davis, has been greenlit for series by BBC2.
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NewsApprentice return date revealed
The sixth series of The Apprentice, delayed as a result of the general election, is set to return next month.
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NewsKen Livingstone and David Mellor reunite on LBC
Global Radio is bringing together former politicians Ken Livingstone and David Mellor for a weekend show as part of a new slate of programming for LBC 97.3.