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Mastermind puts kids in the chair
The BBC is set to launch Junior Mastermind, putting 11 and 12-year-olds in the black chair for a grilling from John Humphrys, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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Teen channel extends its reach
Flextech teen channel Trouble has commissioned reality series High School Project USA from Ginger TV as part of a new drive into factual programming, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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French and Saunders reunite on BBC1
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are to reunite for their first sketch show together in six years. The new
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US majors chase Hallmark assets
Eight major US media conglomerates have spoken to Crown Media Holdings about buying the non-US business of pay-tv offering the Hallmark Channel, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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BBC leads with 12 Baftas
The BBC dominated the Bafta television awards this week, scooping 12 of the 18 awards, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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BBC reaches more ethnic minorities
BBC television and radio services are reaching more people from ethnic minorities than they were a year ago, although their viewing share has fallen, new figures have revealed, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Banff Festival in cash crisis
BANFF Television Festival, the annual Canada-based international TV forum, has filed for bankruptcy protection after racking up debts of more than£350,000.
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Footie wives back
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has greenlit a fourth series of Shed Productions' drama Footballers' Wives. He has commissioned nine hours of episodes, which are likely to go into production later this year for transmission in the winter. The executive producer is Brian Park and the producer is Cameron ...
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loos ratings-puller
Sky One's interview with Rebecca Loos reached a peak of 2 million (17.4%) when it aired last Thursday (15 April). The 60-minute programme at 22.00 conducted by the Sky News Today strand anchor Kay Burley averaged a strong 1.65 million viewers (14.3%).
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Producers wanted
BBC Scotland is investing£185,000 in the third year of its executive producer scheme in a bid to develop the next generation of senior production talent in the nations and regions. The year-long scheme, which is operated by the BBC in partnership with the Research Centre for Television and Interactivity and ...
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Mobile Millionaire
Celador has launched a mobile phone game for its Who Wants to be a Millionaire? quiz, offering users the chance to win up to£50,000. The voice-based interactive game is produced in association with Eckoh Technologies.
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BBC regions online
The BBC is putting all 40 of its regional radio stations online. Currently only six of the corporations regional stations are online: BBC London, BBC Radio Scotland, Gaelic service Radio Nan Gaidheal, Radio Wales, Radio Cymru and Radio Ulster. But the BBC is planning to stream the other 34 stations ...
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Gail porter to contact dead for Living TV
Living TV has ordered a second series of paranormal show Dead Famous, which features Gail Porter enlisting the help of an American medium to speak to dead Hollywood legends, in advance of the screening of the first series in June. Indie Twofour Productions has made the 6 x 60-minute first ...
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Unique wins three orders from 1xtra
Unique has picked up three documentary commissions from the BBC's digital station 1Xtra. Babymothers will attempt to provide a snapshot of young motherhood, while The Love Divide will focus on the remaining taboos in mixed-race relationships. Both 30-minute documentaries will be scheduled in late summer. In addition, Unique will produce ...
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At It makes cut-price plastic surgery doc
At It Productions has produced Sun, Sea & Silicone, a two-part series for Sky One, following four girls who journey to the Malaysian island of Penang for cut-price plastic surgery. Ordered by Sky commissioning editor Jamie Roberts and produced and directed by Graciela Watson, it will air on Sky One ...
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liddiment to look at soaps for C4 doc
Channel 4 has ordered a brace of documentaries focusing on TV culture. In the 120-minute How Soaps Changed the World, to be made by Yorkshire TV, former ITV head of channels David Liddiment charts the history and evolution of soaps from the launch of Coronation Street in 1960 to the ...
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Pact calls for reform of BBC production
Pact has called on the government to impose a 50% external production quota on the BBC - half of which would be safeguarded for independent programme suppliers, writes Glen Mutel.
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BBC3 offers job as top spy
The secret world of Britain's spies is to be opened up in a new BBC3 programme in which viewers get the chance to be the head of MI5 for a day, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Five to show live Caesarean birth
Hot on the heels of Channel 4's controversial abortion show, Five is to show a live Caesarean operation, writes Michael Rosser.
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ITV signs up loos for weekend show
ITV1 has signed up Rebecca Loos, the woman who claims to have had an affair with David Beckham, as the first guest on Granada dating show Love on a Saturday Night this Saturday. Loos will be paid around£15,000 for a short appearance, in which ...