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NewsCrime channel looks at killers
Crime and Investigation Network has teamed up with Scarlet TV to make a 6 x 60-minute series looking at the origins of serial killers. The Making of Monstershas no air date as yet but there are also plans to run it on sister station The ...
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Ladbroke to make R4 docs
Ladbroke Radio has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to make 3 x 30-minute factual radio programmes to air in 2008.
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Setanta unveils star shows
Setanta is to air The Friday Football Showat 6.30pm from 10 August, kicking off with former ITV frontman Des Lynam interviewing Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill (pictured).
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NewsLime wins first BBC drama commission
Lime Pictures has won its first BBC drama commission, a supernatural drama starring actor Martin Shaw as a Jesuit priest drawn into the world of exorcisms.
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NewsTiger to reveal favourite Vicar of Dibley scene
Dawn French will be reunited with Richard Curtis for two specials celebrating the success of The Vicar of Dibleyas part of UKTV Gold's autumn schedule.
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Firecracker Films tracks pre-teen preachers
Indie Firecracker Films is making a pair of one-off documentaries for Channel 4 including a film that follows a US child who began preaching at the age of three.
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Community Channel digs into gardening
The Community Channel will offer a snapshot of the Royal Horticultural Society's Britain in Bloom 2007 competition by following the progress of two of its regional finalists.
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BBC3 meets single mums
Ten single mothers and their children will live together for a week in PramfaceMansion, a Love Productions commission for BBC3.
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NewsFive to hold show rights for a year
Five is to hold the rights to commissioned programmes for 12 months, with an option to extend the licence period to 18 months if it wants to air them on digital channels Five Life and Five US, under new terms of trade agreed with Pact.
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R4 hits the hippie trail
David Morley from radio indie Above The Title has been travelling around India's hippie trail with Hardeep Singh Kohli (pictured), star and director of Channel 4's Meet the Magoons.
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History returns to London
The History Channel has commissioned a 4 x 60-minute third series of How London Was Built.
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Eyes Wide Shut writer pens R4 series
Radio indie Above The Title is working with Hollywood writer and film director Frederic Raphael on a six-hour commission for BBC Radio 4.
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NewsSummertime ratings blues return to BBC1
BBC1's weekly audience share fell to its lowest since at least the start of 2001 last week, registering just 20.4% across all hours.
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NewsUK focus for Viacom's BET launch
Viacom's Black Entertainment Television (BET) will launch on Sky later this year with a heavy focus on local commissioning.
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NewsTime to halt the PR circus
TV should tone down the hype and allow films like Watson's to speak for themselves, says Broadcastdeputy editor Emily Booth
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NewsWorld's film-makers unite to save Storyville
A campaign to 'save' the BBC's documentary strand Storyvilleis attracting the support of documentary-makers around the world.
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NewsVirgin 1 wins US hit The Riches
Virgin 1 has beat rival broadcasters to Emmy-nominated US satirical drama The Riches, which will lead its primetime schedule when it launches this autumn. [ALL]
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NewsWatson backed by peers over 'fake publicity' row
Documentary-makers have leapt to Paul Watson's defence in the row over Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewell, arguing that marketing practices and the drive for ratings can easily lead to their work being misrepresented. [ALL]
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NewsPolice wait on Ofcom and Icstis call-TV inquiries
Scotland Yard has given regulators Ofcom and Icstis the power to decide whether it should launch a criminal investigation into recent phone-in allegations.
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NewsC4 pulls plug on most phone-in competitions
Channel 4 has axed all premium-rate phone-in competitions except for one tied to Deal or No Dealin the wake of the You Say, We Payrow. [ALL]