BBC lines up six sitcom pilots
BBC1 to adapt US series It Takes a Village and shoot Mark Watson sitcom, while BBC2 shows include Ed Bye comedy
BBC1's hunt for its next hit sitcom will see it adapt US gay dad...
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The Paradise to run for...
BBC1 period drama recommissioned after first four episodes pull in a consolidated average audience of 5.9 million viewers
BBC1's £8m period drama The Paradise will open its doors...
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Top Gear roars ahead of Monroe
BBC2 car show's James Bond special watched by 4 million between 9pm and 10pm, up 176% on three-month slot average
Top Gear's James Bond special was watched by 4 million viewers,...
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Post-watershed TV 'should...
Broadcasters including Sky seek rule change so shows featuring swearing, violence and sex could be watched with pin code
Viewers could soon watch post-watershed programmes before...
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Conrad Black to appear on...
Former Daily Telegraph owner guests on the satirical panel show just months after serving a three-year sentence for fraud
Former Daily Telegraph owner Conrad Black is to appear on...
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Big Fat Gypsy Weddings ad...
Channel 4 art director working on 'Bigger. Fatter. Gypsier' ad campaign wanted controversial shots of 'very young girl'
A Channel 4 advertising director tried to persuade the...
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Sir Peter Bazalgette: Big...
His appointment as Arts Council chairman has attracted criticism but insiders say 'Baz' is the right man for the job
When Sir Peter Bazalgette, the man who brought Big Brother to...
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ITV splashes out on drama –...
ITV's autumn schedule is bulging with new dramas – from Leaving to the Bletchley Circle and Mrs Biggs. Have you been watching?
There's always Downton, of course. But in recent...
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Strictly Come Dancing 2012...
Victoria Pendleton and Louis Smith among celebrities taking part in the BBC show alongside the likes of Jerry Hall and Sid Owen
After weeks of speculation about which of Team GB's...
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How hipsters took over...
We've scoffed at them online and in books, but a new NBC comedy could be the first mainstream TV show to laugh at them – and make them likable once more
It's a modern morality...
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It's the end of Olympic...
London's festival of sport has featured more drama and emotion than the most addictive reality TV. How will I get through the day without my dose of Clare Balding?
Monday morning,...
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Parade's End director says...
Directors' group to investigate after Cannes film festival snubs women for Palme d'Or prize
The woman behind the hugely successful new BBC drama Parade's End is leading a...
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Kim Kardashian: my life as...
Kim Kardashian has 16 million Twitter followers, and about the same number of critics. She's very famous, but what for exactly?
Kim Kardashian is in a makeup chair under...
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Channel 4 denies horse...
Concerns raised by one bidder that contract was awarded to firm which poached its staff to sweeten pitch
Channel 4 has denied complaints that the tender process for the...
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Channel 4's Paralympics...
Alan Oliveira's victory over Oscar Pistorius in T44 200m men's athletics final attracted 4.5 million viewers to Channel 4
Alan Oliveira's controversial win over Oscar Pistorius in...
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Graham Norton's company...
Broadcaster acquires So Television, producer of presenter's BBC1 show, in bid to beef up its programme-making business
Graham Norton's production company, So Television, has been...
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Citizen Khan may face Ofcom...
Debut of BBC1 sitcom about an Asian family prompted complaints that it stereotypes Muslims and insults Islam
Ofcom is considering launching an investigation into BBC1's Citizen...
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TV review: Whatever...
It was mainly a clips job, but the insane happiness of Harry Hill is as addictive as sild
Much like Kenneth Tynan and Look Back in Anger – but without the intellect, insatiable...
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Channel 4 lines up...
Red Riding screenwriter to pen series about spate of shootings in UK, while former Doctor Who star to host Saturday night show
Channel 4 has commissioned a new drama about a small...
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Citizen Khan: an Asian...
Citizen Khan is notable for being the BBC's first Asian sitcom, but it's also the creation of Adil Ray, a radio presenter who has reinvented himself as a TV funnyman
On a muggy...
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Doctor Who sidekicks to...
Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill's characters will be the focus of five short online episodes, ahead of new Time Lord series
Doctor Who fans will get a glimpse of Pond Life in a...
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Adam Curtis argues TV needs...
Traditional techniques are obsolete, leading documentary-maker will tell masterclass at television festival in Edinburgh
Television no longer has the dramatic techniques to...
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The pranksters who gave...
The chancellor is just one victim of two comedians dedicated to cutting celebrities down to size for their new TV show, The Revolution Will Be Televised
'Our world is full of...
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