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Adrian wrote:

There was a thing in the paper last week about this. The gist of it was
that the BBC wanted a pilot making (even though it was they had made
umpteen editions already, and it was the same writers), whereas Gold
were happy to commission it without a pilot, so they got the deal.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20908049


Darren