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NewsDavies makes personal history of 1980s for C4
Comedian Alan Davies is to make his debut on Channel 4 with a personal journey exploring the political and social changes during the 1980s that underpinned his teenage years.
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NewsPageant series headlines BBC3 ‘adult’ doc season
BBC3 is turning Baby Beauty Queens into a six-part series and has lined up topless model Alicia Douvall to discuss her “Faustian” aspirations for her teenage daughter, as part of the channel’s second
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NewsC4 hunts new talent for Coming Up
Channel 4 is seeking up-and-coming talent for the 10th series of Coming Up in 2011, with Touchpaper TV again producing.
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NewsITN Productions hires Carsey and Browning to complete rejig
ITN Productions has made two senior appointments to complete a new-look management line-up following an overhaul last year.
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NewsNigella ends Dahl speculation with a return to BBC2
Nigella Lawson is to return to BBC2 for a new 13-part series - ending suggestions that she has effectively been replaced by former model Sophie Dahl.
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NewsC4 to offer targeted ads for Virgin’s VoD
Channel 4 is gearing up to become the first third-party broadcaster to serve targeted ads via Virgin Media’s TV on-demand platform.
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NewsBBC S&PP gears up for World Cup
BBC Studios and Post Production (S&PP) is designing and building a dedicated post-production operation and HD studio for BBC Sport to deliver multiplatform coverage of the World Cup.
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NewsBrighton’s BTV Post to make London debut
Brighton-based BTV Post plans to bring south-coast prices to central London when it opens a new 2D and stereo 3D post facility in Soho in June.
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NewsOpen and ITV Studios scoop best-seller on Obama campaign
Open TV & Film and ITV Studios have won the right to turn a critically acclaimed book on US president Barack Obama into a major TV biopic.
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NewsHarman takes top entertainment role at Talkback
Talkback Thames has promoted Gail Harman to head of entertainment development to boost its catalogue of primetime formats.
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NewsAngry crew plan big send-off for The Bill
Production crew on The Bill have vowed to end the ITV1 police drama on an all-time high when filming completes in June.
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NewsEmbarrassing Bodies extends site to tackle children’s health
Channel 4 has unveiled yet another brand extension for the Embarrassing Bodies franchise: a website devoted to children’s health.
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NewsE4 pilots contest to endure ‘in-laws’ from hell
E4 is lining up a comedy/reality hybrid in which two men compete to survive an evening with their respective girlfriends’ families - who are being played by actors.
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NewsSky 1 orders anti-X Factor search for talent
Sky 1 has ordered a shiny-floor musical talent search that is being pitched as an anti-X Factor.
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NewsBBC’s 3D Olympics plan shapes up
Boxing and gymnastics are top of the BBC’s 3D agenda for the 2012 Olympics as the corporation eyes the games as a watershed moment for technological experimentation.
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NewsYentob: ‘cacophony’ of critical voices harms BBC
The BBC’s creativity and independence is being threatened by too many regulators and commentators having their say, creative director Alan Yentob has claimed.
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NewsBBC Trust apologises for Frankie Boyle joke
The BBC Trust’s editorial standards committee (ESC) has apologised over a joke made by Frankie Boyle which compared Palestine with a cake being “punched to pieces by a very angry Jew”.
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NewsSNP loses BBC debate battle
Scottish and Welsh nationalist parties have lost their battles with Ofcom and the court over their exclusion from the first televised election debate
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NewsFive to build digital team
Five is staffing up its digital division with the creation of eight new roles as it aggressively expands its own services and targets wider content distribution.
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NewsBBC unveils Africa project
The BBC is embarking on a major new series exploring the wildlife and landscapes of Africa.