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NewsFive to focus on fathers and sons
Five is to turn bestseller The Dangerous Book for Boys into a TV series featuring celebrity dads on old-fashioned adventures with their sons.
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NewsE4 snaps up cult US gay animation series
E4 has acquired a cult US animation series about a gay couple and their “fabulous lifestyle”.
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NewsBBC1 scores a hat trick with star comedy trio
Jimmy Nail, Caroline Quentin and Roger Lloyd-Pack are to return to BBC1 in a trio of major new sitcom series.
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NewsGale to take top Five post
Five is this week expected to confirm the appointment of Ben Gale as its new director of programmes.
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NewsITV to halve team of regional MDs
ITV is halving its team of regional managing directors and scaling back their remit to only cover news.
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NewsCBBC to remake Horrible Histories with live action
The BBC is planning a live action kids show based on the Horrible Histories books, six years after ITV's animated version came to an end.
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NewsTarrant will host Challenge gameshow
Challenge has recruited Chris Tarrant to front a major new primetime gameshow format made by ITV Productions.
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NewsDCD and Boomerang Plus set for marriage
Super-indie DCD Media is in advanced takeover talks with Welsh giant Boomerang Plus.
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Oxford Films joins Star
Science and natural history indie Oxford Scientific Films has merged with the Australian factual entertainment division of its parent company, Southern Star.
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NewsSky One pours millions into bestseller dramas
Sky One is investing its biggest sum yet in original drama, pumping more than£10m into adapting a trio of bestselling books.
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Extra£1m for S4C kids
S4C is investing an extra£1m in kids programming this year on top of the£12m it already spends on children's services.
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Shares hit new lows as US Stearns storm hits
More than a quarter of the companies in the Broadcast 20 hit a new 52-week low this week as difficult market conditions struck.
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NewsC4 tight-lipped over PSB funding options
Channel 4 has secured Ofcom's backing for protection of its public service remit, but refuses to be drawn on which funding options it favours to protect its future.
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NewsLittle Airplane flies into UK
Little Airplane Productions, the US kids indie behind Nickelodeon pre-school show Wonder Pets, is opening a new London studio.
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Weekend gets second year
BBC2 has recommissioned Something for the Weekend for an extra year, taking it to 6 April 2009. The Sunday-morning magazine show is produced by Princess Productions and was ordered by commissioning executive Carla-Maria Lawson. The BBC claims to pull in nearly twice the proportion of men aged 16 to 34 ...
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Fresh cookery for BBC2
BBC2 has lined up two new primetime cookery shows from Optomen. Newcomer Valentine Warner will lead the backlash against imported food in What to Eat Now: Autumn. The 6 x 30-minute series shows how to make the best use of natural ingredients when they are in season. Lion TV is ...
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Recommission for My Spy
Cartoon Network has commissioned a second series of live-action comedy My Spy Family for its Boomerang channel. The 20 x 22-minute series is a co-production between Cartoon Network parent Turner Broadcasting and Kindle Entertainment, the indie set up by former ITV kids boss Anne Brogan. The series will air from ...
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Mister Maker gets more
CBeebies has commissioned two more series of RDF's hit kids series Mister Maker. The presenter-fronted arts and crafts show, aimed at four to six-year-olds, combines live action, CGI and animation techniques to bring arts and crafts to life. The 20 x 15- minute series will be produced by RDF-owned The ...
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C4 lines up two more extreme body docs
Channel 4 is to continue its fascination with people with extreme physiques with a follow-up to ratings success Half-Ton Mum and a series in which Balls of Steel star Mark Dolan spends time with the world's smallest man and tallest woman, writes Robin Parker.Half-Ton Dad tells the story of a ...
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Electric Sky gets twins doc
Electric Sky has secured the rights to distribute Somethin' Else's one-off doc The Most Extraordinary Twins in the World.