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Baxendale in return to ITV
Actress Helen Baxendale is to star in her first role on ITV since the end of hit series Cold Feet , with a romantic comedy about a single mum.
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BBC farms out history show to regions
The BBC's new landmark primetime history show, British Isles: A Natural History , fronted by Alan Titchmarsh, is to break with convention by handing over chunks of the series to the nations and regions.
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BBC Post bears Olympic torch
BBC Broadcast and BBC Post Production have produced the titles for the BBC's Olympic coverage. The sequence follows a torch bearer as he passes through Greece and is confronted by the natural elements rising up in the shape of athletes, which were created by using green-screen technology with Inferno, Shake ...
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BBC recommissions Prism's The Stables
Prism Entertainment has been commissioned by the BBC to produce a second series of children's docu-soap The Stables. CBBC controller Dorothy Prior and head of factual programmes Roy Milani have ordered a 10 x 27-minute follow-up to the first series to be shown on ...
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BBC hits quota shock!
For the first time in four years, the BBC has hit its target for independent production.
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Bectu studies skills
Bectu is currently studying the training needs of post-production workers in the capital and looking at whether a learning centre in the area is a viable proposition. The study, which will look at a variety of companies, is being carried out on behalf of the London Central Learning and Skills ...
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Belgian network buys more neighbours
Australian drama Neighbours is to be screened on Belgian network VRT for a further two years following a deal brokered by Fremantle International Distribution. The sale includes 624 x 30-minute episodes of the long-running soap, which is made by Fremantle Media-owned Grundy Television and is ...
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The Block hangs on to primetime slot
ITV is to persevere with ailing DIY reality show The Block by keeping next week's episode in its 9pm slot. The 8 x 60-minute RDF-produced show fared slightly better this week, putting on an extra 100,000 viewers on Tuesday night (10 August), giving it 2.7 ...
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Brian Waddell revs up top TV cars
Brian Waddell Productions is making a two-hour special for Sky One exploring the best cars that have featured on TV shows over the past 40 years, such as Knight Rider's Kitt. TV's Greatest Cars will count down the top 40 ...
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Turner to bring playout in-house
Turner Broadcasting System Europe is bringing its playout services in-house as it moves towards a tapeless environment.
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Paramount buys Flipside TV series
Flipside TV , the multichannel show in which famous people are filmed channel hopping, has been bought by the Paramount Channel. The show, which airs on the Nation 217 channel, will be screened from the end of August for eight weeks. It has also ...
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Changes for Rome
The BBC and US network HBO have drafted in the producer of the award-winning The Gathering Storm to take control of their $75m (£41m) co-production about ancient Rome. Frank Doelger will replace Michael Apted for the remaining nine episodes of the 12-part series, Rome. The ...
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Channels compete
Living TV, Sky One, ITV2, BBC3, BBC4 and Sky News will this year battle it out for the title of non-terrestrial channel of the year at this month's Edinburgh Television Festival. MTV won last year. All five terrestrial channels are automatically up for the terrestrial channel of the year, which ...
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Tern covers weather for Discovery
Discovery has commissioned its second series from Scottish independent producer Tern TV, with a show looking at extreme weather and its effects on war.
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Hi-def festival debut
The first Sweet high-definition festival is due to debut at the end of August in Edinburgh to coincide with the Television Festival. The four-day event will promote and demystify HD and discuss its place in the future of television and cinema. As well as panel discussions there will be specialist ...
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Oasis makes Sheila Quigley doc
Oasis Television has finished The Making of Sheila Quigley for Shine Productions. Film-maker Chris Terrill spent a year following Sheila Quigley, a grandmother from County Durham, to see how her life changed after receiving a£300,000 advance for her first novel, ...
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UK docs under fire
Veteran documentary-maker Edward Mirzoeff has slammed the lack of quality documentaries on mainstream terrestrial channels, blaming the rise of
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LRC expands in Lancashire
The Local Radio Company (LRC), the group run by former Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatly, has further expanded its portfolio with the£2.26m acquisition of a Lancashire radio operator.
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Search for source of hutton leak fails
An investigation into who leaked the findings of the Hutton report to The Sun newspaper has failed to uncover the source. The Department for Constitutional Affairs began a probe after The Sun splashed on various key elements of the report, ...
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Five targets women with initial show
Initial is to film a star-studded charity concert for Five as part of a night targeting the channel's female audience. The event, titled the Asda Tickled Pink Girls' Night In: Live , will be staged at the Albert Hall next month. Produced by Clear ...