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Planet 24 prepares second Blackwood run for C4
Planet 24 is about to go into production on a second 8 x 30-minute series of late-night chat show The Richard Blackwood Show (right) for Channel 4's spring schedule. The recommission
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Carlton to examine life of commuters for ITV
Carlton Productions has won a 60-minute commission from ITV for a documentary on the daily life of commuters travelling into London. Commuter Wars is being produced by Carlton's factual programming department
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Timothy and Leonard to lead cast on daytime Doctors
BBC Production's drama serials department has lined up Christopher Timothy (All Creatures Great and Small) and Jacqueline Leonard (EastEnders) to head the cast of new BBC daytime drama, Doctors. Known by
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Planet Wild's garden show returns to C4
Liverpool-based Planet Wild has been recommissioned by Channel 4 for a second series of The Gardener's Garden. The 8 x 30-minute series will air in June, looking at the gardens of
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Wyatt & Wyatt embark on sailing series for Discovery,
Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has commissioned indie Wyatt & Wyatt to make a 7 x 30-minute series on the evolution and technology of sailing.Wind Driven will seek to 'demystify the serious
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Big Brothercreator John De Mol has secured his first deal in the US since leaving Endemol by selling reality format The Golden Cageto ABC.
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Sky One snaps up Nelvana's animated Rescue Heroes
Sky One head of acquisitions Penny Harris has bought a 13 x 30-minute run of producer and distributor Nelvana's animated series Rescue Heroes. It is Nelvana's first sale to Sky One
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Francis leaves Invicta FM and heads for Capital
Capital Radio 95.8 has poached DJ Neil Francis from its sister station, Capital-owned Invicta FM, to front a new evening show between 22.00 and midnight. Francis, who hosted Invicta's breakfast show,
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BBC Radio 1 to stage Summer Love parade in Leeds
BBC Radio 1 has announced plans for a Leeds-based annual summer street music festival. Love Parade UK will be based on the Berlin Love Parade festival, which has been taking place
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NewsIndie Survey 2007 deadline today
Broadcast is compiling its Indie Survey 2007 and the final deadline for complete forms is today (Friday 2 February). To ensure your company is included, please download the attached form and submit your details to indie.survey@emap.com.
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Carlton records Soul Music for regional run
Carlton Productions is recording a second series of Soul Music featuring leading bands and solo performers. The 6 x 30-minute regional run will be recorded in March for transmission at the
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BBC 1 brings satire back to primetime
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon is hatching plans to launch a new primetime satirical comedy show, marking its first tentative step into a genre that has been in scant supply on
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Pearson puts Conley on ITV
Pearson Television has been signed up by ITV to make a post-watershed Saturday night chat show hosted by comedian Brian Conley, writes Tara Conlan.
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GMG Endemol Entertainment production arm Initial has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce what is billed as the UK's first ever glamour queen contest, writes Tim Dams. Transvestite of the
GMG Endemol Entertainment production arm Initial has been commissioned by Channel 5 to produce what is billed as the UK's first ever glamour queen contest, writes Tim Dams. Transvestite of the
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Xfm and Atlantic revamp
Atlantic 252 and Capital Radio-owned Xfm overhauled their schedules this week following the departure of key DJs including both stations' breakfast hosts, writes John Plunkett.
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Overnight Ratings - Shipman and Sutcliffe dominate figures
Crime proved a popular theme over the last week with strong showings for the news and specials put together after the murder conviction of GP Harold Shipman, writes Paul Donovan.
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Sky and On Digital in fee protest
BSkyB and On Digital have drafted a letter to send to digital subscribers dissociating themselves from the proposed digital licence fee and pledging they will only help collect it if forced to do so by law, writes John Plunkett.
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NewsC4 hands out factual regional awards
Channel 4 will recognise regionally produced factual programming in its annual Creative Cities Awards next week with Belfast indie Double Band receiving a gong for its documentary Who Killed Brian Jones?, about the suspicious death of the ex-Rolling Stone.
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Equity forces ITV royalties climbdown
Two ITV companies have been forced to increase royalty payments to performers for cable and satellite broadcasts, following a challenge by Equity, writes Tara Conlan.
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Gardam C4 review urges revamp of top brands
Channel 4 programme chief Tim Gardam has circulated a secret performance review, calling on commissioners to refresh some of the channel's best known brands, including TFI Friday, The Big Breakfast, Brookside,