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| - | <div class="square" style="float:right">[[File:Square Ready Steady Cook.jpg|Ready Steady Cook]]</div>5 November '''Ready... Steady... Gone!'''<br/>BBC2's long-running cookery challenge [[Ready Steady Cook]] is to be chopped, the BBC's head of daytime, Liam Keelan, has announced. The move is part of a far-reaching revamp of the BBC2 afternoon schedule. The show debuted in 1994 as part of Peter Bazalgette's Bazal Productions slate. Originally members of the public fought in the red tomato and green pepper kitchens, but recent years have mainly featured celebrity contestants.<br/><br/> | + | <div class="square" style="float:left">[[File:Square stephen fry.jpg|QI]]</div>3 March '''QI goes home'''<br/>It has been announced that [[QI]] will be returning to its original home of BBC Two for the next series. Producer John Lloyd said, "QI did very well in the ratings on BBC One but we thought we ought to give Coronation Street a fighting chance."<br/><br/> |
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| - | <div class="square" style="float:left">[[File:Square britains got talent.jpg|Britain's Got Talent]]</div>18 October '''ITV's Got the Cowell Factor'''<br/>ITV has announced it has agreed a deal with [[Simon Cowell]]'s Syco company and Fremantle Media, which will see [[Britain's Got Talent]] and [[The X Factor]] both broadcast until 2013. However, it remains to be seen whether [[Simon Cowell]] himself will appear in all the programmes due to his commitments in America.<br/><br/> | + | <div class="square" style="float:right">[[File:Square RTS logo.jpg|Award Winners]]</div>1 March '''RTS awards'''<br/>The nominations for this year's Royal Television Society Awards are in. The major game show category is "Best Entertainment", with [[The X Factor]], [[The Million Pound Drop]] and [[The Cube]] battling it out. Also up for awards are [[Deal or No Deal]] (Daytime and Early Peak), [[The Great British Bake Off]] (Lifestyle and Features) and inevitably Ant & Dec (Best Entertainment Performance).<br/><br/> |
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| - | <div class="square" style="float:left">[[File:Square_big_brother_2010.jpg|Big Brother]]</div>10 September '''Big Brother isn't watching'''<br/>After 11 years, 274 housemates, and thousands of hours of television, the daddy of reality TV shows [[Big Brother]] has finally come to an end, with series two winner [[Brian Dowling]] being voted the ultimate ''Big Brother'' housemate.<br/><br/>
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Game show news
3 March
QI goes homeIt has been announced that
QI will be returning to its original home of BBC Two for the next series. Producer John Lloyd said, "QI did very well in the ratings on BBC One but we thought we ought to give Coronation Street a fighting chance."
1 March
RTS awardsThe nominations for this year's Royal Television Society Awards are in. The major game show category is "Best Entertainment", with
The X Factor,
The Million Pound Drop and
The Cube battling it out. Also up for awards are
Deal or No Deal (Daytime and Early Peak),
The Great British Bake Off (Lifestyle and Features) and inevitably Ant & Dec (Best Entertainment Performance).
1 March
Have I Got A Bit Extra News Quiz For YouFollowing the success of extended versions of TV shows such as
Have I Got News for You,
QI and
The Apprentice: You're Fired!, the concept is to be transferred to radio for the first time, with Radio 4's
The News Quiz getting an hour-long repeat on soon-to-be sister station Radio 4 Extra (currently Radio 7).
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