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Five sets sights on drama and comedy

Channel Five yesterday promised to take on its competitors in the areas of original drama and comedy, with the promise of more investment in the genres and a big-budget Cold Feet style one-off show.
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He has already succeeded in boosting the reputation of the channel by investing in populist arts programming and documentaries. The Extraordinary People documentaries will return with programmes including The World's Cleverest Boy and a human interest series, Hidden Lives.

He described the schedule as rich and varied, with "a great range of documentary series which celebrate the human experience in all its huge diversity, and which will make for compelling viewing".

The art critics Brian Sewell and Tim Marlow will also return with new programmes, as will the investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre.
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Friday August 26, 2005
Owen Gibson
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1556704,00.html

 


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