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NewsITV cooks up daily chef show
ITV has commissioned a new daily cookery show from Granada, which will see four teams trying to prove they are the best cooks.
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NewsPiers Morgan to front C4 talkshow
Channel 4 is set to launch a new political talkshow featuring former Mirror editor Piers Morgan and former Tory spin-doctor Amanda Platell.
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NewsITV kids makes a splash with an AFP deal
The British Marine Federation (BMF), the body set up to champion UK water-based activities, is paying for a new CiTV series in a bid to encourage kids to take up boating.
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NewsSecret Policeman up for Grierson award
The Secret Policeman , BBC1's multi-award winning investigation into racism in the police force, has been shortlisted for another prize, the prestigious Grierson documentary award.
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NewsPEER POLL: Trisha
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is the loss of Trisha a major blow for ITV?
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Indispensable talents?
Here's a game you can play at home when there's nothing on the telly. What talent/stars are synonymous with a particular channel? ITV has Ant and Dec and Trevor McDonald. BBC1 has Alan Titchmarsh and David Attenborough. Channel 4 has Jon Snow and used to have Graham Norton. Five has ...
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GI does£3.2m of business at Mipcom
Granada International (GI) has struck£3.2m worth of deals at this year's Mipcom television festival including the first sale of Michael Parkinson's ITV chat show.
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Scott to quit C4 after 24 years
Channel 4 deputy chief executive David Scott, the channel's longest serving board member, has become the first senior executive to quit since the arrival of new chief executive Andy Duncan.
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All3Media signs series deals at Mipcom
All3Media International secured sales at Mipcom for series including Midsomer Murders and Ultimate Force. AB Group in France has picked up the 16 x 60-minute drama Ultimate Force. Extension deals for the drama ...
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Ten Alps arm 3BM wins Five series
Michael Buerk is to front a one-off special for Five that will count down the top 10 seminal moments in modern history.
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Do we need BBC3 and 4?
If BBC3 and BBC4 are not working then the solution might not be to change their remit but to close them.
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BBC Birmingham marks 30 years since pub bombings
BBC Birmingham has commissioned Midlands independent BFM Productions to make a 30-minute documentary marking the 30th anniversary of the Birmingham pub bombings.
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C4 goes X-rated for film history
Channel 4 is to broadcast some of the most controversial sex scenes on television with a new commission from ITN-owned production arm Visual Voodoo.
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S4C commissions kids series about sheep
S4C has commissioned a new long-running children's show featuring a family of sheep. Siwan Jobbins, S4C commissioning editor for children, has ordered 52 x 15-minute series The Baas from Cardiff-based indie Cynhyrchiadau Ceidiog Creations for broadcast in mid-2005. It will feature actors in costumes, created ...
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S4C's Jones to quit after decade in post
S4C chief executive Huw Jones has announced he will step down at the end of next year. Jones, who has been at the helm of the Welsh channel since 1994, said he will remain until December next year when a series of public service broadcasting reviews will have been concluded. ...
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Pheonix7 selected
Software provider Phoenix7 has been selected by Education Digital, managers of Teachers' TV, to supply its channel management software. Education Digital - comprising Brook Lapping, ITV plc and the Institute of Education - was chosen by the government last year to manage the channel. Zeus, provided by Phoenix7, provides channel ...
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Five to air Stargate Atlantis after Sky
Five has secured a second-window deal with Sky One for its recent MGM International Television Distribution acquisition Stargate Atlantis. The series, a spin-off from sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 , will launch on Sky One this month and will arrive ...
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Jamie's Kitchen transfers to Amsterdam
Jamie Oliver is to open the first overseas branch of his restaurant Fifteen in Amsterdam where recruits will be filmed for a new version of the hit Jamie's Kitchen format.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Andrew Mackenzie
Channel 4's editor, factual entertainment has a budget of up to£170,000 an hour and is hunting for series ideas for the 11pm slot