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Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds, Tuesday 9pm, BBC One
Orange Television Blog &bull Mar 16, 2010
Posted by Stewart Turner Clearly desperate to put to good use all that cutting-edge equipment gathering dust since Sir David Attenborough's Planet Earth came to an end, the BBC's costly cameras were wheeled out to capture some of the planet's… Full Story »
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Missing, Monday 2.15pm, BBC One
Orange Television Blog &bull Mar 15, 2010
Missing, a daytime drama series starring Pauline Quirke as DS Mary Jane "MJ" Croft, the head of a missing persons unit in Dover, made a brief five-day appearance last year. And it obviously tickled someone's fancy, because now it's back… Full Story »
Dancing with the Stars for PlayStation 2
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'I nearly committed suicide over my marriage split,' says Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne
Daily Mail: TV & Showbiz &bull Mar 15, 2010
In an interview on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Bannatyne, 61, said he was driven to despair and would regularly break down in tears on his way to work. He died very proud, which made me very happy.' Bannatyne… Full Story »
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Rich, Famous and Jobless, Tuesday 9pm, BBC One
Orange Television Blog &bull Mar 9, 2010
Posted by Stewart Turner Another week, another attempt to squeeze a bunch of washed-up celebrities into the scuffed up size nines of the common man. At the last count there was just shy of two-and-a-half million people who could've been… Full Story »
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Kate Silverton's terror on slopes of death: BBC star forced to abandon Ben Nevis climb after 'scary' blizzard and thigh-deep snow
Daily Mail: TV & Showbiz &bull Mar 6, 2010
BBC newsreader Kate Silverton has told how she was forced to abandon her climb of Britain's highest mountain just 300ft from the summit as a terrifying snowstorm swept in. Full Story »
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Dancing with the Stars with Dancepad for PlayStation 2
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'It's time to go back to acting': EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella in new BBC role after brother's murder
Daily Mail: TV & Showbiz &bull Mar 6, 2010
The actress says she is ready to focus again on acting - more than 18 months after her brother Ben was stabbed to death. Full Story »
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Apolo Anton Ohno Already Won 'Dancing With the Stars'; Wouldn't We Love to See Him Dancing on Ice! ABC Green Lights Ice Dancing Spin-off
TV Week: Bizwire &bull Mar 5, 2010
ABC will recreate its "Dancing with the Stars" hit in an ice dancing version later this year, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The show will be produced by BBC Worldwide Productions, which produces "Dancing with the Stars" as well as the… Full Story »
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My Daughter Grew Another Head, Thursday 9pm, Channel 4
Orange Television Blog &bull Mar 4, 2010
Posted by Jane Murphy Hot on the heels of Tuesday's BBC One documentary about real-life magazines came last night's Cutting Edge special about... Coincidence? Apparently so. But no matter: the not-so-snappily titled My Daughter Grew Another Head And Other True… Full Story »
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BBC turning inward for comedy and drama
Cynthia Littleton On The Air &bull Mar 2, 2010
The BBC has set forth a major budgetary change that will result in the British broadcasting giant relying less on imported content from the U.S. and others, and more on homegrown fare, reports Steve Clarke of Variety. "It is the... Full Story »
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Dancing With The Stars: We Dance! for DS
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BBC presenter Nick Clarke's widow tells their inspirational story of laughter, tears and love
Daily Mail: TV & Showbiz &bull Feb 26, 2010
Here, in our first extract from her extraordinary new book, his widow Barbara Want tells the haunting story of their doomed love. Full Story »
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BBC (i.e. British TV Owners) To Spend Less On US TV Programming
TVbytheNumbers &bull Feb 26, 2010
The BBC will [...] cut spending heavily on imported American programmes in an overhaul of services to be announced next month. Full Story »
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BBC TV: Import or export?
Guardian Culture: TV and Radio Blog &bull Feb 26, 2010
With the BBC under pressure to cut its acquisitions budget, which shows should it keep - and which should get the chop? Poll: Should the BBC reduce its budget for imported shows? So which imported shows are worth keeping -… Full Story »
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BBC 6Music: axing the station would be massive mistake
Guardian Culture: TV and Radio Blog &bull Feb 26, 2010
Is the BBC really going to axe 6Music? A station that, upon its launch in 2002, almost immediately connected to its disenfranchised audience: music lovers too old for the trivial banalities of Radio One, too young for the bland suburbia of Radio Two, and too sophisticated for the… Full Story »
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BBC and PBS Reinvent SHERLOCK HOLMES As A Series
Daemon's TV &bull Feb 24, 2010
After the success of Guy Richie's Sherlock Holmes film, it's time for BBC Worldwide and PBS' Masterpiece Theatre to co-produce a new series based on Sherlock Holmes. According to THR, this version of Sherlock Holmes will have a 21st century… Full Story »
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The Cheetah Girls: Pop Star Sensations for DS
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Prime suspect Bradley leads the way as EastEnders cast arrives on set to find out who kills Archie Mitchell
Daily Mail: TV & Showbiz &bull Feb 19, 2010
Yet there seemed to be few nerves as the show's stars arrived on set for the historic live episode featuring one of the biggest whodunnits in soap history. Both her and Charlie's characters are potential suspects in the storyline that has gripped fans of the show since Christmas Day when Archie Mitchell, played by Larry Lamb, was bludgeoned to death with the bust of Queen Victoria. The BBC revealed this afternoon that only six people know the identity of the murderer and the actors will not get a tap on the shoulder until minutes before shooting begins on the live… Full Story »
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star Lionel Jeffries dies at 83
Daily Mail: TV & Showbiz &bull Feb 19, 2010
Veteran actor and director Lionel Jeffries, whose credits include well-loved films such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Railway Children, died today. Sally Thomsett, who appeared as one of the lead characters, Phyl, in the film said today: 'He… Full Story »
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UK soap 'EastEnders' celebrates 25 years of misery
Boston Globe: TV &bull Feb 19, 2010
Millions of Britons want to know who did it; some are even placing bets. Mitchell was a character in the soap opera "EastEnders," which marks its 25th birthday Friday with a live episode, when up to 15 million viewers will learn the identity of Archie's killer. British soaps have a special place… Full Story »
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UK soap 'EastEnders' celebrates 25 years of misery (AP)
Yahoo! News: Television News &bull Feb 19, 2010
Millions of Britons want to know who did it; some are even placing bets. Mitchell was a character in the soap opera "EastEnders," which marks its 25th birthday Friday with a live episode, when up to 15 million viewers will learn the identity… Full Story »
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E20: the future of EastEnders
Guardian Culture: TV and Radio Blog &bull Feb 19, 2010
Young characters and street-slang scripts helps web spinoff to 2.8m hits after just 12 episodes They are young and vital in a way that Ian Beale sadly never was. Zsa Zsa Carter, Fatboy, Leon Small and Mercy Olubunmi are the new EastEnders faces to watch - and they have already marked their turf in Albert Square despite only appearing a handful of times so far in the soap. The teenage characters… Full Story »
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Slice Of Soap Caption Competition Week 51
A Slice of Soap &bull Feb 19, 2010
Hello and welcome to today's edition of A Slice Of Soap. Well soapsters, it was another fun week of the Slice Of Soap Caption Competition. We had some really funny responses. Thank you all for your brilliant suggestions. They were… Full Story »
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