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ITV1 to reveal stars who found fame in The Bill
ITV is to mark the 25th anniversary of The Bill with a one-hour special on the celebrities who started their careers on the soap.
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NewsBryson tackles litter for Panorama
Bill Bryson is to scrub the chewing gum off the streets of Liverpool and rage against fly-tippers in a Panorama polemic against the rising tide of litter on British streets.
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NewsBBC agrees first-look comedy deal with Horgan
The BBC has agreed an exclusive deal with Sharon Horgan, the co-creator and star of BBC3's dark comedy series Pulling.
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CBBC revives Bamzooki as TV show
CBBC gameshow Bamzooki is set to return to television in the new guise of Bamzooki Streetwars.
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NewsThatcher writer pens new drama
The writer behind forthcoming BBC4 drama Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley is developing a quirky new series based in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
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NewsC4 and Five spell out trust in TV guidelines
Channel 4 and Five are to make their internal editorial compliance procedures public for the first time as part of a joint effort to avoid a repeat of last year's trust in TV crisis.
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Disney UK orders comedy sketch show
Disney Channel UK's London hub has taken its next step in commissioning original content by ordering a comedy sketch show.
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NewsDyke: ITV needs to slash programming by£150m
ITV should slash£150m from its original programming budget in order to regain the confidence of the market and its investors, according to Greg Dyke.
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NewsFry returns with US travelogue follow-up
Stephen Fry is to return to BBC4, with a spin-off series to his BBC1 travelogue Stephen Fry in America.
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Saint pens A Free Country
The writer behind forthcoming BBC4 drama Margaret Thatcher: the Long Walk to Finchley is developing a quirky new series based in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
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Saint pens A Free Country
The writer behind forthcoming BBC4 drama Margaret Thatcher: the Long Walk to Finchley is developing a quirky new series based in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
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NewsPilot shortage prompts call for change at LA Screenings
The lack of completed pilots made this year's LA Screenings a damp squib, prompting talk of changing the way that US studios do business.
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NewsHat Trick plans period crime for ITV
Hat Trick Productions has won a development deal from ITV to dramatise a non-fiction thriller about a child murder in 1860 that became a national obsession.
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NewsWhat the Papers Say faces axe after 52 years
The BBC has dropped What the Papers Say, putting the show's 52-year history in jeopardy.
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NewsC4 fuels Carr's success with Ding Dong reorder
Channel 4 has recommissioned comedy gameshow Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong amid talk of a bidding war for the comedian.
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NewsC4 declares war on Big Brother wannabes
Channel 4 and Endemol have declared war on “wannabe” Big Brother contestants and are promising a “funny but evil” series when the reality show returns for a ninth outing next week.
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NewsSky portal finds home for online alien series
Sky One's online series Abduct Me will finally debut as a flagship original web format this summer, appearing on the broadcaster's new entertainment portal a year after it was originally due to be launched.
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C4 to cover Cheltenham debate on science heroes
Channel 4 aims to uncover the heroes and villains of science as part of its online coverage of this year's Cheltenham Science Festival.
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Baker to run Friends Reunited
Trinity Mirror executive Andy Baker has joined ITV as managing director of social networking website Friends Reunited following its latest revamp.
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BBFC classifies downloads
Age restrictions on DVDs of TV shows are to be extended to on-demand downloads under a new voluntary scheme from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).