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    Portillo fronts doc for BBC/Discovery

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    Michael Portillo is to confront bears, lynxes and killer whales as he retraces his family roots to Spain for a BBC1 documentary.

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    Discovery Kids in commissioning drive

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    Discovery Kids UK has commissioned two shows, one co-production and two interactive games in the channel's biggest commissioning round since its launch in 2000.

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    Sudoku kicks off RDF's Hanrahan team-up

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    RDF Rights has signed a two-year first-look development deal with Hanrahan Media, covering all new shows and consumer products.

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    Format focus: ex wives club

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    A new US reality format from the producer of Average Joe gives spurned men and women the chance to get their own back on ex lovers.

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    Pioneer order celebrates Americanlove affair with cars

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    London-based science indie Pioneer Productions has secured a commission from the US Travel Channel to make a series celebrating America's love of cars, trucks and bikes.

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    C4I picks up Sky One animation special

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 International has picked up the international distribution rights to Sky One animated special Pumpkin Moon. The Two Sides TV programme, adapted from a book by Simon Bartram, tells the tale of a black cat who gets caught up in a battle with an army of good pumpkins and ...

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    VH1 to show Music Hall of Fame opener

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    US network VH1 will broadcast next week's UK Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for the first time, following a deal with C4I. An exclusive extended version of the ceremony at Alexandra Palace in London will air later on VH1 Classic. The programme is produced by Initial, a division of ...

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    Leopard pounces on international deals

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    Indie Leopard Films has secured a raft of international sales through its distribution arm, Leopard International. W Networks in Canada and UKTV have taken two series of BBC1 programme Missing, which follows the work of Lambeth Police's Missing Persons Unit. The outfit has also sold series six of its BBC1 ...

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    Guinness TV sells clip show to Czechs

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    Guinness World Records TV has sold the Ultimate Guinness World Records clip show to Czech Republic public service broadcaster Ceska Televize. The channel had previously acquired Guinness World Records: Primetime.

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    Commissioner's Q & A: Siwan Jobbins

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    The commissioning editor, children's, at S4C has high regard for the yuck factor, Trevor Eve's crime-busting antics and C4's recent drama about David Blunkett's fall from grace.

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    Daisybeck to profile former East 17 star

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    Leeds-based indie Daisybeck Productions has been commissioned to make an access-led documentary following former East 17 front man Brian Harvey. The show is the producer's first commission for BBC1's One Life strand and follows the singer's progress since emerging from intensive care following a near fatal car accident in May. ...

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    Radio 4 and OU in natural history co-pro

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    The Open University is working with BBC Radio 4 on an 8 x 30-minute co-production on animal behaviour. The Rules of Life will see Professor Aubrey Manning travel across Europe, the US and Africa with the BBC's Natural History Unit, examining animals' drive for natural selection. The series, which airs ...

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    Stars nominate favourite ITV shows

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    Joan Collins and Trevor McDonald are to reveal their love for The Avengers and Tommy Cooper's TV comedies for an ITV1 show being made by Talent TV. Must See TV gives celebrities the chance to sing the praises of their favourite ITV shows - comedian Julian Clary examines the success ...

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    Century films makes More4 prison film

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    More 4 has ordered a 3 x 60-minute series from Feltham Sings indie Century Films, which will once again explore the British criminal justice system. Prison Monologues (working title) will see actors recreate the experiences of people involved - from victims and criminals to the police and barristers. The series, ...

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    Endemol recruits for drama push

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    Endemol's international push into drama has taken another step forward with the poaching of Caroline Torrance from Granada International (GI).

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    Boosh duo to pen sketch show for BBC3

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    BBC3 has followed up the success of hit comedy The Mighty Boosh with a sketch show penned by Boosh actors Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher.

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    Celador radio arm secures BBC orders

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    Celador Productions' radio arm has won five new commissions from the BBC, for Radio 2 and Radio 4, including the first radio play from Birds of a Feather creators Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.

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    Tiger's Forman dies suddenly

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    Tiger Aspect director Charlie Forman, whose credits include BBC2's Country House and A Seaside Parish, has died in a motorcycle accident in Uganda, aged 31.

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    C4 ditches Princess

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 has pulled the plug on a Liverpool Street Productions documentary following Princess Michael of Kent as she tries to sell her 17th-century home, Nether Lypiatt Manor. The broadcaster had concerns that the princess had negotiated with the production company to have full editorial control over the final product, ...

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    Popworld expansion

    2005-11-10T08:30:00Z

    Former ITV director of licensing Martin Lowde has been appointed as the chief executive of Popworld. Its four shareholders - Channel 4, UBC Media, Freedom Media and Simon Fuller - have tasked Lowde with developing the Popworld brand and driving commercial success around the world, both on and off air. ...