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Zeal to make 65-part ITV reality show
Zeal TV has secured one of the biggest ever indie orders for a daytime ITV show with its 65-part reality gameshow, Under Construction, writes John Plunkett.
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C4 job for resolution
Facility Resolution is to cut five 10-minute shows following the annual Muslim pilgrimage to the Hajj, to be broadcast on Channel 4 next week. Hajj; the Greatest Trip on Earthis a documentary to play on Saturday night, featuring three pilgrims as they make their way ...
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Dom Joly wins quick BBC3 recommission
Comedian Dom Joly's new studio-based chat show for BBC3 has been commissioned for a second, longer run even before its first series has aired. BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy and controller of entertainment commissioning Jane Lush have ordered an 8 x 30-minute run of This is ...
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Big Bear to make fourth My Hero for BBC1
Big Bear Films is producing a fourth series of Ardal O'Hanlon's BBC1 sitcom, My Hero. The 10 x 30-minute run is directed by John Stroud and follows the further adventures of Thermoman, the unlikely superhero and mild-mannered owner of a health food shop. It is ...
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BBC1's Merseybeat moves to city centre
BBC1 police drama Merseybeatwill be relocated to Liverpool city centre for its fourth series in order to allow 'bigger storytelling opportunities'. The series, consisting of a yet to be decided number of 60-minute episodes, will again feature Leslie Ash, John McArdle and Joanna Taylor as ...
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Imago spotlights adultery for ITV1
ITV1 has commissioned Norwich-based indie Imago to produce a series delving into the world of adulterous man's 'other woman', writes Paul Revoir.
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ITV1 plans M25 murder drama
Granada has scooped two factual dramas from ITV in the wake of its success with Hillsborough and The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, writes John Plunkett.
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VH1 launches quest to find UK's top divas
VH1 has started production on a new talent series, Dare to Diva, which aims to find the UK's biggest diva. The London event - the second stop in a five-city tour which takes in Nashville, Miami, New York and Philadelphia - offers budding female singers ...
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NewsLiddiment teams up with Spacey
Former ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has joined forces with Kevin Spacey to become the producer of London's Old Vic theatre company, writes John Plunkett
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NewsJazz FM Manchester gets new md
A new managing director has been appointed to run Jazz FM's north west of England station as part of a series of changes since the Guardian Media Group (GMG) bought the network in July last year, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsBBC suffers peaktime blackout
Millions of viewers in London and the south east were left watching blank screens last night (5 January) as BBC 1 and BBC 2 went off air during peaktime, writes Luke Satchell
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My TV career's over fears Matthew Kelly
Troubled Matthew Kelly fears his glittering TV career is over. ...
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Bashir: It was such pressure
Documentary ace Martin Bashir told last night of the manic eight months he spent getting to know Michael Jackson. ...
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15m - Show of the year for ITV
Up to 15 million viewers saw Martin Bashir's disturbing interview with Jackson. ...
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TV scoop earns millions for Granada
The Michael Jackson documentary - which attracted more than 15 million viewers - is the most lucrative single progr...
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Comcast sells TV systems in cut-price deal
Comcast, the largest US cable operator, has sold a group of TV systems in the Rocky Mountain region for about $675m...
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Channel with an identity crisis
Next week when BBC3 at last claims its allotted place alongside the likes of BBC's 1,2,4,6 and 7, the first phase o...
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Millions lose BBC signal
Millions of television viewers were faced with a blank screen last night when BBC lost transmission during the peak...
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Some disturbing pictures for advertisers: what viewers really do during commercial breaks
New research shows that many people switch off the adverts, particularly during peaktime shows ...