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BBC2's Rocket Science promises fireworks
The team behind Operatunity and Ballet Changed My Life: Ballet Hoo! will attempt to inspire a passion for science among children in a BBC2 series.
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Five expands its shock docs
Five has commissioned an extended run of its Extraordinary People strand, upping its order to 12 films for the next series.
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Discovery slate to build on its US-style rebrand
Discovery Channel UK is set to usher in a raft of programming with a new logo and redesigned programming menus.
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C4 News names indie fund commissioner
Channel 4 News has appointed Mike Radford to the role of commissioning editor for its independents fund.
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Sam Mendes to exec Lost in Austen movie
ITV's Jane Austen time-travel drama Lost in Austen is to be turned into a movie, with Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes as an executive producer.
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BBC's This Week up for grabs to indie sector
BBC News is putting the contract for current affairs series This Week out to tender - in order that in-house production can hit its nations and regions targets.
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Lord Carter: C4-Five merger still viable
The government is to issue an open invitation to broadcasters and other interested parties to come forward with proposals for solving Channel 4's funding crisis.
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BBC's Beautiful People to return
BBC2 has ordered a second series of Beautiful People, the comedy drama adapted from Simon Doonan's memoir by Gimme Gimme Gimme creator Jonathan Harvey.
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Target to give Aussies taste of Boozed up Brits
Bravo's observational documentary series Boozed Up Brits Abroad is heading Down Under as part of a significant slate of deals for Target Entertainment Group.
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Blakeway buys Belfast indie
Ten Alps subsidiary Blakeway Productions has acquired the Belfast-based indie Below the Radar in a deal worth up to£800,000 to help expand its factual output.
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John Nettles to leave Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders is looking for a new police chief after John Nettles announced his plans to retire from the long-running ITV show.
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School format is sold to Spain in DRG triple deal
Channel 4's historical re-enactment series That'll Teach 'Em is to be remade in Spain as one of three major format sales in the country for Digital Rights Group (DRG).
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Benham joins Disney
Louise Benham, the former MTV channels executive who stepped down in November, has resurfaced in a senior role at Disney Channels Australia and New Zealand (DCANZ).
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Broadcast@50: Technology
Kicking off our 50th anniversary year, we are publishing Broadcast @ 50: Technology this week, a special 17-page supplement published on the eve of exhibition and conference Broadcast Video Expo, examining the pivotal role that technology has had to play in the evolution of television over the last half century.
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Moving Wallpaper moving forward
ITV is facing a mad rush to promote the upcoming series of Moving Wallpaper after schedulers brought forward its launch date from June to 27 February.
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C4 orders 'snow chaos' doc
Channel 4 has commissioned a fast turnaround documentary on the heavy snowfall that engulfed the UK last week.
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Coronation Street: The video game
Step aside Mario and Lara Croft. A Coronation Street-themed video game is in the works, following a licencing deal struck by ITV.
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No Heroics to be remade for US audiences
US network ABC has green-lit a new pilot based on ITV2 comedy No Heroics.
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Edina and Patsy roles cast in US AbFab
Revolutionary Road actress Kathryn Hahn and Third Rock From The Sun star Kristen Johnson are to take the lead roles in the US remake of Absolutely Fabulous.
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Dougray Scott to battle Triffids
Desperate Housewives actor Dougray Scott is to take the lead role in BBC1's new adaptation of The Day of the Triffids.