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Analysis - On the Box - Time for a bit of originality.
Danny Cohen laments the lack of originality in popular documentaries such as Holiday Showdown and Beckham's Body Parts, which borrow well-used formats.
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Analysis - Old wine in new bottles.
As both the BBC and Channel 4 plan spelling shows based on the same film and more series about buying homes abroad, what are producers and commissioners doing to stop this blatant recycling of ideas? asks Patrick Barrett.
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OPINION - In my view - It's time for a one-to-one.
It's time for the great divide to be breached and for advertisers and programme makers to start talking, writes Mark Boyd.
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Comment - Stop using the 'f' word.
Women have contributed a whole lot more to television than so-called 'feminine' home improvement shows, so it's time to give them the credit they deserve, says Jane Marlow.
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Opinion - Disturbing behaviour.
As a new spat between the government, Today and the BBC erupts, we must back the corporation to the hilt, despite its failings.
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Sky - He's got the job, now can he deliver?
The manner of James Murdoch's appointment as BSkyB chief executive provoked much debate, but now there are more fundamental questions at stake. Can he increase subscriptions, hang on to football rights and boost Sky One? Mathew Horsman reports.
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FORMATS & DEALS - US PRODUCERS OPTION FORMATS FROM ZEAL.
Zeal Television has scored a range of format deals with production houses in the US. The
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FORMATS & DEALS - FREMANTLE TAKES BRITNEY SPECIAL TO US.
Fremantle International Distribution has picked up the rights to a behind-the-scenes special on popstar Britney Spears.
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FORMATS & DEALS - RDF INTERNATIONAL IN NEW ZEALAND DEALS.
RDF International has signed a series of deals with broadcasters in New Zealand. TVNZ has picked
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BBC religion goes for mass appeal.
BBC Religion is attempting to appeal to the masses with a new series that asks sports
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Maverick wins three from C4.
Birmingham-based indie Maverick TV has won three commissions from Channel 4 for next year, including a property show, a programme on premature babies and a makeover series, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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ITV commissions fly-on-the-wall docs.
ITV controller of news and current affairs Steve Anderson has ordered two fly-on-the-wall documentary series for the spring, following taxi drivers in Manchester and police officers in cities around the UK, writes Paul Revoir.
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Blast! doc looks at notorious chancers.
Blast! Films, the indie behind Channel 4's award-winning opera The Death of Klinghoffer, is making a series of documentaries for BBC2 tracking the lives of entrepreneurs living on the edge of the law, writes Michael Rosser.
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COMMISSIONER'S Q&A - Kieron Collins.
Granada Television controller of regional programmes on reality dating and driving shows, the pilots he would really like to get his hands on and the programming link the industry is missing.
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COMMISSIONS - EAMONN HOLMES TO FRONT ITV1 XMAS SHOW.
ITV1 has lined up GMTV front man Eamonn Holmes to present a three-week series of live
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COMMISSIONS - LION LOOKS AT THE LIVES OF SEX ADDICTS.
Lion Television is to explore the pitfalls of sex addiction in a documentary for Five and
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COMMISSIONS - FIVE FOLLOWS PETER DUNCAN'S FAMILY TREK.
Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan will present a children's series for Five that will follow
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COMMISSIONS - CNN SIGNS TOP JOURNALISTS FOR SHOWS.
CNN International general manager Rena Golden has lined up two documentary reports from award-winning journalists for
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COMMISSIONS - RADIO 2 ROUNDS UP CELEBS FOR CHRISTMAS.
BBC Radio 2 has commissioned Wise Buddah to develop three celebrity-fronted programmes for Christmas. On Christmas
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Lion makes bold leap into China.
Independent producer Lion TV has linked up with Hong Kong-based Phoenix Satellite Television to produce programmes