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BBC America snaps up holiday showdown
RDFI has sold both series of ITV1 show Holiday Showdown to US entertainment channel BBC America. The series, which totals 17 x 60 minutes, take two families on contrasting holidays with each other and films the explosive results. In addition, RDFI has sold 3 x 60-minute series ...
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Celador scores two BBC series
Celador Productions, the indie behind Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, has scored its first commissions for BBC2 and 3.
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C4 to test relevance of Ten Commandments
Channel 4 is to test the relevance of the Ten Commandments to British society in a Saturday night special from Optomen Television.
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BBC1 series to help divorced dads
Divorced dads will be given tips on what to do with their kids on access days in a new BBC1 series.
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R4 show starts chain reaction
BBC Radio 4 is to launch an ever-changing talk show in which the guest chooses who to invite on next and then turns interviewer.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Paul Crompton
Sky One's commissioning editor, factual entertainment, Paul Crompton, expresses his life-long passion for darts and an enthusiasm for South Park, Ramsay's Kitchen and the 1970s Office
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Peaches Geldof follows in Paula's steps
Bob Geldof's 15-year-old daughter, Peaches, is to follow in the footsteps of her late mother, Paula Yates, by taking to the small screen. She is fronting a 60-minute documentary for Sky One, Peaches Geldof - Inside the Mind of a Teenager , which will look ...
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Five picks true north for Macintyre job
True North Productions has been commissioned by Five to make a further three one-hour current affairs programmes with Donal MacIntyre, following on from the success of MacIntyre's Big Sting. The new shows, commissioned by senior programme controller Chris Shaw, are being kept under wraps ...
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Cornwall indie to explore Eden project
Denham Productions is to make a brace of programmes about the Eden Project in Cornwall for BBC2, the first commissions to come out of the indie's new Cornwall office. Gardening at Eden will follow Eden's 60-strong team of gardeners, while ...
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Sky One gets go-ahead for Hex series two
Sky One has given the green light to a second 13-part series of Shine teen drama Hex for a spring 2005 delivery. The deal comes as the first run of the sci-fi teen drama, co-produced by Sony Pictures, draws to an end on Sunday (21 ...
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Zenith wins Fourth garden rivals series
UKTV Style has ordered a fourth series of Garden Rivals from Zenith Productions. The 15 x 30-minute episodes, set to air in March, will be produced by Paul Coleman. UKTV Style commissioning executive Chantal Rutherford Browne has also commissioned 10 episodes of ...
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A tale of two cities
Sending the BBC's children's operation to Manchester is not enough, and BBC3 should be in the mix.
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Flipside TV to air on Comedy Central
Nation 217's channel-hopping format Flipside TV is heading for Comedy Central in the US. It is hoped that Richard Bacon, who fronted the UK version for Nation 217 and then Channel 4, will be one of the US presenting team. The format has also been picked up by German producer ...
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Ofcom slaps fine on auction channel
Ofcom has ordered teleshopping channel Auctionworld to cough up£450,000 in the largest fine ever handed out by the media watchdog. The channel has also been told that steps to revoke its licence have begun. Action was taken after Auctionworld repeatedly failed to suspend price guides that were branded 'misleading and ...
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ITV bids to save£15m on satellite deal
ITV has told Sky it is looking for massive savings in the charges it pays for encrypted services. At the moment ITV is forking out about£17m per year to Sky for encryption and additional regional feeds. But that deal ends on Saturday (20 November) and ITV could choose to bypass ...
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Tanner to Leave Jazz FM in the spring
Jazz FM managing director Carter Tanner has resigned and will leave the station in March. Tanner, who joined the Guardian Media Group-owned London station in March 2002 from Clear Channel, is believed to be hunting for a more sales-oriented role in the radio sector. Meanwhile, Ofcom is to allow a ...
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Hindi commentary for BBC Bhopal doc
The BBC is to provide an alternative commentary in Hindi to its landmark docu-drama on the Bhopal disaster, which viewers will be able to access by pressing the red button. Made by the in-house current affairs department, the 60-minute piece will air in a 9pm slot on BBC1 on
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Miss World to air on ITV1 and Sky Travel
ITV1 and Sky Travel have secured the rights to air the Miss World 2004 selection show and final. The interactive show Miss World: You Decide will first air on Sky Travel on 26 November and on ITV1 in a late-night slot the next day. The ...
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NewsManchester move for BBC Children's
The BBC will confirm next month that its children's department is to be relocated to Manchester as part of the corporation's move out of London.
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NewsHow the C4/Five deal died
It promised to be a tense lunch as Channel 4 and Five executives sat down in a private dining room at One Aldwych Hotel in London last Friday afternoon.