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Olympic medal winners sign up for Superstars
Fresh from bringing home a gold medal as part of Britain's coxless four, Olympic rower James Cracknell has been handed a new challenge - winning BBC1's Superstars.
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Anderson quits ITV
ITV controller of current affairs, arts and religion Steve Anderson will leave the broadcaster next week after seven years, with no job to go to.
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NewsTalkback signs deal with Street producer
Talkback Thames has signed the latest in its talent partnership deals with John Chapman, producer of award-winning drama The Street.
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Watson uses drinking film to slate reality TV
Veteran documentary-maker Paul Watson is to make his first film for the BBC in a decade with a landmark special on binge drinking which he will also use as a retort to reality television.
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NewsBBC's ballroom dancers poised to battle Bart
The BBC is to pit a nightly spin-off of its popular Strictly Come Dancing series against The Simpsons when the animation transfers to Channel 4.
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NewsFive explores dark side of Richard & Judy
Five is to reveal the 'darker side' of rival Channel 4's biggest stars with exposés of daytime stars Richard and Judy and TV chef Gordon Ramsay.
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NewsCrunch time for Sky One
Sky One controller James Baker this week unveiled a new look and upmarket programme line-up in a bid to stem the channel's diminishing audience.
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CS&W produces teen court for C4
Scottish indie Caledonia Sterne and Wyld (CS&W) has won its first commission from its new London office with a Channel 4 show in which juveniles who have committed minor offences are tried and sentenced by fellow teenagers.
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Tiger Aspect wins first radio orders
Tiger Aspect, the independent production company behind Mr Bean and The Vicar of Dibley , has picked up its first radio commissions.
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Doc follows football trainees
BBC Radio Five Live is to launch a new documentary series tracking the ambitious students of Birmingham City's football academy.
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UKTV on history Trail
UKTV History has commissioned a primetime DIY history series which will show viewers how to unlock local secrets by looking around the features of their area.
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BBC commissions more accidents
BBC controller of daytime Alison Sharman has recommissioned Accidents Can Happen , which looks at what happens after disasters strike people's homes. The 20 x 60-minute series, which will again be presented by former EastEnders actress Nadia Sawalha, will look ...
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Reef goes bargain spotting in France
Reef Television has been commissioned to make a daytime show for BBC2 called Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting , in which contestants shop for antiques in the flea markets of southern France before trying to sell them in the UK for a profit. It will ...
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Hotbed wins two BBC arts orders
Hotbed Media has been commissioned to make a new series of its successful BBC1 arts show Star Portraits with Rolf Harris. The programme has been commissioned for next spring by BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and will be executive produced by Johannah Dyer and series ...
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Five takes wildlife, science for kids
Five has recommissioned two of its most popular children's series for the weekend Shake strand. Five controller of children's programming Nick Wilson has ordered a second 13 x 30-minute series of Michaela's Wild Challenge from Two Hand Productions. The series, ...
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Commissioners Q&A
Angharad Jones S4C's commissioning editor, drama and film is looking for plot-driven stories, reckons her channel could do with more humour and is excited by a choir drama filled with songs and sex
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BBC Post move in final stages
BBC Post Production's long-awaited move from Pebble Mill to Birmingham's The Mailbox is due to be completed within a fortnight and plans to expand into the new BBC drama production village site are being discussed.
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NewsGMTV restructure sees senior job cuts
GMTV has cut five senior executive jobs since January as part of a wider restructure.
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Digital Heaven ditches Avid for Final Cut Pro
West London post house Digital Heaven has ditched its Avid machines and become a dedicated Final Cut Pro facility.
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Felt Music launches Soho facility
The music composers that worked on the BBC's animated series Hamilton Mattress have opened a composition company in Soho called Felt Music.