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One Life follows up Lager, Mum and Me
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has commissioned a spin-off of documentary strand One Life, as well as committing to the main series until at least 2007.
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ITV pop quiz for November
ITV1 has commissioned indie North One Television to make a pop music quiz to coincide with the 1,000th number one single.
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Footballers talk to Bravo
Bravo has commissioned a video diary show for an access-all-areas look into a week in the lives of two Premiership footballers.
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Rich Hall takes up the open mike
Comedian Rich Hall is to front a one-off special for BBC4 ahead of the US presidential election in November. Open Mike has been commissioned by Mark Freeland, head of comedy commissioning for the BBC, and production has begun on the 60-minute show. The Perrier ...
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Five schedules Beckham documentary
Startling revelations are promised in a Five documentary about Victoria Beckham. Sham Sandhu, controller of pop features and special events for Five, has commissioned indie Vascha to produce the 60-minute show, which will feature archive footage and interviews and is pencilled in for October. Dave Hills will produce and direct.
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UKTV to air first-time buyers weekend
Reef Television has been commissioned by UKTV Style to follow six prospective home-owners as they attempt to get on the property ladder. The series of 30-minute and 60-minute programmes will form part of a First Time Buyers Weekend on UKTV Style. Nick Thorogood, UKTV's outgoing head of lifestyle, has ordered ...
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C4 orders eighth Scrapheap Challenge
Channel 4 has ordered another series of Scrapheap Challenge from RDF Media before the latest series, which airs this month, has even gone out. C4 head of science Simon Andreae has just commissioned series eight of the popular format, which will be broadcast next year. ...
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Inside soap awards will be a scream
Scream Films has been commissioned by Living TV to produce its coverage of the Inside Soap Awards. The 60-minute compendium of highlights will air at the end of the month, presented by Living TV regulars Richard Arnold, Alison Slade and Angela Buttolph. It is the ...
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Leopard launches distribution arm
Leopard Films is launching a distribution division at Mipcom in a bid to exploit the secondary rights to its slate of shows.
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Hotbed sells 100 Worst to South Africa
Birmingham-based production company Hotbed Media has licensed its 100 Worst Britons format to South African broadcaster MNET.
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Bullseye in entertainment push
Bullseye Television is pushing into factual entertainment and comedy.
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ABC1 unveils key shows for Freeview launch
Disney's new Freeview channel ABC1 will launch this month with two flagship dramas from US parent network ABC. Long-running soap General Hospital will be making its UK debut alongside relationship drama Once and Again (pictured). Produced by The Bedford Falls Company with Touchstone Television, Once and Again stars Sela Ward ...
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BBC radio wins Welsh football fixtures
BBC Radio Wales will trace the country's bid for victory in World Cup 2006 as part of a four-year deal with the Football Association of Wales. The contract includes radio coverage of Wales' international home fixtures, which also includes the Euro 2008 tournament, as well as both the home and ...
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Fremantle to sell BBC's Fingersmith
Fingersmith , the BBC's forthcoming lesbian-themed drama from the author of Tipping the Velvet , is to be sold worldwide by Fremantle International Distribution. The 3 x 60-minute historical drama is based on Sarah Waters' third novel and is due to air on BBC1 in ...
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Glasgow indie lands German TV task
Glasgow-based indie Caledonia Sterne & Wyld has been hired by German public broadcaster ZDF to shoot a series of interviews for a strand on powerful couples. CS&W will spend the next three weeks filming in the UK and US for an episode being produced by ZDF about Prince Charles and ...
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BBC Prime to launch on French satellite
Entertainment channel BBC Prime is to boost its presence in France by launching on pay-TV platform Canalsatellite. It will begin broadcasting to Canalsatellite's 2.8 million subscribers this month, taking BBC Prime's total reach across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to 19 million. The schedule includes BBC staples such as ...
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Wall to Wall sells raft of shows to US
Wall to Wall has sold its 'mockumentary' Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon to the FX network in the US. Originally made for BBC2, cablecaster TLC and Granada International, the show is currently being reversioned for US transmission. Wall to Wall is also producing a ...
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Time for Dyke to move on
We all know Greg Dyke's side of the Hutton story by now so it's time for him to find a new role for himself.
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Edinburgh soundbites
'This year we've had sex and masturbation. Next year we'll have GBH and bestiality. Do not be surprised if one of the housemates next year is a pretty young sheep'
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Flashback buys Double Exposure
Flashback Television has acquired Bafta award-winning education specialist Double Exposure and inherited£2m worth of business.