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New 24 Hour News Channel In Australia
Australia's ABC will go head-to-head with Sky News with the
launch in the country of a 24-hour news channel this year.
The channel will offer free-to-air audiences continuous coverage of breaking
and live news.
The launch date will be announced in coming months, the ABC said in a
statement today.
ABC managing director Mark Scott said the broadcaster had been
systematically preparing for the move for years.
"No media organisation in the country is better equipped to deliver this
channel than the national broadcaster," Mr Scott said in a statement.
The ABC statement said the channel would start with "no additional funds
from the government for content".
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Dancing On Wheels
Strictly Come Dancing's Brian Fortuna trains six
wheelchair-users and their celebrity partners in the art of wheelchair
ballroom dancing in a new BBC Three series starting on February 11.
The pairs have just five weeks to train for a series of weekly competitions
before a panel of judges. Then, week by week, one couple will be eliminated
with the winning duo going on to represent the UK in an International
Wheelchair Dancing Competition in Tel Aviv.
In the opening episode, the six meet their celebrity partners for the first
time. They are briefed by choreographer Fortuna and make their first
tentative moves on the dance floor. Three couples must learn the Cha Cha Cha
while the others take on the Tango.
None of the wheelchair-users have ballroom danced before and while the
celebrities either have experience from Strictly Come Dancing or dance
training in their background, they are completely new to wheelchair ballroom
dancing.
The celebrity dancers are M People's Heather Small, world
champion swimmer Mark Foster, TV presenter Caroline Flack, Hollyoaks actor
Kevin Sacre, actress and singer Michelle Gayle and rugby league player
Martin Offiah.
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Duchess Of Cornwall Visits Street
The Duchess of Cornwall is set to visit Coronation Street in
February to celebrate the soap's 50th anniversary.
The Duchess is a fan of the show and will be joined by ITV bosses to walk
down the cobbles before being presented to Coronation Street creator Tony
Warren and cast members, including William Roache OBE outside the Rover’s
Return.
After taking a look inside the world’s most famous pub, she will be
presented with a bouquet by cast members, before observing a scene being
filmed in the Rover’s Return interior set based in Stage 1 at ITV Granada in
Manchester.
Director of ITV, John Whiston, said: "We are very honoured to be graced by a
visit from HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, it’s the perfect beginning to our
50th anniversary year”.
Her Royal Highness will visit the set on Thursday February 4.
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Moving On
John Simm, Corin Redgrave, Anna Massey, Robert Glenister,
Gerard Kearns, Roy Marsden and Ewen Bremner are to star in the new series of
BBC One Daytime's drama, Moving On, with Dominic West directing one of the
episodes.
Five of the episodes have now been cast and filmed. The series comprises 10
stand-alone episodes, all linked by the common theme of how to move on in
life.
The cast also includes Hannah Gordon, Maggie Steed, Daniel Ryan, Susannah
Harker, Pooky Quesnel, Jonty Stephens, Jenny Agutter, Nicola Stephenson,
Lisa Faulkner, Jo Hartley, Tachia Newall, Kieran O'Brien and Susan Lynch.
Liam Keelan, controller of daytime, and executive producer for the BBC,
said: "It's very exciting to be able to announce the high profile cast that
are going to be appearing in the next series of Moving On and will be
something for our viewers to look forward to.
"This cast reinforces the fact that Daytime drama on the BBC
has a strong reputation and can attract well-known faces to be part of the
programmes that we make."
The series is written by a combination of new and established writers, and
filmed on location in and around Liverpool by Liverpool production company
LA Productions.
The series was created by Emmy winner and multi BAFTA award-winning writer
Jimmy McGovern and produced by Colin McKeown at LA Productions.
Colin McKeown said: "The first series showed that we had the producers,
directors and both new and established writers to make some amazing drama
for BBC Daytime.
"We are using the same winning combination again to make 10 new episodes,
and securing these big name actors to be part of Moving On shows how
brilliantly written the scripts for this second series are."
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Jedward Signed
By Sony
X Factor twins Jedward have signed a deal with Sony Music, it
was announced today.
John and Edward Grimes, 18, will release their debut single, Under Pressure
(Ice Ice Baby), featuring 90s star Vanilla Ice – which they performed at the
National Television Awards last night – from Sunday January 31.
“A year ago, we were training for cross country competitions and now like
our idols, we are living our dream – we really can’t believe that we have a
single out and are performing with Vanilla Ice,” the siblings said today.
Manager Louis Walsh added: “As 'Under Pressure' was the track that
catapulted the boys to fame, it seemed only fitting to release the song as
their first single.”
Jedward – who will take part in The X Factor 2010 Live tour from Monday
February 15 – are dedicating the single to their “supportive” fans.
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National
Television Awards
BBC One's Doctor Who won two prizes at the National TV Awards
in London, including best drama for the fifth year in a row.
David Tennant left the show on a high by winning outstanding drama
performance.
Two awards also went to presenters Ant McPartlin and Dec
Donnelly, and ITV's Coronation Street won best serial.
The last time the soap took the prize, which is voted for on
the night by members of the public, was in 2004.
For the ninth consecutive year, McPartlin and Donnelly shared the best
entertainment presenter award.
The duo's Saturday Night Takeaway was named best
entertainment programme, beating their other show, I'm A Celebrity... Get Me
Out Of Here!
Stephen Fry, whose series Stephen Fry: In America scooped best documentary,
was given the special recognition award.
BBC One comedy Gavin and Stacey won most popular comedy
programme and Lacey Turner, who plays Stacey Branning in EastEnders, took
best serial drama performance.
Coronation Street's Craig Gazey was awarded the prize for best newcomer.
The actor, who plays comedy character Graham Proctor, dedicated his award to
actress Maggie Jones, who played Blanche Hunt.
The most popular factual programme went to daytime TV show Loose Women.
This year's winners - click here.
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