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BBC creative head leaves for US.£
BBC Controller of creative services Dave Howe has quit the broadcaster to join the Sci Fi channel in the US, writes Will Strauss.
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Capital launches online dance station
Capital Interactive has launched Capital Radio show Dancemasters as a new online dance station, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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C4 to air dating reality show
RDF Media is producing a new primetime dating show for Channel 4 in the style of its critically acclaimed C4 series Faking It, writes Penny Hughes.
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LNN boosts factual programming
LNN Factuals Network has secured a host of new programmes for the London region. LWT has commissioned three factual series including 16 x 30-minute travel series Dream Ticket, 30-minute magazine show
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NewsDoctor drops Channel 4 MMR legal action
Libel action taken against Channel 4 by a doctor who featured in an episode of the current affairs series Dispatcheshas been dropped.
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Mercury buys ITV series with aussie firm
Australian wildlife independent Storyteller Productions and fledgling London-based producer/distributor Mercury Media this week signed their first sales deal with ITV for the daytime series Animal Allies. The 13 x 30-minute series
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C4 to look at Spice Girls' solo careers
Straight TV has been commissioned to produce a one-off documentary about the Spice Girls' solo careers for Channel 4. C4 commissiong editor, music and young people's, Jo Wallace ordered the 60-minute
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C5 To show how to control mad dogs
Channel 5 has commissioned Sunset & Vine to produce a 6 x 30-minute series examining how psychology expert Jan Fennell claims to be able to change the behaviour of out of
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Tiger to make architecture series for C4
Channel 4 commissioning editor, arts Janet Lee has ordered a 3 x 60-minute authored series on architecture from independent producer Tiger Aspect and sister company Tigress Productions. The Home Unzipped (working
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TVF picks up Princess Diana rights
Documentary distribution company TVF International has secured the international rights to Brook Lapping's 4 x 60-minute ITV series Diana - Story of a Princess. The series tells the life story of
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ITV orders modern fairytale animation
ITV controller of children's and youth Janie Grace has ordered two children's specials from animated studios Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment. The King's Beard is a 75-minute modern fairytale based on an original
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Key to produce Granada super vet doc
Granada executive producer of regional programmes Eamonn O'Neal has commissioned Rochdale-based indie Key Productions to create a documentary on the work of a ground-breaking vet. The 8 x 30-minute series will
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CBBC to tackle foot and mouth
The devastating effect that foot and mouth disease can wreak on children in rural communities is to be highlighted in a new hard-hitting drama commissioned by the BBC's kids department, CBBC.Out
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Fashion returns to BBC
The BBC is to venture back into fashion television with a new series featuring 'real people and their wardrobes', three years after flagship strand The Clothes Show was axed, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Play UK to puppet celebs
PLAY UK has ordered a series of Spitting Image-style shorts from Chrysalis Entertainment, featuring stars such as Jamie Oliver and David Beckham, writes Simon Ellery.
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Cirque lifts Granada
Granada International has struck a three-year distribution deal with Montreal-based circus group Cirque du Soleil, writes Steve Aston.
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BBC 1 orders celebrity-led charity show
Format creator Thomas Murphy Entertainment has won its first commission for television, with an order for a BBC 1 celebrity-led charity show in the style of former BBC 1 stalwart Jim'll Fix It, writes Penny Hughes.
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Aldis becomes Refinery and moots change
Soho animation facility Aldis Animation has changed its name to Refinery, writes Will Strauss.
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NewsOrange orders ITN news bulletins
ITN is to provide video news bulletins to Orange's broadband and mobile phone customers.
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Exluna unveils rival rendering system
US software developer Exluna will this month launch its first commercial product, Entropy, a rendering system that the company claims is 'more powerful than any other rendering system available'.The system has