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CBBC to adapt adventure yarn
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale Kidnapped is to be dramatised with an all-star cast as part of a raft of new CBBC dramas.
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ITV orders drama about hangman Pierrepoint
ITV looks set to commission a one-off drama telling the story of one of Britain's last hangmen, Albert Pierrepoint, who executed Ruth Ellis along with around 400 other people.
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C4 orders eighth Scrapheap Challenge
Channel 4 has ordered another series of Scrapheap Challenge from RDF Media before the latest series, which airs this month, has even gone out. C4 head of science Simon Andreae has just commissioned series eight of the popular format, which will be broadcast next year. ...
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Park picked to spearhead C4 radio venture
Richard Park, the former Capital Radio programming chief, is to build a national digital radio station for Channel 4 which could include a weekly show from Richard and Judy.
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C4 unveils autumn
Channel 4 this week unveiled its autumn headed by sex slavery drama Sex Traffic and homegrown comedies Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere , a Phoenix Nights spin-off, and Green ...
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Parkinson given 3sixty vision
3sixtymedia has created the title sequence for ITV1's first Michael Parkinson series. The programme opens with close-up and wide shots displaying the presenter's mannerisms. The titles, directed and designed by Nadine Weston, were shot on 35mm film, offlined in Avid then graded and composited by Flame artist Simon Blackledge. Layers ...
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BBC3 into therapy
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has said he wants to create a new portfolio of programmes dealing with issues such as therapy and bereavement as he seeks to build his channel's factual output. Murphy has already commissioned one new show, Row Tactics , looking at domestic ...
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Hotbed sells 100 Worst to South Africa
Birmingham-based production company Hotbed Media has licensed its 100 Worst Britons format to South African broadcaster MNET.
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ABC1 unveils key shows for Freeview launch
Disney's new Freeview channel ABC1 will launch this month with two flagship dramas from US parent network ABC. Long-running soap General Hospital will be making its UK debut alongside relationship drama Once and Again (pictured). Produced by The Bedford Falls Company with Touchstone Television, Once and Again stars Sela Ward ...
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NewsEndemol chiefs in£1bn buyout talks
The international management of Endemol - maker of Big Brother - is exploring a£1bn buyout of the business from Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica.
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NewsThompson makes PSB vow
BBC director general Mark Thompson is set to plough more money into key public service genres such as news, current affairs and comedy by spending less in areas such as reality and lifestyle shows.
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NewsC4 orders first ever cop show
The indie behind Channel 4's cult comedy drama hit Shameless has been commissioned to make the channel's first cop show.
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NewsITV and C4 court BBC
Channel 4 and ITV this week both admitted they were looking at forming closer ties with the BBC as the corporation reviews its operations ahead of Charter renewal.
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NewsMasterchef gets reality show revamp
Throughout the 1990s it was regarded as the archetypal genteel cookery show - now Masterchef is to be given a reality-style makeover by the executive producer of Jamie's Kitchen.
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NewsPickard: back to ITV's core values
ITV director of programmes Nigel Pickard has signalled a return to ITV's core values of 'dramatic' content, claiming the broadcaster should not be copying other channels' output.
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Indies urged to launch their own TV channels
UK producers could soon launch their own TV channels to showcase content before pitching it to established broadcasters, according to key indie figures.
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ABC exec hatches plan to beat copycats
US broadcasters will have to form exclusive relationships with indies in a bid to stem the tide of copycat formats, according to a senior executive at US network ABC.
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BBC warned against ?corporate cringe'
Broadcast journalists warned the BBC against backing away from tough reporting and investigations in the aftermath of the Hutton inquiry.
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Horrocks to reveal BBC's interview deals
BBC head of current affairs Peter Horrocks has pledged to inform viewers when the corporation has paid someone more than£10,000 for an interview.
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NewsBBC2 and BBC4 win plaudits
New BBC2 controller Roly Keating celebrated a double whammy at the festival awards when BBC2 was named terrestrial channel of the year and BBC4, which he previously ran, won best digital channel.