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    BBC unveils first Norton vehicle

    2004-10-08T10:53:01Z

    The BBC has revealed details of star signing Graham Norton's first project for the corporation - a further spin-off of Strictly Come Dancing.

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    BBC launches Japanese channel

    2004-10-08T10:50:59Z

    BBC Worldwide is to launch a new entertainment channel in Japan that will include the frustrated antics of Basil Fawlty and stern quizmaster Anne Robinson.

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    PEER POLL: Ofcom

    2004-10-07T15:32:23Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks:

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    Ofcom's blue-sky thinking

    2004-10-07T12:42:46Z

    Ofcom surprised many in the industry last week with a leap in logic that suggests the current providers of public service broadcasting can't be relied upon to deliver the goods in a digital age - so a new channel is needed.

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    RDF bags rights to Granada show

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Indie RDF has scored a major coup after winning the international rights to a new ITV reality show from the Granada team behind I'm a Celebrity? Get Me out of Here!.

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    Chorion deal sends Noddy on global mission

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Intellectual property company Chorion has signed a slew of free-to-air and pay-TV deals to take its£10m, CGI animated series Make Way for Noddy to 10 new territories.

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    Orion and Screentime pair up

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Indie Orion TV has signed an exclusive international format and distribution deal with Screentime Partners on two antiques challenge shows, Trading Treasures and Boot Sale Treasure Hunt.

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    Aardman lines up CGI show

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Aardman, the Oscar-winning animation studio behind Wallace and Gromit , has secured a CGI sketch show for CITV.

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    Aussies to try strictly come dancing

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Hit BBC1 entertainment format Strictly Come Dancing has been sold to Australia in a co-production deal between BBC Worldwide and Granada Productions. The show, which features celebrities paired with professional dancers, will be known as Dancing with the Stars when ...

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    Sky One buys American sci-fi series

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Sky One has bought the rights to US sci-fi series Stargate Atlantis and apocalyptic drama Revelations from MGM International Television Distribution. The deal, which includes pay, free and basic cable TV rights, also includes the renewal of the rights for ...

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    King Rollo divides into two businesses

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    King Rollo Films, the animation production house behind classic kids series Mr Benn , has split its production arm from its rights-holding company. Following the restructure, Devon-based King Rollo Films and Rollo Rights are now separate businesses. King Rollo was set up in 1979 by ...

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    Brighter reveal new formats at Mipcom

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Brighter Pictures has created two new formats which were launched at Mipcom this week. In Queens in Country three headlining Las Vegas drag queens move to a provincial backwater and put on a cabaret in a working men's club using the locals. In ...

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    RDF rights wins BBC-produced shows

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    RDF Rights has secured the rights to its first BBC-produced titles. Made by the BBC's documentaries and contemporary factual department, The Challenge follows a member of the public taking on ultra marathons and races to the North Pole. Meanwhile, This ...

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    A question of sport goes global with ESPN

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has extended its deal with Crackerjack for an Australian version of A Question of Sport. The 13-episode quiz will now be broadcast on global sports network ESPN in New Zealand as well as in Australia.

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    Format Focus: Date My Mom

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    This format adds a twist to the dating show by challenging a single man to select a date by meeting her mum.

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    Clerkenwell wins second ITV order

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    ITV has commissioned Clerkenwell Films, the indie co-owned by actor John Hannah and producer Murray Ferguson, to make a four-part supernatural drama starring Andrew Lincoln and Lesley Sharp.

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    Objective conjures up magic shows for Sky

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Sky one has commissioned two magic series from indie Objective Productions for broadcast early next year.

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    Guys get sex tips from lesbians in UKTV show

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    UKTV is to give straight men the key to a better love life in a series where a lesbian and a bisexual woman offer tips on sex.

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    Open Mike moves to radio

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Open Mike Productions, the indie behind Friday Night with Jonathan Ross , is to make its first foray into radio with a show for BBC Radio 2.

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    Christian Slater to appear on Radio 2

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Indie Celador Productions has signed Hollywood actor Christian Slater to voice a 8 x 15-minute serialisation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for BBC Radio 2 as part of a raft of commissions. It is due to air later this autumn. R2 controller Lesley ...