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BBC3 gives parents reality check
The craze for reality shows exploring the family dynamic has reached BBC3, which has commissioned a series in which working parents and grandparents have to stay at home and look after kids, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Teenage kicks turn nasty on Channel 4
London-based indie Firecracker Films has received its first order, a film called Backyard Fightingfor Channel 4. The 50-minute piece, ordered by C4 editor, independent film and video Jess Search, looks at the growing phenomenon of backyard wrestling in the UK. The 'sport', which has already ...
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Church leaders discuss gay bishops on ITV1
CTVC has received a quick-turnaround commission from ITV1 with a 45-minute discussion programme examining the issue of gay bishops within the Church of England. Fiona Foster has been lined up to
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UKTV finds dream homes for house hunters
UKTV head of lifestyle Nick Thorogood has commissioned Two Four Productions to make a 15 x 30-minute property series, Saw This and Thought of You, hosted by Kathryn Rayward. Set to air on UK Style from late next month, the show sees Rayward find house ...
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TCM gets close to award-winning stuntman
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is producing a five-part close-up interview series with Oscar and Bafta-winning stuntman Vic Armstrong to introduce its Fall Guysseries of action films. Armstrong, who has worked on around 250 films, including Gangs of New York and ...
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BBC2 to look at Britain's railway heritage
Leeds-based factual indie True North has secured two commissions from the BBC looking at the nation's railway heritage. The first is a 30-minute documentary for BBC2's England on Filmstrand using archive and testimony to assess the golden age of the train. The second is another ...
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Brighter sends contestants on cruel holiday
Brighter Pictures has created another version of its Cruel?format for Flextech channel Trouble. Cruel Holiday, a 20 x 30-minute series, will run over four weeks with 10 contestants battling to stay in the camp by undertaking a series of bizarre ...
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Five Live goes backstage at British grand prix
BBC Radio Five Live is to offer listeners exclusive behind-the-scenes commentary from the British Grand Prix later this month after gaining access to the Williams team. Chief engineer Sam Michael will give a blow-by-blow account of each pit-stop during the race on 20 July and listeners will also be able ...
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NewsLygo takes C4 role
Five director of programmes Kevin Lygo will later today be confirmed as the successor to Channel 4 director of television Tim Gardam, who announced his resignation two weeks ago
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We've lost the plot: Have you got one?
EastEnders producers are asking cast and crew to think up new storylines in a bid to boost ratings. ...
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Lords decline to bar Murdoch from bidding for Channel 5
An attempt to block the media baron Rupert murdoch from buying Channel Five was narrowly defeated in the House of L...
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Capital Radio shuns possibility of deal with Clear Channel of US
The chief executive of Capiotal Radio yesterday dousedthe chances of his group bowing to a takeover from Clear Chan...
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Peers fail to impose curb on Murdoch
The prospect of Rupert Murdoch owning a terrestrial television channel sparked a row in the Lords yesterday after o...
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BBC rejects deal on naming dossier source
The BBC and government were last night engaged in an extraordinary game of cat mouse over the source of the story w...
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Capital will resist Clear Channel advances
Capital Radio chief executive David Mansfield yesterday pledged to fight any takeover bid by US group Clear Channel...
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BBC chiefd savour scent of victory over Campbell
Greg Dyke, the director general of the BBC, and Gavyn Davies, its chairman, who masterminded the public relations f...
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MoD man admits: I spoke to BBC
Downing Street's battle with the BBC took a dramatic turn last night as a government advisor admitted that he had m...
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NewsMansfield snub for Clear Channel
Capital Radio chief executive David Mansfield has said he would strongly resist any takeover bid by the American radio giant Clear Channel, insisting putting the two businesses together would result in a 'major cultural clash', writes Leigh Holmwood
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Geri's spicing up her sex life
With a string of unsuitable ex-boyfriends behind her and even a lesbian fling to her name, Geri Haliwell's love lif...
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Is it all over for sitcoms?
Underderstandably, redoubtable actress Gwen Taylor is disappointed that the sitcom in which she takes the title rol...